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Don’t Dismiss Character Blogs
There's been a bit of fuss in the blogosphere lately over the issue of character blogs: weblogs that are "written" by a fictional character. That is, the entries are presented from a rather allegorical perspective, as opposed to a realistic one. Some very smart people (such as Steve Rubel) hate character blogs. Others like them, or at least aren't inherently opposed to them. Personally, I think character blogs have their uses – depending on motives, goals, topics, and (most of all) audience... From Contentious Weblog on April 20, 2005 at 10:55 p.m..

bilingual instructional designer
From Dr. Katy Campbell at the University of Alberta: We are recruiting toute de suite for a designer for a 2-year contract (and maybe longer). This person has to be at least somewhat fluent in French, not fully bilingual necessarily,... From Rick's Café Canadien on April 20, 2005 at 10:53 p.m..

European Work Organisation Research Fellow
From Derek Tannis: European Work Organisation Research Fellow Three-year post commencing September 2005 Salary £21,489-£26,355 pa (increase pending) Closing date for applications: 27 May 2005 Interviews: Tuesday morning, 7 June In partnership with 16 other European research institutes, the Working... From Rick's Café Canadien on April 20, 2005 at 10:53 p.m..

Blocking VoIP Calls: Foreboding Harbinger or Benign Fluke?
The nation of Qatar has already started cracking down on what it calls "illegal VoIP" (Voice over IP) and there are signs that this trend is spreading as some U.S. carriers have already attempted to block voice traffic, citing it as unfair competition. I personally don't see what's unfair about using technological innovation to provide the same service at a lower cost, but then I have maintained that the global business ennvironment has long since ceased From OLDaily on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia
With more than a million entries and able to compose credible and authoritative articles years before its more traditional competition, Wikipedia has emerged as a force in online publishing. But how did it start? In this two part essay (Part One, Part Two) one of the people who worked on the project in its early days, Larry Sanger, offers a retrospective. This is From OLDaily on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

The Gift Economy
Dave Pollard writes, "The Gift Economy offers us a means to learn, to understand, to take charge, and to change our world. It is a natural economy, steeped in millions of years of pre-civilization human culture and the culture of all life on Earth. If enough of us embraced it, the modern 'market' economy, built on the faulty and inhuman foundations of inequality, scarcity, false quantification of value, and acquisition, could not survive." In this thus far I agree, and in what follows he provides a pretty good overview. But. I'm unhappy with this: "In a 'market' econom From OLDaily on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Capella Education Company
Capella University, which " provides online accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs to working adults and employers," has filed for its initial public offering (IPO). It intends to raise up to $86 million. This comes just a few months after it received significant venture capital funding. By Unknown, Prospects, April 18, 2005 [Refer][Res From OLDaily on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Radio@UPEI
Short item pointing to Radio@UPEI, "a new type of media exchange where anyone can learn about rich media, where anyone can contribute and enjoy a diverse range of music, where anyone can contribute as well as listen to independently produced 'shows'." Rock and roll! By James Farmer, incorporated subversion, April 19, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Last weekend was Jude Law Movie Weekend at Casa de Tjahjono, as TOH and I watched Closer and , two movies that leaves viewers scratching their heads. We first watched Closer, where four beautiful people spend the movie taking turns sleeping with each other, all of it done off-screen. From RHPT.com on April 20, 2005 at 9:57 p.m..

Being researched...
I think this is called karma - if you research other people via their weblogs someone will come to research you :))) Adrian Miles gives his students an assignment to study people online - and I happened to be in the list. I've got email from one of the students who study me - being studied feels fun and strange... And - I found the page where the results are being documented and weblogs of students who study me :) Wasn't going to do t From Mathemagenic on April 20, 2005 at 9:51 p.m..

Turing's original test, at last (Kevin Marks)
Fifty-five years ago, Alan Turing wrote a paper on artificial intelligence and gender roles. He said: The new form of the problem can be described in terms of a game which we call the 'imitation game." It is played with... From Corante: Social Software on April 20, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..

