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Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here for comments). From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 18, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..

The World Wide World: IT Ain't Just the Web Anymore!
This issue of Release 1.0 served as the documentation for the 2005 PC Forum. It includes interviews and profiles of the conference speakers, including Scott Charney of Microsoft, Jerry Yang of Yahoo!, Anne Mulcahy of Xerox, Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems, Dawn Lepore of drugstore.com, John Thompson of Symantec, Charles Digate of Convoq, Ann Livermore of Hewlett-Packard, Jeff Hawkins, and more. The issue also includes descriptions of the afternoon company presentations, ths PC Forum gallery, and the afternoon discussion rountables. From Release 1.0 on March 18, 2005 at 9:52 p.m..

Working with Content Management Systems: Process, Architecture and Design
I was at the Information Architecture Summit in Montreal earlier this month and am blogging the sessions I attended. Other people blogged the summit too. [SP: those are sketchy notes.] Jeff Veen, Lane Becker Lane: First of all i must thank you for joining us at 8:30 in the morning, on the last day of the conf From Seb's Open Research on March 18, 2005 at 9:46 p.m..

The correlations between height, health and prosperity
and why Europeans are taller than Americans. From kuro5hin.org on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Preparing Instructors for Quality Online Instruction
Some people will like this paper, which is why I'm including it, but I didn't. From where I sit, it's a classic case of drowning the reader through needless citations (do we need Volery (2000), for example, to tell us that "online delivery is a form of distributed learning enabled by the Internet?"). This close attention to citation comes at the cost of common sense. I see no correlation between holding a PhD and being a successful online instructor, but the authors state the need for this qualification. And while I agree training in WebCT should be more user friendly, I am puzz From OLDaily on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Best Practices: A Triangulated Support Approach in Transitioning Faculty to Online Teaching
The triangle, in a sentence: "Successfully moving faculty to a new instructional paradigm requires the support of the department, faculty peers, and university support staff." the paper is a reasonable if conservative assessment of these three types of support. By David Covington, Donna Petherbridge and Sarah Egan Warren, Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Spring, 2005 [Refer][Researc From OLDaily on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Literature Review HYPHEN Faculty Participation in Online Distance Education: Barriers and Motivators
The spring, 2005, edition of the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration is now available. I list three papers, beginning with this one. Good overview of some articles in this topic highlighted by a chart added as an appendix, though I wish the author had surveyed more papers and reports (thirteen are surveyed). Though the papers are surveyed are all over the map (which raises questions about methodology, since presumably they are studying the same subject) they cluster around two major points: lack of techn From OLDaily on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Bringing Theory Into Practice
This is a pretty good slide show looking at aspects of learner-centered learning and in particular some properties of learning (learning is engaged, learning is social, learning is locally owned) and the evolving roles of students and instructors. One quibble. The author cites this from the Chronicle: "Giving professors gadgets without training can do more harm than good in the classroom." This may sound like common sense, but let's think about this. Professors are highly educated, as educated as any in society. They are not infants. Can professors not learn for themselves how to u From OLDaily on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Canadian Council on Learning
The Canadian Council on Learning, "a national, independent, not-for-profit corporation that is committed to improving learning across the country and across all walks of life," has launched its website. Not a lot of information yet, but a governance structure and organizational structure have been defined. A speech by president and CEO Paul Cappon is also available. CCL received $85 million in March of 2004 from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and announced its "knowledge centres" at a "Newsmaker Breakfast" last N From OLDaily on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Connecting the Dots
Entry-level discussion of recommender systems with some sample sites (such as Musicplasma.com, Music-map.com - neither of which really worked on my computer). The author sense the appeal of the systems, though, and correctly observes that adjectives (ie., metadata) are not needed in order to enable the system to work. "This novel, tech-enhanced way of discovering new CDs and movies seems no less accurate than our now slightly outmoded means of assessment: actual reviews." And interestingly, "Perhaps we're heading in this direction because we haven't got the time to read an article ab From OLDaily on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Macromedia Announces Higher Education Advisory Council
According to the press release, "The council is a strategic Macromedia Education initiative designed to foster innovation in the design, development and implementation of communication and information technologies in higher education." The list of appointees is probably a part of a strategic initiative between Macromedia and MERLOT (Google the appointee names with MERLOT and you'll see what I mean), which in turn may mean a push toward Flash or similar learning objects in MERLOT, or perhaps a Flash-enabled MERLOT (a la Flickr). Via University Business. Probably a follow-up on OLDaily on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Registry of Standard Biological Parts
I honestly don't know what to make of this (quite literally) but it is also the most amazing thing I've seen in a while. I don't completely understand it - the 'about' page is awful. The idea is to be able to define biological parts as sequences of DNA. There may be a software component - at one point it tried to send me what appeared to be a perl script. These parts are then assembled to create larger biological functions. It is all in support of the Intercollegiate Genetically Engineered Machine competition. One day somebody will write an intuitive interface (or at l From OLDaily on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

