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(No) UX gurus
Lou Rosenfeld has posted a blog entry discussing the absence of user experience gurus, following up on a comment posted by me. To quote: So back to James' original question: who's a UX guru? I'd say no one. I don't... From Column Two on July 20, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

Dealing with information overload
Paul Chin has written an article on information overload, from the perspective of managing intranets. To quote: Have we crossed the line from productivity to inefficiency by the sheer amount of information that we put into our intranets? And I'm... From Column Two on July 20, 2005 at 9:46 p.m..

Shanghai Blogger Conference
Friend Robert Deng is helping to organize this November 5-6 event. Now how could I arrange to attend? From homoLudens III on July 20, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

The Next Evolutionary Step in DVD Rentals: Redbox
The interesting thing about Redbox is not that it is offering one dollar DVD rentals. No, it is that it is a wholly owned subsidiary of McDonalds Restaurants. The rental cost, of course, is mostly for the infrastructure - the plastic disks, the retail outlets, the processing. But McDonalds has most of that in place already. Oh, and the content? A great way to get people into the restaurants where they might pick up a Big Mac while taking out a DVD for the evening. By Derek Scruggs, The Intuitive Life Business Blog, July 20, 2005 [OLDaily on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
The July issue of the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning is now available. My essay, The Economy of E-Learning, is published in this edition. Included is also an article on Chimera courses (which reads like blended learning to me), and the use of technology to teach math and OLDaily on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Predicting the Evolution of Digital Rights, Digital Objects and DRM
This paper (and slides) is the highlight of the the recent ODRL conference, held in Lisbon. The author succinctly captures what makes digital commerce so hard: "Information is not a thing. Some patterns don't just move from place to place. They reproduce. They spread. They evolve." Well, how do you assert rights over that? How do you even describe it? Other talks at the conference include an over From OLDaily on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Birds Imitate Mobile Phone Ring Tones
So if a bird hears someone's telephone and learns to imitate the ring tone, and then you go out and record the bird singing that particular song, and then install the recording on your own telephone, is that piracy? By DPA, Indo-Asian News Service, July 20, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Learning and Technology
Another new blog. Looks at podcasting, video and online learning. By Lee Kraus, July, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Mososo
The key to mobile social software (mososo) seems to be not mobility per se but location-based services. "The basic idea of a MoSoSo is to overlay a location and time element to the idea of digital networking. So it enables you to find people in your vicinity and at that time for social, sexual/dating or business networking. It's worth noting that the time variable is often overlooked in analysis of MoSoSo dynamics." The animation at Dodgeball (now owned by Google) has a nice From OLDaily on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

HotGigs Offers E-Learning to Independent Contractors, Staffing Companies, Employers
Interesting lead: "HotGigs, the Contract Talent Marketplace, today launched thousands of business, professional, and technical e-learning courses on its Web site." Of course, when you issue a press release like that, you should follow up by actually putting the courses on your page (or, at least, some mention of them). Well, whatever the logistics, this site is inherently interesting, especially if they connect completions of courses (or relevant assessment) to consultant listings. Add to that some sort oif quality assurance mechanism, like customer rarings, and you h From OLDaily on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

James Doohan, Star Trek's Scotty
Fittingly, I learned the news while actually watching an episode of the original Star Trek. "James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original 'Star Trek' TV series and motion pictures who responded to the apocryphal command 'Beam me up, Scotty,' died early Wednesday. He was 85." This says it best: "A great man who gave hope, wonder and h From OLDaily on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

RSS, Without the 'RSS'
RSS is for geeks. ... Well, not really, but that awkward acronym isn't terribly accessible for non-technical online users -- unfortunate since RSS technology is so important to publishers. Indeed, there have been calls for a less-geeky name for RSS. Fellow blogger Amy Gahran even ran a contest last year that came up with the more understandable "webfeed" to describe RSS feeds.Now Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 20, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Good manners at home and ablog
Robert MacMillan, writing a piece called Don't Blog So Close to Me in today's Washington Post (login required), catches up on the story of journalist - teacher Michael Gee, who said online recently how distractingly attractive one of his students was. The word got out about Weblogs in Higher Education on July 20, 2005 at 5:52 p.m..

