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Steve Jobs speech to graduates
This is a wonderful speech given by Steve Jobs to Stanford graduates. Read this! "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do From elearningpost on June 19, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Pachyderm 2.0 update
Pachyderm 2.0 (NMC Conference Session). Start with a demo! Good move. Pachyderm project site Wendy Shapiro (Case Western) showed a Pachyderm created Exploring Soul Music done with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Soul Music timeline done via Phone dial screen with screens by year. Gives world events for context, examples of music from Ray Charles and Chubby Checker. [...] [CogDogBlog] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

Integrity and standards.
Flackster exposes NetModular's "blogging" at AlwaysOn. Sounds mighty fishy to me too! From It gets worse: Corante > Flackster >.: QUOTE The CEO (Jesse Tayler) of a company (Netmodular) that develops blogging software (Blogworking) writes a less than entirely coherent pitch for his own product. He posts this pitch on an independe From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

Just do it!
We Don't Have the Tools is OUT as an Excuse. Amen! 99% of the time, the tools are good enough! All you need is a pied piper! From Desirable Roasted Coffee: Reboot: We Don't Have the Tools is OUT as an Excuse.: QUOTE What's key here is that drive and brains and a willingness to collaborate, From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

Rabbi Rushkoff
1 Iyyar 5765Dear Professor RushkoffThis letter is to verify in writing that you have been ordained as a Rabbi in Israel. This honor has been bestowed upon you in recognition of your extraordinary study, dedication, and dissemination of the teachings of the principles and practices of Transformational Judaism.We welcome you to our vital work and the goal of synthesizing all the already existing movements in Judaism according to the original essence of Judaism, as articulated in its sacred writings from From rushkoff.blog on June 19, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

The change a'comin'
Terry Heaton blogs about a "think tank" confab at Ball State University where he became more convinced than ever that the mainstream press is on the precipice. I have that sense more and more, too, although I couldn't quantify it or even argue for it. You know how you feel when the wind blows a little colder than usual and there's a drop in the air pressure? That's how I feel. Something is on the way. [Technorati tag: media]... From Joho the Blog on June 19, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

A True Redemption for the Dark Knight
First, a spoiler-free executive summary: do yourself a favor and forget all the Batman movies you've seen. Yes, even the first one. All of them pale in comparison to Batman Begins. The reasons are simple: it makes the best use of the medium, and the focus of the movie is in the right direction. I do not focus on story details, but depending on your spoiler sensitivity, reader discretion is advised. From kuro5hin.org on June 19, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

ELGG logo: £100
The open-source YASNS/blogging system ELGG is running a contest to get themselves a logo. They're offering £100 to the best entry! From Seb's Open Research on June 19, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Clive Thompson guestblogs here
I've put the feed of Clive Thompson's excellent Collision Detection on rotation in my sidebar. From Seb's Open Research on June 19, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Your life as a comic book
Comic Life (Mac only) turns a series of photos into comic book format, complete with captions. The Flickr feed of the results is pretty cool.... From Joho the Blog on June 19, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

How to not make your girlfriend feel good
Today after the WABC Father's Day Fight Against Prostate Cancer 5 mile race in Central Park, New York City: Him: So how'd you do? Me: Not too badly. I ran about nine and a half minute miles. I don't know though, it seems like I should be able to go faster than that. Him: Yeah, I watched the eight minute milers and they don't look that different from you. Me: Yeah, sometimes people pass me and I see them and think, I should be able to go that fast. Him: Yeah, like this guy today. He was doing six minute miles, and he was in his sixties. And From megnut on June 19, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

The Record Industry is Doomed
There are any number of opinions on who's right/wrong or winning/losing the current battle between the recording industry and file sharers. But I can't help thinking everyone is missing the point a little. The record industry as we know it is doomed, whether we like it or not. From kuro5hin.org on June 19, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

How to set an Eco-Drive watch
I got an Citizen Eco-Drive watch off eBay a few of months ago. As I blogged, the instructions for setting it are incomprehensible. So I posted my own instructions into the entry for Eco-Drive at Wikipedia . But I'm afraid an editor will take it down since I think Wikipedia doesn't like "how-to" articles. So, I'm going to post it here, just in case. How to set a Citizen Eco-Drive watch The English-language instructions for setting Eco-Drive watches are close to incomprehensible. Here are instructions for one particular model - BL5XXX - that probably hold for similar Eco-Drive wat From Joho the Blog on June 19, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

AECT Summer Conference 2005
Tools for Thought There's still time to register for the 2005 AECT Summer Conference, to be held in Orlando, Florida July 21-23, 2005. A room block for the AECT 2005 Summer Conference has been reserved at the Walt Disney World... From Rick's Café Canadien on June 19, 2005 at 9:48 a.m..

