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Killology Research Group presentation
I don't know anything about this guy or the site/group, but the recommendation comes from one of our own folks taking 802, so I'm betting it is good. Check it out: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman will be at the Centenial... From
Rick's Café Canadien on March 24, 2005 at 10:53 p.m..
Wild information: content in its native environment
Kassia Krozser has written an article on the nature and types of content. To quote: This first article defines content types that need to be accommodated by your CMS and analyzes common problems we've faced when it comes to corralling... From
Column Two on March 24, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..
Portals: are you ready to make the leap?
Shiv Singh has written an article exploring when to migrate to a portal for your intranet or extranet. To quote: For a business manager, choosing a portal package is not an easy decision. While the benefits for corporate IT departments... From
Column Two on March 24, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..
Flat fees or the micro-physics of long tail businesses
Well, well, well - less is more, as we know. That's right we don't want to have the choice. That might be the truth at least nowadays. Transfering that claim to information architecture generates a challenge.Should we hide structures, organization, function. Yes but we never know - or better it's hard to predcit - the users and their idiosyncrasies. Since I'm a visual type of person with disgust for messy desktops I cluster and hide as much as I can. Quite contrary to that my real desktop is a total mess. I have several topological principles in place that try to stru From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 24, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..
More on Fuchs & Woessmann
David Wiley expands on his critique of the study. "What possible, reasonable hypothesis could there be in which the mere availability of anything impacted learning? Would the availability of human experts (not interaction with them, now) improve learning? Would the availability of books? Would the availability of anything?" By David Wiley, Iterating Toward Openness, March 23, 2005 [
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OLDaily on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Creating a Supercommunity of On-Line Communities
If we understand our history, we understand ourselves. From our history: "In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face...We believe that we are entering into a technological age, in which we will be able to interact with the richness of living information -- not merely in the passive way that we have become accustomed to using books and libraries, but as active participants in an ongoing process, bringing something to it through our interaction with it, and not simply receiving something from it by our connection to it." This is the story From
OLDaily on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Three Keys to Implementing a Laptop Program: Over-Plan, Over-Train, and Over-Support
This article is pretty well summarized in the title, though it is worth noting that the introduction of laptops into the classroom is only the first, and smallest, part ofa laptop program. Good read, especially if you're in the process of designing or implementing such a program. By Forrest Stone, Education World, March 2, 2005 [
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OLDaily on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Government Statement on Proposals for Copyright Reform
Two Canadian departments, Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage, have issued an important joint statement on legislation to be proposed covering copyright and file sharing in Canada. The document addresses short term concerns (with longer term items being subject to a consultation process). The document represents an increase in rights for publishers, but is far from the land-grab seen in the United States or in an earlier Canadian Heritage document. ISPs would be freed from liability, only courts would be able to issue take-down orders, and several rights (especially in performing arts and ph From
OLDaily on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Help with Blogging Assignments
The value of this post is in the comments. The author describes a blog writing assignment he is using - an assignment that is failing to generate the sort of response he is looking for. Several good suggestions have been offered already - you may have more. I would probably refer students to my
Guide to the Logical Fallacies (which I should really update - it has been ten years). or something that gives them a mechanism for analyzing and evaluating written material (there's such a dearth, and yet people who cannot critically as From
OLDaily on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Creative Commons Search
For those (few) of you who don't know, Creative Commons is a type of license that allows you to use other people's work for free. In other words, it allows people to share content, rather than having to buy it from publishers. What will make Creative Commons really work is the ability to find this material. The Creative Commons website recent launched a
Creative Commons search and this week's big news is the
Yahoo Cretaive Commons search. All that free stuff, no evil copyright lawyers From
OLDaily on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Googlebug Gaining Momentum; Ourmedia Not as Good As It Sounds
The main point of this post is to argue that using centralized services is a bad idea. Hence, for example, a bug in the Google search service cause widespread disruption. In the same vein, depending on a centralzied service such as OurMedia (or, as I have commented recently, Flickr) can for the same reason be a bad idea. "It'll be a central store of data, which is great until there's some kind of funding problem and the whole thing has to be dismantled." Right. Which is why I'm much more interested in what ought to be phase two of OurMedia - the release of the code to everyone, From
OLDaily on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Bookmarklet: Delicious Linkbacks
Nifty. A link that you can drag to your bookmark toolbar. Go to a web page, any web page, then click on the bookmark. You'll get a pop-up listing the comments people made about the page on del.icio.us. Via
Tim Lauer. By Alan Taylor, March, 2005 [
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OLDaily on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Ten by Ten
Ten by Ten lets you browse the top stories via thumbnails. [Technorati tags: taxonomy tags]... From
Joho the Blog on March 24, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..