European Search Marketing to Grow Through 2007
Search engine marketing is set to reach three billion euros by 2010. From ClickZ Stats on July 20, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Fold n' Drop
Fold n' Drop. This is cool: Fold n' Drop. New interaction technique for dragging and dropping between overlapping windows. There's a video that demonstrates it on the site.[Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 20, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

More about Moodle.
More about Moodle. Oddly enough, I was talking to someone about Moodle over dinner last night at our local ASTD meeting. Moodle is not well-known outside the academic community, which is too bad. The biggest objection to it that I have heard comes from corporate IT groups, which either don't trust open-source systems or they fear the amount of support that might be required, or both. Moodle Blogs. So here's the question of the day...what's this world look like when Moodle From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 20, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

The future of RSS
The future of RSS. It's not just weblogs any more. From Video RSS Feeds to a New Browser With Integrated RSS. In a mix of interesting RSS news, a new multimedia search engine provides customizable RSS feeds with the latest video content, a friend discusses the future of RSS beyond blogs, Tom Forenski questions whether confusion over RSS audience metrics is holding back online media and most importantly, AOL launches an IE-based From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 20, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

JK Rowling site goes accessible Flash route
A two-edged example of what can be done to make Flash accessible (if you've enough expensive experts and time to do the work) Harry Potter author JK Rowling's site relaunched yesterday in an accessible Flash version designed by Lightmaker with help from Macromedia, the Royal National Institute of the Blind, and the Royal National Institute of the Deaf. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 20, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Google Moon
Wow, amazing accuracy when you fully zoom. http://moon.google.com From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on July 20, 2005 at 3:57 p.m..

A Picture Agency Representing Citizen Photographers
Let's say you're not a professional journalist, but you're in the right place at the right time and take a newsworthy photo. It's so good and important that it could end up on newspaper front pages tomorrow and be the talk of the Internet. You recognize that maybe there's some money in this opportune image -- but how do you make that happen?That scenario is what drives Scoopt, a U.K. website being touted as the first picture agency set up specifically to help "citizen journalists" sell newsworthy photos to the media. The site From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 20, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Migración de servidor
En unas horas procederemos a migrar eCuaderno a un servidor más potente. Les ruego que sepan disculpar las molestias.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on July 20, 2005 at 3:53 p.m..

H2O
So via Clancy Ratliffe, I came across a link to H2O which is a site where you can make "playlists" on particular topics. So, for instance, if I'm teaching about the Read/Write Web (what a conincidence!) I can build a list of key resources that people might find helpful and share it via RSS. Looks pretty From weblogged News on July 20, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Government Seeks 'Citizen Reporter' Help to Tame Traffic
The "citizen reporter" concept is spreading quickly, and not just in the realm of news. In Malaysia, the government has set up an online "hall of shame" where the public can post photos of traffic offenders, part of a campaign to make the roads safer and instill a greater degree of discipline in drivers, according to this article from South Africa's Mail & Guardian.The traffic-offender website was launched this Tuesday. Witnesses to dangerous drivi From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on July 20, 2005 at 2:53 p.m..

Fully Immersive 3D Online Conferencing and Collaboration Space: i-Voyager
Today, I have had the opportunity to test in full i-Voyager 3D, a fully immersive conferencing and collaboration space that directly competes with the likes of SmartMeeting and Tixeo. i-Voyager, first reviewed here in November of last year, is a... From Kolabora.com on July 20, 2005 at 2:53 p.m..

Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites
Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites: In honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, Google has created Google Moon...... (Via <a href="http://the.taoofmac.com/space">The Tao of Mac</a>.) From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on July 20, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Moodle Blogs
So here's the question of the day...what's this world look like when Moodle adds it's blog component (due out soon) so that students can exist in the very safe, collaborative space of the CMS while creating and producing their work and then use the blog module to open up the door to the public just a crack to publish? I am loving Moodle, and I obviously love blogging. Seems like a pretty inviting scenario if you ask me. From weblogged News on July 20, 2005 at 2:46 p.m..

Reflections on a Decade of Metadata Consensus Building
I'm reposting this July D-Lib article by Stuart Weibel that I first saw referenced in Scott Leslie's EdTechPost (Scott's comments on the article are listed below). I receive D-Lib but had overlooked this article; part of the great value of web sharing with rss from weblogs and electronic journals is getting multiple opportunities to consider and reconsider resources. I agree with Scott that the author, Weibel, provides a useful perspective on the history, development, and current state of metadata work. From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on July 20, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Fractals 101, Part 1
Fractals are well-known in rave art, popular culture and even the occasional movie. But what are they, where do they come from and what are we going to do with them now they are here? From kuro5hin.org on July 20, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

The tagging culture war (David Weinberger)
Tom Coates does some analysis to illustrate what he suggests is a cultural difference in how people use tags. Some use tags as folders to house objects, others use them as descriptions of objects. (And, it seems to me, many... From Corante: Social Software on July 20, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

NTL delivers patient booking system to Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
NTL has delivered to the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust a voice and data network along with a Mitel 3300 IP-PBX with IP enabled handsets connected via Cisco Power-over-Ethernet switches. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 11:55 a.m..

Tele.ring plans to launch HSDPA in first half of 2006
Following lab tests carried out by Tele.ring and Alcatel during the second quarter of 2005, a field introduction programme is now planned for Vienna beginning in the second half of 2005. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 11:55 a.m..