GIS internships available in Maine
Applications are still being accepted for several internship positions that are available with the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District in Westbrook, Maine. We are looking for students to work with municipalities in the greater Portland area and help... From MANE IT Network on March 18, 2005 at 8:57 p.m..

Selling Online Education
As the administrator in charge of the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School the acceptance of online K-12 is very important to me. Just as when I was a face to face teacher the acceptance of what I was offering was accepted... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..

Student's Responsibility
I look forward to the day that a student who fails within the Cyber School, or in a face to face school, will not be looked at as a failure of the system or the educator. I have on numerous... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..

[etech] My birds of a feather on taxonomy and tags
One last report on etech. I led a "birds of a feather" discussion on Tuesday night, a circle-the-chairs sort of thing for thirty people. The topic was "From Trees to Tags," and I began with about 12 minutes on the topic. This is from the speaking notes I took into the session, so what follows is highly approximate. It's also highly redundant with other blog posts of mine: I'm writing a book called "Everything Is Miscellaneous," so I convened this BoF selflishly, in order to use you and what you know. One way of getting at what the book is... From Joho the Blog on March 18, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..

sxsw & etech (David Weinberger)
So the many2many crew divided at the 2. The boys went to etech and the girls went to sxsw. Coincidence? Not entirely. Embarrasing? And how. One salient detail that didn’t strike me until after talking with danah a couple of... From Corante: Social Software on March 18, 2005 at 7:49 p.m..

Amazon's Statistically Improbable Phrases (David Weinberger)
RageBoy has discovered that Amazon seems to be rolling out a feature that shows you for any particular book which phrases in it are “statistically improbable.” For example, Chris’ own Gonzo Marketing uses the phrase “public journalism” and “market advocacy.”... From Corante: Social Software on March 18, 2005 at 7:49 p.m..

Samsung demonstrates WiBro technology
South Korean electronics company Samsung intends to commercially launch WiBro data access systems and handsets in Korea next year with sector data throughput speeds of up to 30 Mbps. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Opera browser beta supports SVG
The latest beta version of the Opera browser supports SVG language. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Leading French librarian calls for European counter to Google
The head librarian of the Bibliothèque nationale de France has called for a European digitization project to counter or balance Google. Jean-Noël Jeanneney critized Google for cultural bias : the criteria of choice will be heavily influenced -- even if we contribut From NITLE Tech News on March 18, 2005 at 5:57 p.m..

Ursinus survey: students love laptops
A survey of students conducted by the computing services department at Ursinus College indicates that the laptops the college provides to students lead to more collaboration, facilitate interaction with professors, and upgrade the quality of student work.... From MANE IT Network on March 18, 2005 at 5:57 p.m..