Dr. Himmer soon
Let me be the second to congratulate Steve Himmer on defending his doctoral dissertation. Woohoo! [Technorati tag: himmer]... From
Joho the Blog on March 24, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..
Dinosaur blogs
I just stumbled across this brillant
"Sequiter" cartoon, published Mar. 5 in Pegasus News. Those of you who think you're working for newspapers, get ready for a glimpse of how the younger generation may already be viewing that medium... From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 24, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..
The New Pitch
Um die Zukunft der Werbung sorgt sich diese Woche der New Yorker und kommt zu dem Schluss, dass nichts mehr ist, wie es noch vor wenigen Jahren war: "In many ways, the advertising business in the early twenty-first century... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 24, 2005 at 8:50 p.m..
Using blogs in class? Read this
Sarah Lohnes is starting a study on using weblogs to support collaboration in undergraduate classrooms. If you are teaching an undergraduate class this spring and using a blog in conjunction with your class,
follow this link to learn more about it. (Sarah, maybe it would be useful to post a list of participants, so these people can find one another?) From
Seb's Open Research on March 24, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..
Vibrant Cities Find One Thing Missing: Children
Vibrant Cities Find One Thing Missing: Children: "As cities are remodeled to match the tastes of people living well, they are struggling to hold on to enough children." (Via New York Times.) Today's New York Times has an article that strikes home. It details the decrease in enrollment in Portland schools while at the same time the city thrives with new construction and gentrified neighborhoods. Through a series of demographic and budget issues, Portland will be cutting over 300 teaching positions. While the demographic issues discussed in the article are a contributing factor, the main pr From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on March 24, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..
What would Gandhi do?
Joi Ito has a fascinating, heart-felt post about the way he — and almost all of us — accommodate our positions to the context in which we're speaking. He was at the Doors of Perception conference in India conference: Later, an elderly man stood up and said that all knowledge should be available to everyone and that he didn't think we should compromise on the copyright issues. He then said that the people are ready to fight and march in the streets and turn over the monopolies and we didn't need to sit around and wait for government. It turns... From
Joho the Blog on March 24, 2005 at 7:46 p.m..
Spyware Worse Than Viruses
IT managers are reaching a consensus - rogue applications that fall into the spyware (or adware) category cause more problems than viruses. This position has evolved considerably from a year ago, when an onslaught of worms and viruses bedeviled IT... From
Indiana IT on March 24, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..
Must-Read Feeds: My List
I've done a little reorganizing in my sprawling list of feed subscriptions. If you've checked out my complete feed list (always noted in the right column, Feeds Amy Reads), you'll see I subscribe to over 400 feeds sorted into about 30 categories. Obviously, there's no way I read all of that stuff all the time. So I've finally gotten around to creating a short list of feeds that I check daily... From
Contentious Weblog on March 24, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..
Universität als Beute
Einerseits wirft der Autor der AutoUni vor, eine "zu spät gekommene" Corporate University zu sein. Andererseits sieht er in ihr "ein mögliches Szenario für den Umbau des deutschen Bildungssystems". Denn, so die Argumentation, "im Prinzip realisiert Volkswagen mit der Autouni... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 24, 2005 at 4:51 p.m..
