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Chris Lydon's Open Source
I just came back from Chris Lydon's new radio-Net show, called "Open Source." Doc, Dave and I were the first guests. Chris and his team, including long-time producer Mary McGrath, are trying to do something new. They take seriously that one-way broadcasting is the solution to a problem we no longer have. Chris is even more besotted with the Web than he sometimes lets on. He's open to ideas about how to make it more open, more Webby, more integrated with the Web. This show will be an interesting experiment...not a statement one can say about many shows you find... From
Joho the Blog on May 30, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..
II Encuesta Weblogs
Ya está en marcha la II Encuesta a bloguers y lectores de blogs: La encuesta, diseñada por Gemma y programada por Antonio, se realiza con la finalidad de "recopilar datos que nos ayuden a entender, un poco más, la blogosfera".... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 30, 2005 at 6:52 p.m..
Broadcast Machine
User-produced media takes another step forward with the release of Broadcast Machine, an open source application that streams your video as a
BitTorrent from your web server. A
viewer is also being released. The software is beta and not ready for prime time yet, but it just shows how close we are to bypassing traditional media altogether. Via
Alec Couros. By Various Authors, Participatory Culture Foundation, May, 2005 [
OLDaily on May 30, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
The Role of Digital Rights Management in Open Access
Good article discussion the relation between digital rioghts management (DRM) and open access (OA) publushing. While OA advocates eschew DRM because it has the potential to impose access restrictions, there may be a role for DRM in the management of minimal rights, such as attribution, through a declaration of those rights in metadata. Moreover, OA advocates need to be wary of the DRM in PDFs provided by publishers to authors for self-archiving. Via
EDUCAUSE. By Richard Poynder, Indicare, April 22, 2005 [
OLDaily on May 30, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Facilitating the Social Annotation and Commentary of Web Pages
The idea behind digital annotation is that readers of a web page or document can place comments into the context of the article, like footnotes or marginalia, rather than at the end. It's a good idea and as you read this article you'll see how much thought has gobe into it over the years. But you'll also see that none of these solutions has really caught on. I think that, on a web with billions of documents, there may be a minimal granularity of reference. It may be that referring by page is as precise as readers are willing to get. Via
Ja From OLDaily on May 30, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
DRM misses home
Two weekends ago, I paid my parents a visit. I needed to practice some driving, and they needed me to spruce up their computer and insult me on random transgressions in my life. (The first words my mother said to me was, "What's wrong with your face?") They recently saw the light and ditched AOL and switched to Sympatico DSL Basic, and needed help configuring their mail. Oh, and the computer is a WindowsME machine. Oh joy. While I was installing Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, my dad complained that he couldn't play this Chinese mohgoung movies* on any of his DVD players or DVD driv From
silentblue | Quantified on May 30, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..
Concept mapping tool
Heather Ross sends this along to us: This is an article on a concept mapping tool called CMap. It was originally created for use by scientists, but it's now available for free for non-commercial purposes. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050530/ap_on_sc/concept_mapping_1... From
Rick's Café Canadien on May 30, 2005 at 5:46 p.m..
My Feed Lists: Moving Targets
For a few months now I've featured in the right-hand column of this blog links to lists of all the site, blog, and podcast feeds I subscribe to. When I first announced these lists, a lot of people downloaded them. However, my feed lists are perpetual works in progress. So if you haven't checked out my lists for awhile, you might want to check out these updates. I've found many, many new gems. Here are a few highlights... From
Contentious Weblog on May 30, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..
MT vs. WordPress
A friend of mine wants to move from Blogger and set up blogging software on her server. She's not very technical, but knows which end of an FTP to hold and has at some point in her past changed permissions on files on her server. Between Movable Type and WordPress, which do you think she's more likely to succeed at installing on her own?... From
Joho the Blog on May 30, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..
Another Great Blogging Workshop Coming Up
This week, I probably won't be blogging too much because I'm immersed in finalizing a private workshop I'll be delivering to a major NGO in Washington DC on Friday. However, I'd like to mention another excellent workshop coming up. My friend and colleague Dave Taylor is delivering another BlogSmart workshop, How to Blog, on Friday, June 2, in Boulder, CO... From
Contentious Weblog on May 30, 2005 at 10:54 a.m..
Dickens: Better than I thought
I've never been much of a fan of Charles Dickens, what with his two-dimensional characters jostled about by his steam-driven plots. But I started Little Dorrit yesterday. Here's how it opens: Thirty years ago, Marseilles lay burning in the sun, one day. A blazing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then, than at any other time, before or since. Everything in Marseilles, and about Marseilles, had stared at the fervid sky, and been stared at in return, until a staring habit had become universal there. Strangers were stared out of countenance by staring From
Joho the Blog on May 30, 2005 at 9:49 a.m..
David Koch missing in Vancouver
Shel Israel posts a message from Gary Bolles asking for help publicizing the fact that a friend of his, David Koch, has gone missing on a mountain in Vancouver; apparently he missed the tram down and set out to hike it. Gary is worried that the Canadian authorities are giving up their search, and he's looking for ways to encourage them to continue, including by publicizing David's plight. Time is short, so if you have any thoughts, you can reach Gary through Shel's post.... From
Joho the Blog on May 30, 2005 at 9:49 a.m..