EMEA WLAN revenue reaches €287m in Q4 – report
EMEA WLAN client revenue increased by 27 per cent in the last quarter of 2004, while revenue for WLAN infrastructure only increased by 0.8 per cent. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

European search engine marketing to reach €3bn in 2010 – report
In the UK, the largest online ad market in Europe, search marketing is to grow to over €1bn in 2010, up from €763m at the end of 2005. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Teliasonera Denmark selects Ericsson for broadband access
Swedish telecoms supplier Ericsson is to provide its Ethernet DSL Access solution and related services to telco Teliasonera in Denmark. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Alcatel implements 'indoor' mobile coverage technology
French telecoms supplier Alcatel is the first company in France to be equipped with 'indoor' coverage on mobile operator Orange's 3G network, ensuring quality of service in closed environments. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Novell, IBM accelerate application development on Linux
IT companies Novell and IBM have announced an effort to provide developers with technology resources to speed up adoption of SUSE Linux based applications. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Vodafone Italia offers service to marathon runners
Mobile operator Vodafone Italia’s service is to enable athletes to receive race times directly on their mobile phones and the general public to receive information and news about the marathon. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

South Wales Police launch 'virtual' police station
People can now use a BT-installed kiosk videophone in a police station foyer to speak directly to an officer at the nearest Police Control Room 24 hours a day, seven days a week. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Elion uses Alcatel FTTU solution for triple play in Estonia
French telecoms supplier Alcatel is to supply its standard-based residential passive optical network (PON) equipment, the Alcatel 7340 FTTU, to Estonian telecoms company Elion. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Non-medical ICT bodily implants 'threaten human dignity, democracy' - Commission advisory group
The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies has warned the European Commission against the use of ICT implants in the human body for non-medical purposes, in particular for surveillance purposes, and called for regulation of the sector. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Most Parents Limit Teens' Web Use
Most parents of teenagers who go online say they set time limits on the kids' Internet activity, according to a study released Thursday. They also try to monitor it, in part by placing computers in common areas. Yahoo! News -... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

New Paradigms for Learning
In recent posts I have talked about the power of informal learning, and wondered why learning professionals conspicuously ignore the potential for performance improvement that it offers. Now that the kind of human interactions that make informal learning so effective... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Streaming Hockey ... for a Price
Thanks to PaidContent's Staci Kramer, a hockey fan like me, for this tip on streaming video of Ontario Hockey League games. With the National Hockey League missing in action this season, every alternative counts. The OHL, working with Interactive Netcasting Systems Inc., is streaming games free for the remainder of the regular season (which amounts to this weekend), then will stream playoff games at From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 18, 2005 at 5:53 p.m..

GetLocalNews Wants to Be Acquired
From GetLocalNews.com, editor Ari Soglin e-mails me to say that the citizen-journalism enterprise wants to be acquired (all or in part). He says: "A buyer or investor will get access to 5,000 valuable local (U.S.) domains, our companion topic network (AFreePress.com), software, and experienced management -- all much sooner and at lower cost than a system built from the ground up.""Citizen journalism" is a hot concept right now, of course, thanks to South Korea's successful Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 18, 2005 at 5:53 p.m..

Travel plans: US in April-May?
So, I'm going to Social Computing Symposium 2005. This means that I'm travelling to US again (after Hawaii/Minneapolis/Chicago in January). So far the plan is to be in Seattle during the last week of April (~23-30), but... There is a preliminary invitation to join an event in Boston on 7-8 May. I really want to be at Mathemagenic on March 18, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Dwindling Etech links
As you can see by the number of links posted over the course of three days, Etech kicked my butt and exhaustion took hold. By the end just being able to follow a talk was about all I could muster. Dare I say I'll write up my thoughts about the conference in the next few days and post something about my experience? A wiser woman would not, but I still dream of the day when I actually take the time to summarize a conference. From megnut on March 18, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

UK games developers call on government support for industry
The head of the UK gaming industry trade association has called on the British government to offer game developers the same support it offers the film industry. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Internet Ad Expenditures Are Fastest Growing
It comes as no surprise that Internet advertising expenditures outpaced all other forms of advertising in the U.S. market for 2004 in terms of annual growth. Overall advertising expenditures increased 9.8 percent from 2003 to 2004 to $141.1 billion, with Internet spending year-over-year up more than any other media -- 21.4 percent, from $6.13 billion in 2003 to $7.44 billion in 2004, according to TNS Media Intelligence. The media receiving the biggest advertising windfalls in 2004 include (in order of size) local newspapers, network TV, con From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 18, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Guerilla room reorganization
Guerilla room reorganization: "LiveJournaler rinku has some simple but effective advice on how to get your space in order. Make a big pile of stuff that isn't where it belongs, and then tackle it. From that pile, everything that you don't need and will likely never use in the next 4 years or so, throw or give away. This includes valuable things, sentimental objects, cobwebs, and so forth. The bits about putting things where they contextually make sense - pen near paper, a clock where it's visible - may seem obvious, but the huge difference it makes when you grab... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on March 18, 2005 at 4:49 p.m..