Online Calendars Make Appt with Web - Reed Stevenson, Reuters
After becoming popular during the Internet's heyday in the late nineties, the online calendars that people used to track appointments and events got dated. Many people decided it was easier to keep track of things on desktop computer programs, or by just From Techno-News Blog on June 19, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

'Teleporting' over the internet - BBC
Computer scientists in the US are developing a system which would allow people to "teleport" a solid 3D recreation of themselves over the internet. Professors Todd Mowry and Seth Goldstein of Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania think that, within a From Techno-News Blog on June 19, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Videogames and Blogs: The Disconnect - Eric Hellweg, Technology Review
Of all the topics bantered about in blogs -- politics, music, media -- one seems woefully underrepresented: videogames. There are some exceptions. Weblogs, Inc dutifully offer blogs such as Joystiq, a site that chronicles game industry goings on and issue From Techno-News Blog on June 19, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

The Pro-Am Revolution: How Enthusiasts are Changing Our Economy and Society
Authors Charles Leadbetter and Paul Miller define "Pro-Ams" as "people pursuing amateur activities to professional levels." Their book should be of interest to everyone following the growth of online instructional resources because many of the important technologies for sharing those resources, and many of the resources, are coming from outside traditional, credentialed organizations and groups. Additionally, highly talented individuals can use open knowledge resources to advance their pro-am knowledge and From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on June 19, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

Top Three Links I Always Wanted to Blog (But Somehow Couldn't)
OK, let's face it, for far too long I've not been mindful of lesson 1 of blogging: Do not put off the important posts. Which I've done countless times by now, always feeling I couldn't do the topics justice just right now. Enough! cries my poor blogger-heart. So I'm finally taking time away from sleeping to redress this. So without further ado, here are the three most important links I've hung onto, but couldn't bring myself to blog (yet). From Seb's Open Research on June 19, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

Good to go
Well, I got my new passport in time (phew!) and will indeed fly out on Tuesday for Innsbruck. At Microlearning 2005, I'll be speaking about "The Web 2.0 and Microlearning", and the day after I'll be participating in BlogWalk 9.0. There may be a few places left for the BlogWalk; contact SebastianSeb's Open Research on June 19, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

From Mixtape to Playlist
Today, the long tail is all the rage, and for good reason.  If you have not been reading Chris Anderson's blog, I highly recommend you get caught up (about 70,000 words worth of catching up).  The implications for the content industries, including music, are profound.  No longer are people limited to what's on the shelves of their local Walmart, nor need From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 19, 2005 at 2:48 a.m..

Intellectual Property Issues in e-Learning
More Patent Pa-doodle. Quoting here from Cyberdash. This time the fun starts on the end of the scale with the deep pockets. If your business is e-Learning, you're going to see more of this. Company Claims to Own Online Testing. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education (26 March 2004--subscribers only), Test Central Inc. is claiming a patent on many forms of online testing and has been sending letters to coll From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Collaboration issues
Unfortunately, I am aware that my free, non-thread .... Unfortunately, I am aware that my free, non-threading, 100-character limit commenting system is not designed for a discussion (I'm not pleased with what blogger is providing right now), so I'm pulling out comments from the previous post. Stephen writes (emphasis is mine): "This is the difference between being told to work in groups (and given a group to work in) and being able to work as an autonomous agent seeking and using c From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Collaboration issues
Against collaboration. Various webfeeds I follow link to an interesting post by Evan on the blog.IT blog in which she asks When do we need independent rather than collaborative learning? In South Africa outcomes based education has been official policy for a good number of years now - long enough for there to be a backlash against its perceived weaknesses, amongst others the emphasis on group work. So I fairly frequently From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Collaboration issues
The problem with collaborative learning. I like what Evan has to say about collaborative learning; that in many 'real world' contexts collaboration is not encouraged and a reliance on collaboration can be a hindrance. It's a fair comment, and an experience I think most of us will have had. It's also a bit sad. But isn't this where education has a real opportunity to impact on real life... or are we blindly, collaboratively, heading down the wrong path?[Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

eBooks
eBooks and entrepreneurs. eBooks are a great way for entrepreneurs to get noticed. Here's an update on what publishers have learned, and it's news you can use. Have e-books turned a page?. Steady growth suggests that the publishing industry may finally have a grip on what readers want from electronic books. [CNET News.com] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

m-learning not moving
Why mobile e-learning fails to make a move -Eric Wilson, SMH. Australia's telecommunications companies are stifling the economic benefits of mobile e-learning (m-learning). Dr Marcus Bowles, director of the Institute for Working Futures, says the incumbents are defending market share by confining mobile data transmi [Online Learning Update] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Paradigms in elearning.
Paradigms in E-Learning: "...the traditional model of online learning contains enough vestiges of traditional classroom and distance learning that it is tempting...to begin to think that there's nothing really new happening here, that the use of computer technology does not really introduce any new affordances, doesn't really force us to reconceptualize what it is that we are doing, doesn't really offer, indeed, an alternative to what has gone before."Comment: I think we are From Bill Brandon: eLearning on June 19, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Error on Student Warnings
LAWRENCE, Kan., June 18 (AP) - The Office of Student Financial Aid at the University of Kansas sent an e-mail message to 119 students this week notifying them that they could lose their aid. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..

Now Playing at the D.M.V.: Renata Scotto
Behind the facade of an unassuming White Plains building, a legendary diva drills young singers in the secrets of La Scala. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..

A Beloved Nun Is Retiring, but Nobody Calls Her Shy
Sister Eileen Regina Leonard is the last teacher from the Sisters of Charity of New York, the order that founded Cathedral, a Roman Catholic girls' school. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..

After the Roslyn Mess, Who Audits Schools?
Under pressure to tighten controls and find new accountants, school districts are turning to a small pool of Long Island firms for help. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..

For Illegal Immigrants, a Harsh Lesson
There may be as many as 100,000 illegal immigrants in the state's public schools, but few of them are able to attend college. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..