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Barefoot Being
Early this summer I was at the Small World Music festival in Kent Southern England.  The music was great the crowd superb and many of us enjoyed wandering barefoot on the grass. A lot of the positive feelings were down to the general ambiance but I took particuar notice of how vital my feet felt, the coolness of the dew, the playful tickling of the grass, the warmth of the bare earth in the sunshine.  3 days barefoot and my feet felt alive and energised.  On returning to London and putting shoes it felt like caging a bird which had  been given a taste of freedom. So the sh From kuro5hin.org on June 29, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Apple directory of podcasts
So it looks like Apple is now officially supporting podcasting via the iTunes music store. I wonder how the company will decide which podcasts to list via the store. I've been listening to the occasional podcast, and I have subscribed to a few via NetNewsWire. My favorites have been IT Conversations (although I choose [...] From Martindale Matrix on June 29, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

Recording podcasts with GarageBand
GarageBand Support - Recording your Podcast Apple has published instructions for recording podcasts with GarageBand. Lots of tips and tricks to help you create a recording that sounds professional. (Via Lifehacker.)... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 29, 2005 at 5:50 p.m..

TILT - Teachers Improving Learning with Technology
Danny Maas has launched a an educational technology vidcast entitled TILT - Teachers Improving Learning with Technology. He writes, "Similar to a podcast, this is an online video broadcast that features elements of educational technology which can help improve student learning... the goal is to have others such as yourselves share your great ideas, favorite educational websites, best practices, tutorials, advice - anything that can enrich the learning process across all subject areas." The first episode is a 13 Mb Windows Media Video (.wmv) file, which while pretty good compression is still mo From OLDaily on June 29, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

The Big Fish
Not really about online learning, but if you want to add to your knowledge of internet lore, this longish history of the magazine website, suck.com, is worth a read. Started with (secret) backing from Wired, Suck emerged in the halcyon days that also saw the births of Slate and Salon. It never really appealed to me, for the same reasons that Mad Magazine never really appealed to me. By its inglorious end it had what can only be called a niche following. By Matt Sharkey, Keepgoing.org, June, 2005 [OLDaily on June 29, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Social Bookmarking Tool Comparison
OK, this is not - despite the title - a comparison of social bookmarking tools. It is a description of the concept of social bookmarking, a list of social bookmarking tools, and a set of benchmarks for comparison. The actual comparisons are planned for the future. Still worth reading. Via elearnspace. By webb, ConsultantCommons, June 6, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on June 29, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

TV Stations Must Embrace Personal Media Tools
Quoted, which gives you the idea: "Web researcher Gordon Borrell says, 'The deer now have guns,' and he's right. With a PC, a $100 web camera, a $200 piece of real-time TV production software that includes a teleprompter, free blog software, FTP access to a server, a small digital camera, editing software, and an imagination, anybody can be a TV station, a newspaper or a multimedia news operation. In order to do so, however, the person running the enterprise needs to know how to do everything... The 'quality' argument pales in comparison with a creative mind at the hel From OLDaily on June 29, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Report on the Meeting of Experts on Digital Preservation: Metadata Specifications
Interesting report (if you like this sort of thing) on a collection of metadata experts from major American libraries discussing digital archives preservation. The report contains a useful list of the different metadata formats adopted by various institutes (Dublin Core and Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) were the most popular). The consensus seemed to be that the metadata should be attached to the digital object and a METS-like wrapper used to allow for a variety of schemas. Not sure why they didn't support a separate metadata repository, which would be a lot easier for searchers (thi From OLDaily on June 29, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Research Councils Back Free Online Access
Something for my own agency and funding agencies in Canada, where I've been agitating for a similar policy. "Research Councils UK (RCUK), the umbrella body for the eight research councils, are proposing that researchers must archive their papers arising from the work they fund in openly available repositories." The Publishers' Association, naturally, objects. Tough. The taxpayers have paid for the research; it takes some nerve to charge them again (much less at prices no average citizen could afford). By Donald MacLeod, The Guardian, June 29, 2005 [OLDaily on June 29, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Research in Distance and Adult Learning Link
We're about to have a whopping thunderstorm, so I'd better cut this short and send it while I can. I'll catch up tomorrow. Anyhow, I ran into this site today which, although it has been publishing since 2002, has lurked below my radar. This should be a lesson - get right of the frames and add some sort of subscription (preferably RSS), or you'll be essentially invisible, even to dedicated searchers. By Unknown, Centre for Research in Distance and Adult Learning, June, 2005 [OLDaily on June 29, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Loyalty Marketing Presentation
Having one of those frantic months at work ... part of which was to take part in a Customer Loyalty Workshop run here at Templeton last Thursday. My (unexpected) role was give a bunch of CEO's, consultants - people who... From Monkeymagic on June 29, 2005 at 2:51 p.m..

Dilworth House - Philadelphia
Dilworth House - Philadelphia Originally uploaded by timlauer. Was out for a walk this morning and came by this house across from Washington Square near Independence Hall. Noticed that the house is scheduled to be demolished. Next to the demolition notice a Dr. R.E. Booth Jr. posted a poem about the house and its history. I was surprised to see less than an hour later that Mike Cramer, who lives in Philadelphia, responded with a comment adding more context to my post. Am wondering how he stumbled on to that picture...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 29, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Explosion on Mars Puzzles Editors
You know how early on in cheesy sci fi movies they would casually show a small article in the newspaper like "Explosion on Mars Surprises Scientists" that foreshadows the disaster that is about to impend? A couple of days ago, I saw a headline like that: Reuters wants to become a front line news source, rather than simply having its content used by other newspapers. (I tried to find the article today but try searching on "Reuters" at Google News.) So, imagine that we — you and me, sister — have access to this miscellanized news content. Who needs the... From Joho the Blog on June 29, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