Textbooks Don't Work The Way They "Should"
Summary: Learning material that is accessible and manipulable in multiple ways allows individuals to use and acquire material in personalized ways--with the personalization involving using the same material in many distinct, instead of a single, ways. The same content can be used quite differently if transferred from a linear paper form to an electronic wiki-ized from with multiple entry points and multiple workable forms of learning-related interaction I have no doubt that in the right hands the wiki-ized version will allow more learning and teaching to take place. Will Richardson gi From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on April 20, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

Ohmygosh...It's a Podcast!
Believe it or not, I've thrown together another underproduced, crackly, levels all over the place podcast for the listening pleasure of anyone out there who has less of a life than I. In this episode, I ask five teachers to give their views on the Web as a teaching tool, and the responses are, shall we say, less than earth shattering but somewhat interesting nonetheless. Suffice to say, these guys aren't thinking Web first when it comes to publishing. For me, it's another experiment in form...the interviewcast. Here's the weblogged News on April 20, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Information democratization
A disruptive genre? It seems clear that the abundance of new communications tools and techniques challenges parts of our worldview or better we are in a need to adjust or re-constitute what we conceive as important.Soldier blogs raise concerns in US: " It facilitates communication between soldiers and society and yet "creates new leadership challenges, an explosion of information fostering multiple truths, inf From thomas n. burg | randgänge on April 20, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Furl and Del.icio.us: Almost Perfect Together
As I've mentioned before, two web-based tools I use extensively to keep track of important or interesting online information are Furl and del.icio.us. Both of these tools help me file links that I wish to remember or recommend, and allow me to share that information flexibly. Over the last few months I've developed my own way of using these two tools together. It suits me, and I think it suits the unique strengths of each tool. So in case it's useful to others, here's how I use Furl and del.icio.us together... From Contentious Weblog on April 20, 2005 at 8:55 p.m..

Is there still a need for 'traditional' journals in academia?
Lately while sitting writing journal articles and other publications I have been thinking about the role played by these traditional journals in modern day academia. With the last article I wrote it was a real struggle to reference one item... From ERADC Blog on April 20, 2005 at 8:55 p.m..

What Do you Need for Quality in e-Learning?
Da "Qualität" auch auf der Agenda des D-ELAN VOR ORT steht, auf dem ich heute und morgen in Oberhausen bin, "passt" der Artikel. Er beschreibt interessanterweise die Fähigkeiten, "which enable individuals in the situation of quality development to act competent",... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 20, 2005 at 8:51 p.m..

Sleep is for slackers
As Donald Trump, who goes to bed at 1 a.m. and rises at 5 a.m., wrote in Think Like a Billionaire: " . . . it gives me a competitive edge. I have friends who are successful and sleep ten... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 20, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

The Second Brain
The brain in the stomach is called the enteric nervous system - there are millions of neurons in the stomach and intestines, and scientists estimate that 90% of the serotonin in our bodies is in this brain. The idea of... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 20, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

Technology key to future of higher education, official says
A University of Phoenix official made his first visit to the Yuma campus Thursday to discuss the next generation of higher education with members of the community. Local Education... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 20, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

Accessibility is virtual schools' virtue
Judith Darling's class roster includes students who live in places as far flung as Hatteras, Plymouth and Robeson County. She knows the high school students by their names, assignments and exams, but she has never laid eyes on them. newsobserver.com... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 20, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

10 Tips for Bloggers
Tips for creating a blog. There are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Having said that, bloggers will likely increase their exposure by following some simple blog guidelines. 10 Tips for Bloggers... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 20, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

Success by puns
Just as we knew blogging was succeeding because of the hundred different plays on the word, "folksonomy" is now spawning its own, including "fauxonomy," a phrase used by Tom Coates and used in The Daily Chump's tagline, so to speak. (I myself am guilty of the highly forced "folksongnomic.") [Technorati tags: folksonomy fauxonomy]... From Joho the Blog on April 20, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

