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[foo] Tags and facets
Marti Hearst talks briefly about Flamenco, an early faceted classification system. HB Siegel points us at IMDB's tagging system, which is well hidden: www.imdb.com/keyword/murder. Stewart Butterfield of Flickr and Tantek Çelik of technorati are also here. Stewart points to the difference a plural makes: Check tags/wing/clusters and tags/wing/cluster. Very interesting discussion... [Technorati tags: foo05]... From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

[foo] Eric Bonabeau - Hunch Engine
Eric Bonabeau, of Icosystem, says that there's much in life we recognize without being able to explain why. He says we're great at detecting patterns but terrible at exploring alternatives. Let computers search and the humans do the evaluation. The computer then generates new alternatives reflecting the humans' choices. He gives examples from car companies creating new designs, pharmaceuticals generating new drugs, etc. He also shows live demos of interaction with flickr and then Amazon: Select the closest results from a search and it generates returns that are closer and closer From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

[foo] How fucked are we
Susan Crawford and I sort of moderated a discussion about how desperate is the situation and what we can do about it. Much of the talk centered on Susan's idea for Net Day, the equivalent of Earth Day: How to talk about the day, how to get it out into the real world. (No time for details right now...) [Technorati tags: foo05]... From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

It's Not Your Mother's List of School Supplies
These days, students are beginning to resemble airline passengers with their backpacks on wheels stuffed to the brim. From New York Times: Education on August 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Young Students Are New Focus for Big Donors
In the world of education philanthropy, colleges and universities have traditionally received about twice as much grant money as elementary and secondary schools. From New York Times: Education on August 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Politicized Scholars Put Evolution on the Defensive
The Discovery Institute is the ideological and strategic backbone behind the eruption of skirmishes over science in school districts and state capitals across the country. From New York Times: Education on August 20, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Ruppert: Crossing the rubicon
&ampraquo;Crossing the Rubicon&amplaquo; claims to be the second largest selling book about the attacks on September 11th after the official Kean Commission report. Michael C. Ruppert (who is running the website fromthewilderness.com) summarizes the claims he is making in this book: In my book I make several key points:1. I name Vice President Richard Cheney as the prime suspect in the mass murders of 9/11 and will establish that, not only was he a planner i From owrede_log on August 20, 2005 at 5:46 p.m..

[foo] Julie Leung - Blogs and masks
Julie gives a talk called "Making Masks: Blogging as a Social Tool and Family Lifestyle" about the public and the private we choose to expose through our blogs. Are we projecting new personas? Julie wrestles with the problem of how much to expose. She keeps some secrets because: 1. She wants to preserve the relationships in her lives; family members can feel betrayed by posts. 2. She wants to protect herself and her family. 3. There's a place for privacy and secrecy. "There are moments to raw and personal to be trusted with others." So, why take the risk at... From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Peak oil ads: No easy answers
Everybody needs to understand peak oil. Chevron started a campain called "Will you join us": Energy will be one of the defining issues of this century. One thing is clear: the era of easy oli is over. What we do next will determine how well we meet the energy needs of the entire world in this century and beyond. So we incite you to join us for a series of discussions on some very important issues. Financial Times reports Saudi officials saying that within the next 10 or 15 years OPEC will not be able to compensate owrede_log on August 20, 2005 at 4:46 p.m..

The Flap Copy is Done
Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside OutTo be published in December, from CollinsBusiness.On a landscape that seems to be transforming itself with every new technology, marketing tactic, or investment strategy, businesses rush to embrace change by trading in thei From rushkoff.blog on August 20, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

[foo] Squid Labs
Squid Labs makes cool stuff, including electronic rope with sensors woven into the braid so the tension can be measured; if the rope has gone slack, has been cut or is abrading, it can let you know. [Possible application: Hang-proof nooses. Great for us anti-capital-punishment types.] Also, they're working on a lens molding process that creates eyeglass lenses in 5-10 minutes from a single mold surface. Eric Wilhelm talks about zeroprestige.org and thinkcycle.org — the first is for people to post their individual ideas about kitesurfing, the second is for communities to develop idea From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..