Individual in a public space: learning from weblogs and cities
A slightly edited/linked piece from my proposal for Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium 2005 (and I'm very excited to be invited :) I have been planning to write a proper weblog post around bullet points at the end, but it's not happenning fast, so I just post it as it is and come back to it later. Although weblogs are perceived as low-threshold tools to publish on-line, em From Mathemagenic on March 18, 2005 at 3:51 p.m..

Amazon's odd words
RageBoy has discovered that Amazon seems to be rolling out a feature that shows you for any particular book which phrases in it are "statistically improbable." For example, Chris' own Gonzo Marketing uses the phrase "public journalism" and "market advocacy." Obviously those are not phrases unique to Chris' book, so Amazon is doing some sort of statistical analysis to find phrases that have some prominence within a book and across books. Fascinating. Unfortunately, apparently you need to be using the Safari browser to see this on Amazon. Or perhaps you need to be taking the same drugs From Joho the Blog on March 18, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Connecticut College president to step down
Norman Fainstein has announced that he will end his term as president in June 2006. He will have served in that capacity for five years. Fainstein told the college community that after a sabbatical year, he will return to Connecticut... From MANE IT Network on March 18, 2005 at 1:59 p.m..

Diarios en Navarra
A propósito de una consulta, aprovecho para recoger los sitios web de los principales diarios que se publican en Navarra: Diario de Navarra Diario de Noticias La Estafeta de Navarra Nueva Gestión (periódico quincenal). Vivir Pamplona... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 18, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..

RSS Versions - Clarifying Differences on RSS Feeds
RSS Feeds has done the best job I've seen of visually representing the differences between RSS versions. Versions are shown in chronological order and the attributes are bolded when they first appear in the specification. Check out RSSFeeds.com From RSS Blog on March 18, 2005 at 12:59 p.m..

Einführung von E-Learning - Innovationsmanagement in einem Bildungswerk der Wirtschaft
Im Mittelpunkt dieses Berichts steht nicht e-Learning, sondern ein Prozess der Organisationsentwicklung. Wie stellt sich eine Bildungsinstitution - in diesem Fall das Bildungswerk der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bbw) - den aktuellen Herausforderungen des Bildungsmarktes? Dargestellt wird dieser notwendige und drängende Veränderungsprozess... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 18, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..

Tag des eLearning 2005
Nordmedia hat die Präsentationen, die auf dem Tag des eLearning im Rahmen der diesjährigen CeBIT gehalten wurden, bereits online gestellt! Darüber hinaus gibt es hier noch einige Fotos und Zusammenfassungen sowie den Hinweis, dass man in diesem Jahr mit über... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 18, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..

Yahoo 360 takes spin through blogosphere - Evan Hansen, CNET News
Yahoo is stepping into social networking and blogging, with a new service that promises to offer a simpler way to keep in touch with people. Dubbed Yahoo 360, the new service is accepting invitation-only beta testers for now, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based From Techno-News Blog on March 18, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

Pharming Out-Scams Phishing - Michelle Deilo, Wired
First came phishing scams, in which con artists hooked unwary internet users one by one into compromising their personal data. Now the latest cyberswindle, pharming, threatens to reel in entire schools of victims. Pharmers simply redirect as many users a From Techno-News Blog on March 18, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

Hardware Security Sneaks into PCs - Robert Lemos, CNET News
Millions of workers will get the latest in PC security this year--but they won't get the full benefit. The three largest computer makers--Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM--have started selling desktops and notebooks with so-called trusted computing hardware From Techno-News Blog on March 18, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