My Weblog Characterization (from BlogThings)
Summary: I took the weblog survey.I'm pretty much in agreement, I would like to grow wisdom in my blog. Pundit Blogger an aspect my ideal. But there is at least one other aspect of my makeup; call it "Fellow Traveler", someone who enjoys sharing the quest with one or more others. Gotta say Pundit Blogger characterization is much closer than, say, "Snarky Blogger" --defined as: "You've got a razor sharp wit that bloggers are secretly scared of. And that's why they read your posts as often as they can!Nope!, "Look From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on April 20, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

The iPod Dining Guide to Seattle
If in your community there are a lot of people using iPod digital music players, you might be intrigued by a new downloadable dining guide produced by Seattle Weekly. The alternative weekly's Gary Love explains: "In the ongoing trend to try to get our content to our readers, wherever they might be -- at their computer, on the bus, etc. -- the Seattle Weekly now gives our readers the ability to browse our restaurant listings with their iPods."What From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 20, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Rojo Mojos (Ross Mayfield)
Web-based aggregation network Rojo came out of Beta today. Been playing with a preview version and have to say it’s a nice re-design and a simpler way to share while reading. In effect, they are trying to blur the line... From Corante: Social Software on April 20, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Will Review Films for Food
An interesting press release landed in my e-mail today from MaryAnn Johanson, an independent film critic who is attempting to become the first in her field, she claims, to become entirely supported by donations from individual moviegoers. She's pitching it this way: "One way to restore the waning trust in journalism is to remove it from the morass of corporate conflicts that plague the mainstream media."Johanson cites the recent flap at the Los Angeles Times, where General Motors Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 20, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Problemas con los comentarios
Desde hace unos días varios lectores me han transmitido la dificultad que tienen para publicar comentarios en el blog: "Your comment could not be submitted due to questionable content". El MT Blacklist hasta ahora no me había dado problemas, pero... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on April 20, 2005 at 4:52 p.m..

EuroNews expands to Estonia
The channel has been launched in the Baltic region in Estonia by Levira, the operator of the Estonian DTT platform. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Wippit to offer movie downloads
The service will launch later this summer, with films starting at €1.46 (99p) per movie. Video content to be made available includes blockbusters, classics, independent and rarities. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

22m voice over broadband connections in Western Europe by 2008 - report
Some 2m new connections took the total number of connections to 2.5m, which is expected to rise to over 22m by 2008, yielding €5.4bn in revenue, predicts a recent study. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Untethered Communities (Ross Mayfield)
Jon Lebkowsky on a WELL discussion: We’re seeing more and more ways to connect, and no one mode is all of the story. The virtual communities I hang out within these days are more fluid and less enclosed than the... From Corante: Social Software on April 20, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Chinese tagging
Rebecca reports on the use of tagging by Chinese bloggers. Also, "If you are posting something on your blog about Chinese-Japanese tensions, Sino-Japanese history debates, and related issues (or if you're uploading related photos to the web)," she recommends you use the tag "cn_jp_dialog." [Technorati tags: cn_jp_dialog tags globalvoices]... From Joho the Blog on April 20, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

A backlash
Graeme Thickens, in a de-hyping mood, gives ten reasons why businesses won't blog. I agree that business has been slow to pick up on blogs, but I find too many of his reasons unconvincing. For example: "Businesses don't do passion." True, but employees do. And employees, not businesses. write blogs. "Business doesn't like gossip." So now we know which types of blogs Graeme's been reading :) "Businesses already communicate well in various ways." Puhlease! Businesses can barely croak out intelligible phrases. Have you heard an executive talk recently? Or a marketer? That&apos From Joho the Blog on April 20, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

of contradictions power
If you introduce a novel factor into an activity system, and the participants of such a system learn a new domain knowledge a secondary contradiction might happen. Those (local) innovations challenge the entire system. Those secondary contradictions of the activity are the moving force behind disturbances and innovations, and eventually behind the change and development of the system. They cannot be eliminated or fixed with simple remedies. They get aggrevated over time and event From thomas n. burg | randgänge on April 20, 2005 at 3:47 p.m..