Beyond functionality and technocracy
Beyond functionality and technocracy: creating human involvement with educational technology. Innovation of education is highly topical. It is obviously boosted by a range of new technologies, which enable new modes of learning that, are independent of time and place through... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 24, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..
Thursday night blogging meeting webcast
From Shimon Rura: The webcast starts at or just before 7pm on Thursdays, when our meeting starts, and ends when the meeting ends. To listen to the live stream, you'll need an MP3 player capable of receiving audio streams (using HTTP). Most halfway decent MP3 players can do this, including Winamp, Windows Media player, Audio (Mac), iTunes, XMMS, and others. If you're not sure you can handle this, go to shoutcast.com and try listening to some of the streaming radio stations there. If those work, you can listen to our meeting. If you want to load a URL directly into... From
Joho the Blog on March 24, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..
Tagging Frist
Michael Bassik at Personal Democracy Forum finds it distubring that Sen. Bill Frist was able to diagnosis Terri Schiavo on the basis of a video of her. So, Michael suggests that we upload photos to flickr of our medical conditions — "tennis elbow, acne, runny nose, hemorrhoids, or whatever ails you" — and tag them "Frist" so the good doctor can diagnose us as well.... From
Joho the Blog on March 24, 2005 at 2:46 p.m..
Mac Attacks Are on the Rise - Reuters
Attacks on Apple's OS X operating system, thought by many who use the Mac to be virtually immune from hackers, are on the rise, according to a report from Symantec, an anti-virus software vendor. "Contrary to popular belief, the Macintosh operating system From
Techno-News Blog on March 24, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..
Amazing Profit Potential in RSS - Article by Rok Hrastnik
The marketing and profit potential of RSS is, simply said, quite amazing. It's not just good for blogs, and it's certainly much more than »just another« way of getting your content to your readers. And it's just reaching the tipping point. There are still only »a few« RSS publishers and RSS usage is growing every day. This is your best chance to get on the wave... To get you started, here's a quick overview of what RSS can do for your internet business... Complete Article -
RSS Blog on March 24, 2005 at 11:55 a.m..
Zukunftsweisende Lernarchitekturen
Dies ist bereits das dritte White Paper, das Detecon dem Thema "Bildungsmanagement" widmet. Das erste hieß "E-Learning: Die zweite Welle" (2002), das zweite "Strategien für ein integrationsorientiertes Bildungsmanagement" (2004), und man konnte dort bereits lesen: "Beim E-Learning geht es... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 24, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..
Mendel's Law May Be Flawed
Unchallenged since the early 1800s, the basic rules of plant evolution are being called into question by a new molecular biology study from Purdue University. From
Wired News on March 24, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
NASA Follows X Prize Footsteps
Seeking to re-create the success of the Ansari X Prize, the space agency announces a set of competitions for cunning aerospace inventors. The first challenges: to construct a Space Age tether and a wireless power supply. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on March 24, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
China's Next Cultural Revolution
The People's Republic is on the fast track to become the car capital of the world. And the first alternative-fuel superpower. By Lisa Margonelli from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
It's the Content, Not the Source
The Apple lawsuit really boils down to the definition of a trade secret, not the definition of a journalist. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Now You, Too, Can Be a Comedian
Taking a page from the popularity of karaoke, a group of performers is promoting Joke-e-oke, a platform that lets anyone mimic the routines of their favorite comedians. Harmon Leon reports from San Francisco. From
Wired News on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Animator Makes Waves as Artist
Ray Caesar, a former animator and hospital graphic artist, is generating buzz in New York City art circles with his surreal and sometimes disturbing digital prints. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
German Workers Do the Wage Limbo
Beset by high unemployment and the ongoing cost of reunification, Germany's economy has been unraveling for the last decade. Now a German job site pits workers against each other to help employers cut costs. By Jason Walsh. From
Wired News on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Why Cryonics?