New Line on Mobile Sex
Missing out on the thrill of mobile services? Maybe you just haven't met the right phone yet. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on March 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Blank Discs Not Created Equal
The quest for cheap, high-quality blank CDs and DVDs spawns a vast community of enthusiasts, with aficionados swapping hot finds online. By Aaron Weiss. From Wired News on March 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Fiona Apple Is Cookin' on the Net
She's one of the hottest singers in America, but her latest album was apparently shelved by her label. Now file-sharing fans can find it online. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on March 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Divide Undercuts Clone-Ban Effort
Legislation that would outlaw human cloning is back in front of Congress. But this time conservatives are at odds, and pro-research groups hope that's a good thing. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on March 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Free Software for Electronic Voting - Help Wanted!
As we have all been hearing a lot about for almost five years now, the situation with electronic voting in the United States (and elsewhere) is a mess. More than that, we all know that we have precious little time to do something about it. From kuro5hin.org on March 18, 2005 at 9:45 a.m..

Nassau Examines $34 Million in Spending by Roslyn Schools
A new investigation into Roslyn's finances is focused on the troubled district's capital budget and years of school repairs and maintenance. From New York Times: Education on March 18, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Bloomberg Doubles Capital Funds for Schools
The extra money would bring New York City's contribution toward projects like building science labs and fixing broken windows to $2.6 billion. From New York Times: Education on March 18, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

C-Span's Plan to Cover Talk on Holocaust Is Criticized
More than 200 historians protested C-Span's plan to cover a speech by David Irving, who has argued that Hitler was not fully responsible for the mass murder of Jews. From New York Times: Education on March 18, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Government Is Criticized on Oversight of Head Start
The government's efforts to weed out financial mismanagement in Head Start are too spotty and ineffective to prevent blunders or abuse, according to the G.A.O. From New York Times: Education on March 18, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Will File-Sharing Suits Stifle Innovation?
The New York Times reports, "Some technologists warn that if the court decides in favor of the music and recording industries after hearing arguments in the MGM v. Grokster case on March 29, the ruling could also stifle a proliferating set of new Internet-based services that have nothing to do with the sharing of copyrighted music and movies at issue in the court case." From NITLE Tech News on March 18, 2005 at 7:57 a.m..

Friday, March 18, 2005
When I listed this auction, I hoped the final price would at least cover my eBay fees. From RHPT.com on March 18, 2005 at 6:56 a.m..

Applying usability principles to your CMS
Tony Byrne has written an article on usability and CMS. To quote: Usability has moved to the forefront in the past few years, especially for corporate Web sites, as marketing managers seek to understand and measure whether their investments in... From Column Two on March 18, 2005 at 6:47 a.m..

Why Document DRM will Replace Encryption as the Standard for Document Protection
This paper discusses DRM as a superior replacement for encryption as a means of securing the content of documents for business. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on March 18, 2005 at 5:55 a.m..

If At First You Don't Succeed, Spam and Spam Again
I just spent about 20 minutes doing my regular spam rotations- this is a shuffling of my MT blog script names, changing of the required key phrases on some of the sites. I have a half written post I'd like to finish soon on what to do to make yourself less of a target. In a nutshell, anything your blog does that is outside the patterns of the defaults settings makes it harder for the spam harvesters. So if your MovableType comments script is named "mt-comments.cgi", well you are wearing a sign on the back of your shirt that says "Spam Me". While doing the routines, I saved and From cogdogblog on March 18, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..

The Emotional Point of View
To assume an emotional point of view. At first glance this statement might impress us with the idea of a somewhat out of control reaction to a situation. That is, emotions in contrast to a rationale point of view. Of... From Experience Designer Network on March 18, 2005 at 4:58 a.m..