Vimpelcom delivers live content to idle mobile screens
Powered by UK mobile solutions provider Celltick's Livescreen technology, Vimpelcom's 'Chameleon' service broadcasts live content directly to subscribers' idle mobile phone screens. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Opera 8 browser launched
Opera 8 includes new features such as a security information field that indicates the trustworthiness of banking and shopping websites and voice interaction capabilities. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Mobilkom Austria HSDPA to be ready by end of year
Mobilkom expects to have completed roll-out of HSDPA services by late 2005/early 2006, allowing A1 customers to download data initially at a speed of up to 3.6 Mbit/second. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Sony Pictures digitises entire catalogue with HP, Ascent Media Group solutions
HP, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and AMG have formed an alliance to digitise Sony's library of film and television assets. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

Intel delivers WiMAX chip
Previously codenamed 'Rosedale', the Intel PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface device is based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

Italtel provides VoIP network for Albacom
Italian enterprise telecoms supplier Albacom is to deploy a voice over internet protocol solution from Italian telcoms solutions provider Italtel. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

150 WCDMA devices on market - GSA report
A total of 25 WCDMA device suppliers have announced products. The number of commercial WCDMA networks stands at 67 in 31 countries, serving 21.4m subscribers as of the end of March, 2005. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 20, 2005 at 1:56 p.m..

Today's session
It was a pleasure to talk about web publishing software with our guests from the city today. Though the group was too large for everyone to speak, I enjoyed the comments and questions and took away a very positive impression of the people who work to make South Bend a better place to live. I realize that most encounters with public offices are routine things like license renewals or are complicated because they involve problems or emergencies. This means that a citizen like me might not... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 20, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..

The New York Times Company Reports NYTimes.com's Record-Breaking Traffic for March
NYTimes.com's RSS feeds generated 5.9 million pageviews on the site in March, which represents a 342% increase year over year and a 39% increase from February's 4.3 million pageviews. The sections that were most popular among RSS feeds included: Washington and Business. The feeds have been available since February 2002. Complete Article From RSS Blog on April 20, 2005 at 12:59 p.m..

10 Tips for Bloggers
Tips for creating a blog. There are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Having said that, bloggers will likely increase their exposure by following some simple blog guidelines. Complete Article - 10 Tips for Bloggers From RSS Blog on April 20, 2005 at 12:59 p.m..

Integrated ECM
AIIM has launched a new initiative focused on created integrated ECM, whereby the vision of interoperability is actually achieved. To quote: Responsible for creating an international standard composed of SOA / web services by which enterprise content management related systems,... From Column Two on April 20, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

3000 images from 1800 sites
From the site (Ro London) I started gathering little, iconesque web images for myself so that I could compare, contrast, and study the techniques used by other graphic artists on the web. My initial pool of images looked so interesting that I decided to continue methodically hunting and capturing the icons for a public display piece. 300 Images From 1800 Sites From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on April 20, 2005 at 11:59 a.m..

NBC chief mulls blogs for top news anchors - Reuters
NBC could create Internet blogs for its top news anchors and celebrity interviewers as it seeks to maintain the appeal of U.S. network news, its top executive said Tuesday. NBC Universal Television Group President Jeff Zucker said entering the generally From Techno-News Blog on April 20, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

New Life for Moore's Life - Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
Princeton professor Stephen Chou believes he has come up with a way to keep the semiconductor industry rolling forward, and it resembles something Henry VIII might have worn on his royal vestments. Chou, who also founded Nanonex, is one of the prime advoc From Techno-News Blog on April 20, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Vonage to get Internet phone competition - Matthew Fordahl, Ap
Who becomes the 21st century equivalent of Ma Bell is anybody's bet right now. The current U.S. Internet telephony leader, Vonage, launched in 2001 and says it has about 600,000 lines in service. But Vonage's advantage, a recently unleashed TV and online From Techno-News Blog on April 20, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Content management systems: selection and implementation (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra)
I'm pleased to present Martin White, author of The Content Management Handbook, the most recent book devoted to the subject of web content management. Based in the United Kingdom, Martin is conducting a limited workshop tour in Australia to share... From Column Two on April 20, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

MasterMind Explorer - Issue 94 - Mobile RSS, TheWeblogProject, Independent Films
MasterMind Explorer - Issue 94 - Mobile RSS, TheWeblogProject, Independent Films From MasterMind Explorer on April 20, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..