Sony, Konica Minolta to jointly develop digital SLR cameras
Konica Minolta and Sony are to develop and commercialise digital SLR cameras based on and compatible to the 'Maxxum/Dynax lens mount system. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 11:55 a.m..

Microsoft launches updated customer management software small businesses
First available with Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003 and Office Professional 2003, Business Contact Manager has been updated so that customer information can be shared across a PC network. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 11:55 a.m..

KPN offers MSN Hotmail on I-mode
KPN's youth-brand Hi is offering an introductory MSN Hotmail package, which includes a handset, discounted call package and I-mode access and access to the free Hotmail service. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 11:55 a.m..

The glories of the grill
Many of you readers will respond -- and rightly so -- to the following post with the simple statement: Duh! But that's because you are much smarter than I, and therefore, have known about the glories of grilling for a long time. I have only really understood the glories of the grill for 17 days, for it was on July 3, 2005 that my grilling life was changed forevermore. The event? A simple large fillet of salmon grilled on a nice round Weber over 100% hardwood charcoal. The result? The flavor! The perfection of the fish! The texture! Everything conspired that evening to change me From megnut on July 20, 2005 at 11:45 a.m..

T-Mobile implements Genesys platform across Europe
T-Mobile's customer service agents handle more than 5.5m customer requests per month across Europe, which are managed through the Genesys solution. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

HP to lay off 14,500 staff
The majority of staff reductions are to come in support functions, such as information technology, human resources and finance. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

Siemens, Cinram implement RFID system with UHF technology
To optimise supply logistics, two loading doors at the incoming goods area of Cinram's central materials warehouse in Alsfeld near Cologne, Germany have been equipped with the Simatic RF 600 RFID system from Siemens. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

Web services software spending to reach €12.3bn in 2009 HYPHEN report
Some €1.9bn was spent worldwide on total web services software in 2004, more than double the amount from the previous year. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

Worldwide PC shipments up 15% in Q2 HYPHEN report
Computer maker Dell extended its lead in the worldwide market, accounting for 17.9 per cent of global PC shipments. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on July 20, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

Weblogging In Higher Education Wise or Foolish?
Summary: Earlier his month the Chronicle of Higher Education published an article on faculty weblogs in higher education, it was Bloggers Need Not Apply by Ivan Tribble (a pseudonym). The apparent message of this entry: "Don't write a weblog if you want to get be hired as a faculty member; the risks far outweigh the gains" [or words to that effect]. Stephen Downes' reaction to the entry: "[In a nutshell you From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on July 20, 2005 at 9:48 a.m..

MasterMind Explorer Issue 107 - Guerrilla News, Fr^e Spyware And Virus Scanners
MasterMind Explorer Issue 107 - Guerrilla News, Fr^e Spyware And Virus Scanners From MasterMind Explorer on July 20, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

UK prefers broadband to dial-up - BBC
The price of broadband connections has been falling. Broadband has officially overtaken dial-up as the most popular way for Britons to connect to the internet, government statistics show. Take-up of broadband connections has outstripped dial-up for some From Techno-News Blog on July 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

UN at odds over internet's future - BBC
A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed to reach a decision. The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance that range from no change to complete overhaul. The proposals will go forward to a key UN net From Techno-News Blog on July 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Mind May Affect Machines - Kim Zetter, Wired
For 26 years, strange conversations have been taking place in a basement lab at Princeton University. No one can hear them, but they can see their apparent effect: balls that go in certain directions on command, water fountains that seem to rise higher wi From Techno-News Blog on July 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Parrot Proves It's No Birdbrain
An African gray trained by a psychology professor can identify shapes and colors and count to six. But trainers are most impressed by the bird's apparent grasp of the abstract concept of 'none.' By Rachel Metz. From Wired News on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Bigwigs Seek Short-Form Scorseses
Filmmakers who specialize in low-budget, short videos for the internet and TV draw growing interest from big media companies looking to reach younger audiences and sell more advertising. By Niall McKay. From Wired News on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Holy Homework! Comics Hit Schools
Comic-book publishers don't peddle their wares to kids the way they did in the good old days. But that may be changing: Educators help comics invade classrooms and libraries. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego. From Wired News on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Space Station Awaits Shuttle
The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station crank up the science to keep themselves busy while they wait out Discovery delays. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Blogs Taking Off in Cambodia
A Cambodian nonprofit worker traverses the country, teaching students to publish blogs. The project promotes democracy and spurs internet use in a land where few people have access to the web. Matt Reed reports from Phnom Penh. From Wired News on July 20, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Google's War on Hierarchy, and the Death of Hierarchical Folders
Dieser Artikel hat gute Chancen, bei seinen Lesern einige "Aha"-Erlebnisse auszulösen. Und wer sich in jüngster Zeit eine Desktop Search, z.B. von Google oder Copernic (mein derzeitiger Favorit) auf seinem Rechner installiert hat, ist hier sicher richtig. "Hierarchical Folders... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 20, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