Learning Strategies Applied to Online Courses
Effective design and instruction of distance courses can provide additional support for students who are at risk of failure due to the fact that they never developed effective learning strategies in traditional face-to-face environments. XplanaZine... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

More student hop online for classes
The number of students taking online courses at Michigan community colleges has skyrocketed over the past six years. From just 47 courses offered in 1999, there are now an estimated 30,000 "seats" filled in 856 virtual classrooms this semester, according... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Eric McLuhan, "The new media won't fit into the classroom"
I had the pleasure of sitting down and reading the Walrus Magazine this evening. There was a rather unflattering article on The McLuhan International Festival of the Future held recently in Toronto. This piece at the end of the article... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Designing Schools for the Present Age
Designing Schools for the Present Age: "Based on our experience as physicians specializing in helping children with learning problems, we would like to offer several observations on what children in the present age "need to know", and what current brain... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Planning for Neomillennial Learning Styles
Rapid advances in information technology are reshaping the learning styles of many students in higher education. The standard "world to the desktop" interface is now complemented by multiuser virtual environments in which people's avatars interact with each other, computer-based agents,... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Teachnology Toolbar
The Teachnology IE Toolbar is an invaluable tool for teachers. Our toolbar organizes the web for you from a teacher's perspective. Make navigating the web simple and take control of your web surfing today! When installed, the toolbar automatically appears... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 18, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Other people's students
I've come across an interesting new problem, new to me, at least. Suppose you read a blog that you might want to respond to, and you discover it's written by a student at your school, but not one of your students. Suppose you would ordinarily disagree fairly seriously with the political content of this blog, and you might even consider it a sort of duty to try to speak against the content when you encounter it. Can you respond anonymously? Can you respond as vigorously, say, as you... From Weblogs in Higher Education on March 18, 2005 at 3:51 a.m..

Homage to Fred and Vincent
So many year agos that it feels more like someone else's story than like a memory, I studied Chinese and even pretended to teach it. Wang (Fred) Fang Yu, an extraordinary teacher, calligrapher and artist, attempted to teach me the language. (With materials as wonderfully effective as the text illustrated to the left. Click the image and listen to Lesson #1.) Vincent Wu, proud instructor in the From homoLudens III on March 18, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Central, Eastern Europe fixed line spending falls to €6bn in 2004 – report
The number of fixed-line connections in the region dwindled in 2004 by a half per cent year on year to 33m. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:55 a.m..

Telenor launches 3G in Svalbard
The 1800-strong town at Longyearbyen, and the tourists who make the trip up to the northern community, will now be given access the same mobile services that they are offered on the mainland. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:55 a.m..

Otrum, Telenor enter satellite broadband deal
Interactive TV solutions provider Otrum is to use the Telenor DVB-RCS Service to deliver films to hotels. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

Philips unveils UMA reference design for mobile phones
Dutch electronics firm Philips’ UMA reference design creates a blueprint for a mobile phone that accesses GSM and GPRS mobile services through traditional mobile networks to automatically switch over to WLAN access points. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

Matav to acquire majority stake in Montenegro telco
Hungarian telco Matáv is to acquire 51.12 percent of the shares of Montenegro's telecoms company Telekom Crne Gore, which consists of fixed-line operator Telekom CG and three subsidiaries. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

Philips introduces wireless LAN semiconductor solution for mobile phones
Dutch electronics firm Philips’ solution is to enable consumers to access voice, data and multimedia content through WLAN networks up to five times faster than current 802.11b products on the market. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

IBM completes Corio acquisition
IT company IBM expects its acquisition of enterprise application management provider Corio to strengthen its application services portfolio. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

Svenska UMTS-Nät awards 3G contract to Ericsson
Swedish telecoms supplier Ericsson is to continue to secure multi-vendor network integration between the shared 3G network and the respective 2G networks of Tele2 and Teliasonera. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

Bendit develops mobile toll payment solution
German interface provider Bendit has developed a mobile toll payment solution based on technology from enterprise service bus (ESB) provider Sonic and Finnish handset maker Nokia. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 18, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

links for 2005-03-17
evnt Nice idea - delicious for events (categories: CoolTools) Open Space Online tour OpenSpace meeting software (categories: CoolTools)... From Monkeymagic on March 17, 2005 at 11:52 p.m..