Sticky eyeballs
I'm in Amsterdam today and half of tomorrow, talking at meetings set up by Edelman PR, to whom I consult. I had the afternoon off, so after falling into a state of unconsciousness deeper than that of the mattress on which I lay, I set out with nothing but a map and zero sense of direction. I walked into the center of the city and then came back out and went to the Rijksmuseum for an hour. Most of it is closed for renovation, so they've concentrated the masterpieces into about ten rooms. Astounding. Too much. I had the sense... From Joho the Blog on June 29, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

Thank God, I Thought We'd Never Get Rid of the Fifth Amendment
With the decline in stock returns lately, as a rich white Episcopalian male whose family made it big running liquor during prohibition, I have had a lot of trouble finding good places to put my money. The damn hedge funds are all imploding. Pretty soon, the regulators will be all over them like a plague of locusts. Anyway, I thought I had found a solution to getting decent returns. Some smart guy in my research department figured out a treatment for glaucoma. Now that we have the patent, we plan to charge $100 a pill for it. Keeping one's sight is priceless, right? From kuro5hin.org on June 29, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Forget hydrogen, let's go electric
Recently the mainstream media has been generating a disproportionate amount of hype regarding hydrogen fuel cell technology. Meanwhile traditional rechargable battery technology has made enormous strides making an all electric car a very viable prospect. From kuro5hin.org on June 29, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Spotty Wi-Fi Coverage At NECC
The Educational Mac: Adding to the Chorus of Boos Over at The Educational Mac, Kelly Dumont laments the spotty Wi-Fi coverage at NECC. Turns out many of the session rooms do not have access. With all the emphasis on weblogs this year, and with a very large number of folks actively blogging the conference you would think there would be better coverage. Maybe time for a bit of guerrilla networking. Maybe go up and offer to help the speaker set up their laptop as an access point... Kelly is also posting audio posts about NECC...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 29, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

'Swarmcasting' Software Developed at U. of Texas-Austin Lets Anyone Run an Internet TV Station - Brock Read, Chronicle of Higher Education
A team of students at the University of Texas at Austin is set to release a software tool designed to turn any Internet-connected computer into a TV station. The software, called Alluvium, uses peer-to-peer technology to let people stream video to multip From Techno-News Blog on June 29, 2005 at 7:49 a.m..

Cutting Here, but Hiring Over There - Steve Lohr, New York Times
Even as it proceeds with layoffs of up to 13,000 workers in Europe and the United States, I.B.M. plans to increase its payroll in India this year by more than 14,000 workers, according to an internal company document. Those numbers are telling evidence o From Techno-News Blog on June 29, 2005 at 7:49 a.m..

Missing NECC
So I've been missing what seems to be a really incredible NECC gathering in Philly this year, ironically just down the road from me. I'm in the midst of two planning days for my district (yesterday and today) that are keeping me until 3 pm. The conversation yesteday was good, but my mind was thinking about the sessions I was missing, and by the time I got down to the convention center at 4 yesterday, most all of the good stuff was already over. It'll be the same today, though I will be able to make the weblogged News on June 29, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

RSS Service Eases Bloggers' Pain - Daniel Terdiman, Wired
Blogger Jimmy Palmer has one hell of a time keeping his readers current with fresh, relevant content. Adding links by hand is both time-consuming and ineffective for those who can't spend 24 hours a day watching for breaking news. Relying on RSS feeds me From Techno-News Blog on June 29, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Philia Dialogue on Caring Citizenship
Here is a really interesting website concerning an angle on community that is fresh, important and aims high. Philia is all about building an inclusive society, where everyone's voice is welcomed and valued. The host organization, PLAN, and the Philia... From Rick's Café Canadien on June 29, 2005 at 4:49 a.m..

Blogs en las revistas
Cuando el director de una revista del prestigio de PC Actual afirma en su columna editorial "nuestros lectores saben más que nosotros y queremos aprovecharnos de sus conocimientos para mejorar los contenidos de la revista y, lógicamente, del blog" (nro.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 29, 2005 at 4:47 a.m..

Living relationships
So, here I am, in my brother's house, meditating over ironing baby clothes and thinking about relationships and what makes them live. Even my family thought it was a bit crazy to fly over for a weekend to see the newborn baby instead of waiting for a few months. But, of course, they were glad to see me and we had a great time :) Living abroad and especially current thinking that I may end up living abroad for the rest of my life make me thinking a lot about what makes relationships live. My family and many of my friends are in Moscow. I'm there often enough not to complai From Mathemagenic on June 29, 2005 at 4:46 a.m..

Test Scores Are Up. So Why Isn't Everybody Cheering?
Some critics say higher test scores do not mean that children actually learned more. From New York Times: Education on June 29, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Museum and Publisher Are Partners in Science
The American Museum of Natural History and Scholastic, the educational publishing company, have a new partnership. From New York Times: Education on June 29, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Summer Camp That's a Piece of Heaven for the Children, but Please, No Worshiping
Camp Quest in Hamilton, Ohio, provides a haven for the children of nonbelievers. From New York Times: Education on June 29, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Yahoo Social Search, Act II (Ross Mayfield)
If you have been reading this blog, you have known that social search is coming. At Supernova 2005, Jeff Weiner, SVP Yahoo! Search outlined a vision for social search. Today, the social search beta was opened. Yahoo views the... From Corante: Social Software on June 29, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Why do we forget our childhood?
This is a nice explanation for childhood amnesia, or 'Why don't adults remember events occurring before they were three or four years of age?'. Research findings indicate that it has to do with the lack of language skills during those years to be able to encode the memories. From elearningpost on June 28, 2005 at 11:46 p.m..