Rapid eLearning for Sales Training
Zwischen kurzen Hinweisen, welche Vorteile Rapid eLearning für sales reps bietet, und einigen Ratschlägen, die bei der Umsetzung entsprechender Lösungen beachtet werden sollten, habe ich folgende Empfehlung gefunden: "Don't make learners go hunting. The more that learners have to go... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 20, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

Building a Successful Blended Learning Strategy
Noch etwas sehr Pragmatisches aus dem Hause LTI: Die Beschreibung zweier Blended Learning-Projekte - eines aus dem Bereich Technical Training, das andere aus dem Bereich Leadership Development. Die Ausgangslage ist vielleicht weniger strategisch, als es der Titel vermuten lässt, denn... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 20, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

L(Earning) Your Living
L(earning) enables you to enhance, and advance, your career.... From Adult/Continuing Education on July 20, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Enhanced podcasts for m-Learning
Enhanced podcasts. This might be the improvement podcasts needed in order to provide an effective e-Learning (m-Learning?) tool. HOW TO make Enhanced Podcasts (images, links and more with audio) Posted by Phillip Torrone on July 18, 2005 at 12:51 AM Apple's new iTunes 4.9, iPod color, allows you to view (and l From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 20, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

Monetizing RSS Feeds
Monetizing RSS Feeds. VNU Business Media Europe Partners With FeedBurner. Building on its history of innovation, VNU is first-to-market with RSS advertising powered by the worlds leading feed management company. VNU Business Media Europe, a leading global information and media company, announces a partnership with FeedBurner, the market-leading feed management and monetization provider. This relationship will provide VNU with a variety From Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 20, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

Educate your readers
Educate your readers. Common Blog Mistakes and Users Can't Distinguish Blogs. A recent study by the Catalyst Group shows that users couldnt distinguish a blog from a standard site and also points at some other common blog mistakes. Number one is that RSS wasnt presented appropriately and two that theres no e-mail subscription option. Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 20, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

Untitled
LinkedIn expands into paid services. (InfoWorld) - The business-networking site provider LinkedIn on Tuesday launched an organizational directory service for groups such as professional organizations, alumni associations, and industry-conference organizers. Bill Brandon: eLearning on July 20, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

Tags as folders and tags as descriptions
Tom Coates does some analysis to illustrate what he suggests is a cultural difference in how people use tags. Some use tags as folders to house objects, others use them as descriptions of objects. (And, it seems to me, many of us do both.) His example: If you tag an URL as "blogs," you are collecting blogs into a virtual folder. If you tag an URL "blog," you are describing it as an example of a blog. In the first case, you're probably putting blogs aside so you can read them. In the second, you may be researching the blog... From Joho the Blog on July 20, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..

Ambush TV
John Davison, at the gamer's site 1up.com, explains why he walked off of Donny Deutsch's "The Big Idea" show on CNBC after it was apparent that he'd been lied to and set up. Go, John! (Link from Jeff Jarvis.)... From Joho the Blog on July 19, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..

Iraqi blogger detained by intelligence service
Khalid Jarrar, a Global Voices blogger, has been detained. Global Voices reports: Khalid's family are calling for his release, or at very least that he be charged and tried for something. Raed [his brother] says: "Our goal now is to ask the mokhabarat to take Khalid to court and reveal what exactly he is being charged with (if anything)." ... Please show your support for the Khalid Jarrar by posting supportive comments at Raed's and Khalid's latest posts. If you're a blogger, please help spread the word by linking to them. At Raed's blog you can share the family's From Joho the Blog on July 19, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..

Bradner on the FCC's "deceptions"
Scott Bradner takes apart the latest FCC report on the state of the nation's broadband and finds that it's not exactly on the Straight Talk Express...especially if you think 200mps second isn't quite what we mean by broadband. True, after redefining it to 1/5th the speed most people consider to be a broadband minimum, the report this year talks about "high speed" access instead of "broadband," but the FCC chairman then went out and touted the happy growth of "broadband deployment" by ignoring the difference in scale from last year to this year. [Technorati tags: fcc ScottBradner From Joho the Blog on July 19, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..

Bradner on the FCC's "deceptions"
Scott Bradner takes apart the latest FCC report on the state of the nation's broadband and finds that it's not exactly on the Straight Talk Express...especially if you think 200kbs second isn't quite what we mean by broadband. True, after redefining it to 1/5th the speed most people consider to be a broadband minimum, the report this year talks about "high speed" access instead of "broadband," but the FCC chairman then went out and touted the happy growth of "broadband deployment" by ignoring the difference in scale from last year to this year. [Technorati tags: fcc ScottBradner From Joho the Blog on July 19, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..