Human beings are all the same kind of animal and much like many other animals. We exist along with an estimated 5 to 50 million other species which all evolved with survival and reproductive instincts that helped us to avoid danger and threats, and thus to perpetuate ourselves. We human animals are mainly social beings and most of us experience loss when others die, as well as fears of separation or loneliness. Such feelings can be observed in other animals, like elephants, dogs and primates. But unlike these animals and all of the world's other living things, we are the only living creat From
kuro5hin.org on March 24, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
The non-typographer’s guide to practical typeface selection
This is a simple
guide to help you choose a typeface for your needs. Make a list of those “familiar” typefaces that you trust and know will work well in a variety of projects Supplement that list with a list of “unfamiliar” typefaces that address any specific objectives for the project at hand Test each typeface at small and large sizes Test both caps and lowercase From
elearningpost on March 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..
How to start a startup
This is a good
article on the points to keep in mind when you are starting a new business. It is simple and to the point. "You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. A startup that does all three will probably succeed." From
elearningpost on March 24, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..
Images Canada
Images Canada -- the gateway to images of Canadian events, people, places and things! Search the collections of participating archives, libraries, museums and universities from across Canada. Type a keyword in the search box, select the number of images you... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 24, 2005 at 5:54 a.m..
Second Shift Job: 20 Tons of Minus
My
self-imposed sentence of hard labor is not over. The next phase of our backyard landscaping project involved a delivery of 20 tons of 3/8 inch minus coral granite on our driveway. This is everything that passes through the finest sieve at the rock quarry (folks in the know just call it "minus"), so it is pretty much sand. Landscaping in arid Arizona should not involve grass (though many people try to replicate Midwest/ East Coast greens here). In the 7 years we have owned our house, we have had t From
cogdogblog on March 24, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Blogs are
Blogs are distinctly powerful because they are content, marketing and distribution all rolled into one, says
RCox in a posting with one of those rude and racy titles you'd only see on the web. I want to add process and product to Cox's list as an unpacking of the term content, and then I want to add use and refinement as an unpacking of... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on March 24, 2005 at 4:49 a.m..
Skyperview Number 16
I ought to stop, but this is too much fun.. today I completed my 16th mini
"Skyperview" with folks near and far about their use and ideas for digital audio over the net. I'll be scraping a few more before the end of the week, but I need to get around to actually writing my article this is going to be used for. So added yesterday and today: * Steve Dembo, Director of Technology at a school in Chicago, blogs at
Teach42 fame.
cogdogblog on March 24, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
"Recently used file list" grayed out on Word
If Microsoft Word is no longer displaying recently used files in the Files menu, and if the "Recently used file list" option is grayed out in Tools > Options > General, you should change the value of "Add new documents to Documents on Start Menu" in TweakUI. If you're not using TweakUI and if you feel comfortable futzing with your Registry, go here: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer Set "NoRecentDocsHistory" to 0. If you don't understand what I'm saying, then you shouldn't be futzing with the Registry. If you do, then you know to From
Joho the Blog on March 24, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..
To be, or not to be: intranet justification
Paul Chin has written an article on justifying intranets to management. To quote: It's our job, as intranet professionals, to help management see the true worth of an intranet beyond the dollar. They need to understand a properly built and... From
Column Two on March 24, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..
IA Summit folksonomies panel
Thanks to Peter Morville, here are links to info about the panel on folksonomies at the IA Summit: PDF's of the panelists' slides by Gene Smith Peter Morville, Peter Herholz and Thomas Vander Wal Seb Paquet's notes on the presentations An MP3 of Peter Morville on "sorting out social classification" which we're warned crashes Firefox but works on IE. I'm really sorry I missed attending the Summit. It sounds fascinating: The leading thinkers and what a great time to be talking about these issues. [Technorati tags: taxonomy folksonomy iasummit]... From
Joho the Blog on March 24, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..
links for 2005-03-23
Cultural Complexity; Studies in the Social Organization of Meaning; Ulf Hannerz Wicked Problems "Rittel and Webber observed that there are a set of problems that cannot be resolved with traditional analytical approaches"... From
Monkeymagic on March 23, 2005 at 11:50 p.m..