RSS y Empresa
Enlaces de apoyo a mi intervención en las Jornadas Weblogs y sindicación de contenidos. Cómo explotar y lograr un mayor impacto de los contenidos en Internet: 1) Agregadores Sitios que publican canales temáticos basados en fuentes RSS y herramientas para... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on April 20, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..

House OKs Family Copyright Bill
A bill targeting camcorders in theaters and letting home users edit objectionable scenes from movies passes the House. The president is expected to give it the green light. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Anti-HIV Bacterium Isolated?
Researchers isolate a microorganism that binds to HIV and blocks infection. The discovery may lead to an HIV-killing predatory bug -- and a cheap and easy way to fight the virus. By Rowan Hooper. From Wired News on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Picking the Pope's Domain Name
How did a writer in Florida know to buy the BenedictXVI.com domain name more than two weeks before the new pope was elected? By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Online Game Gets Feeding Tube
The massively multiplayer online game There gets a new lease on life. Following months of struggle comes a flood of money and staffers. But what about new players? By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Webmonkey Says, Let Adobe Be
Adobe Systems' acquisition of Macromedia is a good thing, argues the editor of Webmonkey, even as some geeks chatter about stagnation and monopoly. Commentary by Michael Calore. From Wired News on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Sony Gets Real on Virtual Goods
The trade of virtual goods in massively multiplayer online games is becoming big, big business. Sony's about to grab a piece of the action with the first official auction site for virtual gewgaws. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

ChoicePoint Division Changes Tack
Rapsheets will automatically notify the targets of background checks if damaging information is being distributed about them. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on April 20, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

New York's Private Colleges to Get State Aid From New Fund
The money is the result of years of aggressive lobbying by private colleges, as well as shrewd tactics by their lead strategist, Abraham M. Lackman. From New York Times: Education on April 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

School Quiz Bowl: It's Not the Brains, It's the Buzzer
Though academic challenge teams do not get the same notice as football squads, many schools in the region have them. From New York Times: Education on April 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Utah Vote Rejects Parts of Education Law
The bill is a stinging rebuke of President Bush's signature education law and the most explicit legislative challenge by a state. From New York Times: Education on April 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Test Reprieve Keeps Top Teacher on Job
A former diesel dealer who helped a school create a diesel mechanics program almost lost his job because he hadn't passed a standardized test. From New York Times: Education on April 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Smack the penguin (modified)
You can send the penquin much farther on this one...again sorry to the penquin lovers. Smack the penguin [modified version]!!!... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 20, 2005 at 3:55 a.m..

Smack the penquin (steriod version)
Wow...even more distance. Smack the penguin [steroids version]!!!... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 20, 2005 at 3:55 a.m..

YetiSports
I found the start of it all. If this doesn't waste away your day no site will. ..:::YETISPORTS:::.. by chris hilgert // powered by edelweiss medienwerkstatt... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 20, 2005 at 3:55 a.m..

Social Bookmarking Tools
This paper explores the tagging phenomenon in social bookmarking sites: "In many ways these new tools resemble blogs stripped down to the bare essentials. Here the essential unit of information is a link, not a story – but a link decorated with a title, a description, tags and perhaps even personal recommendation points. It is still uncertain whether tagging will take off in the way that blogging has. And even if it does, nobody yet knows exactly what it will achieve or where it will go – but the road ahead beckons." [via elearningpost on April 20, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..