Back from Ireland
I'm back from a lovely but very rainy visit to Ireland. It was a very different vacation for me, as I'm not so used to driving around so much. Most of my trips involve visits to cities where I stay in one place and travel by subway or foot. I managed to avoid car travel for one day though and took a 14 mile hike/walk over some pretty green rugged terr From
megnut on May 30, 2005 at 9:45 a.m..
Anne is Back! Oh Happy Day!
Having not heard anything about the results of Anne's operation for over a week I was getting a little worried. But
she posted yesterday that all is well, and that the blogging lobe is in tact. It's great to have her back and blogging, but the even better news is that her prognosis is for a full recovery. Exceptionally good news. From
weblogged News on May 30, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..
Podcast Mania (Cont.)
Lots to report on the podcasting front these days, most notably the introduction of the
Education Podcasters Network which is the work of David Warlick. If you're doing some K-12 podcasts of even thinking of it, head on over to EPN to find some podcasts to listen to or add your feed. Right now he's got three elementary school feeds up, and one of them is... ...Room 208 which is the brainchild of
Bob Sprankle, a third and fourth grade teacher at Wells Elementary in Wells, From
weblogged News on May 30, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..
Violent Video Games: Not Our Kids
Illinois lawmakers vote to ban the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors in the state. Federal courts have struck down such bans in other states and cities. From
Wired News on May 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Royal Blogger Takes on the World
King Sihanouk, former ruler of Cambodia once ousted in a U.S.-backed coup, takes heat for his blog. The pugnacious ex-king posts on topics from gay marriage and environmental rape to Hollywood cowboys and Cambodian politics. From
Wired News on May 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Big Brother Tries to Muscle ISPs
The Bush administration asks a federal court to restore its ability to force internet service providers to give up customer data. Feds want to hide details of the case from the public. From
Wired News on May 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Mapping Fat Traps for Kids
To help prevent obesity in school children, Philly researchers ask mapmakers to chart neighborhoods for 'food opportunities' that await students on their way to and from school. From
Wired News on May 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Petroleum Joyride Almost Over?
Some oil industry analysts say the era of abundant oil is about to end and soaring prices of what's left could bring on major inflation. Others say alternative tech will be in place in time, and summer vacation plans won't be affected. From
Wired News on May 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Israelis Nab Computer Spies
Business execs and private investigators are arrested for infiltrating competitors' computers in Israel. A police investigation implicates 18, including two cell phone providers and the nation's main satellite television company. From
Wired News on May 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Intel Preps Mac Mini Look-Alike
Apple has been using its diminutive powerhouse to woo Wintel users, a campaign the chipmaker hopes to stymie with a tiny Taiwanese model. Ironically, analysts say high prices could hurt Intel's effort. Simon Burns reports from Taipei, Taiwan. From
Wired News on May 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Iran Crushes Blog Spring
Journalist Hossein Derakhshan creates a way to blog in Persian and reach an Iranian audience from Canada. But bloggers are harassed in Iran, some even jailed. By Jeff Howe from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on May 30, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Messaging spreads office gossip - BBC
Instant messaging can be addictively time-consuming. One in five people in the UK are using instant messaging at work but the majority of firms are failing to regulate its use. In an online survey commissioned by security firm Akonix, a quarter of users From
Techno-News Blog on May 30, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Feria del Libro y blogs literarios
Con motivo de la Feria del Libro de Madrid, Juan Varela anuncia la puesta en marcha del wiki: Blogs para la Feria del Libro. Una buena ocasión para elaborar una lista de blogs sobre libros y literatura. Relacionados: La lectura... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 30, 2005 at 4:50 a.m..
Top-Down Disruption
More ideas from Clayton Christensen, this time looking at the fortune at the top of the pyramid: "In stark contrast to the bottom-up variety, top-down disruptive innovations actually outperform existing products when they’re introduced, and they sell for a premium price rather than at a discount. They’re initially purchased by the most discriminating and least price-sensitive buyers, and then they move steadily downward, into the mainstream, to recast the entire market in their From
elearningpost on May 30, 2005 at 4:46 a.m..
Why Communicate at All? (content strategy, part 1)
Content strategy is how you plan to make your communication more effective and purposeful, so you can achieve your goals and flourish. In turn, communication is not mundane. In fact, it's a defining characteristic of humanity. If that sounds terribly basic, it is. If that sounds incredibly important, it is. The first step on this path is to stop taking communication for granted... (NOTE: This posting is part of a series on content strategy.) From
Contentious Weblog on May 30, 2005 at 2:52 a.m..
Doctor Who: a Time Lord's Timeline
[Insert weird TARDIS noise, otherwise known as the vworp] Doctor Who is one of the longest running sci-fi shows of all time. It ran consecutively for 26 years - 1963 to 1989. The Americans tried to remake the show in 1996, but I'm going to act like that never happened, although for continuity, there was, technically, an eighth doctor. (Star Wars fans who've seen the Star Wars Christmas Special know what I'm talking about in this regard.) Recently, the sci-fi series has been resurrected (or is that regenerated?) on the BBC. The Doctor lives and is as amusing (and campy) as From
kuro5hin.org on May 30, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..
Make sure your intranet is well perceived by staff
Gerry McGovern has written an article on ensuring that your intranet is well perceived by staff. To quote: Many intranets are only now beginning to show their true potential. However, many staff, having had unsatisfactory previous experiences of the intranet,... From
Column Two on May 29, 2005 at 11:47 p.m..