diggnation.com
I found these guys being kind of fun to watch. I got this from DTV, but they're publishing their videos through different feeds. Basically they're just reading & commenting on stories users have rated high on digg.com - but they're really into this. If they keep on doing that the next 50 years they probably will become the new Statler & Waldorf in a daily tech talkshow. From owrede_log on August 20, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

BBC Extras
If you liked The Office you might want to see Extras - a new comedy show by/with Ricky Gervais. The main idea: it swaps the roles of stars and extras so that the extras are the stars of the show and the stars are the extras (kind of). But anyway without the stars appearing as extras the show might not be interesting at all (and I wouldn't even have blogged it). From owrede_log on August 20, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

Topical podcast day
If you are from Germany and you're considering creating a podcast one day then maybe you should look out for Monday, 29th of August: there will be a podcast day about the german re-election in september. I just learned that some people have founded a Association of German Podcasters... From owrede_log on August 20, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

Technorati's devils triangle
Molly Holzschlag has an interesting report of her visit at Technorati. She has some technological insights and especially some words about tagging blog posts for Technorati. There is an animation (20MB) showing the growth rate of tag usage in blogs. From owrede_log on August 20, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

[foo] Friday night at Foo
After the big meeting where we filled up the 8' x 4' board with session topics, we got to hang out, talk, drink, play, retreat into the world of email, etc. It's quite a social group. I got to spend a long time talking with Paul Graham; we both used to work for Interleaf and have kept in touch intermittently through email, but I think we haven't actually seen each other in many years — we couldn't figure it out. Paul in person is as brilliant and eclectic as his essays. This summer he's brought together and funded young coders... From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

[foo] FooHer
Yes, foo is heavily male. On the other hand, the women here are so cool. FWIW, there is going to be a session on the homogeneity of tech. Om Malik, reporting on people pissed at not being invited, says that a bar camp is being planned as a more open version. Sounds like fun. (Tim O'Reilly agrees.) But how about a FooHer — or BarHim :) — camp? Now that sounds like fun. [Tags: foo05]... From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

Connectivism: Learning as Network-Creation
George Siemens beschreibt Lernen als einen "connection/ network-forming process". Knotenpunkte ("nodes") und Verbindungen ("connections") stehen im Zentrum dieser Beschreibung von Lernprozessen. Elemente der Social Network Theory werden genauso herangezogen wie handlungstheoretische Positionen (z.B. aus der Theorie der kognitiven Dissonanz). Aus... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 20, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..

A conversation with George Siemens
Und noch einmal George Siemens. Diesmal in Form eines Interviews, in dem er sich u.a. folgenden Fragen stellt: "1) With all the new technologies and approaches emerging; wikis, eportfolios, blogs, rss etc - how do you feel they will integrate... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 20, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..

Carbon Tube Sheets May Have Many Uses - Associated Press
Transparent sheets made from minute carbon tubes may have uses ranging from artificial muscles to light-producing displays to electronic sensors, according to researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas. The Texas scientists say the newly developed From Techno-News Blog on August 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Video games linked to aggression in boys - Maggie Fox, Reuters
Most studies done on violence and video games support the conclusion that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior in children and adolescents, especially boys, researchers said on Friday. An analysis of 20 years of research shows the effects From Techno-News Blog on August 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Some Notes on Malware - M. E. Kabay, Ubiquity
Computer organisms are reproducing worldwide. Some are mutating at a furious rate, spawning offspring in the blink of an eye. Aggressive anti-virus programs (AVPs) contend with viruses in memory and on disk. With the help of unethical, immoral, careless, From Techno-News Blog on August 20, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

No Sex, Please, We're Repressed
While Sister Furong's 'talent' remains unclear, her sexy internet posts have become a sensation in China. So much so, that the authorities are unnerved and doing everything possible to censor her. From Wired News on August 20, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

First Stones bootleg
Andy Carvin has posted a podcast of the Stones rehearsing before their Boston date, recorded in his living room a mile away: Technically, you might be able to argue that this is the very first bootleg of the Stones' 2005 World Tour, but they way I look at it, I see it like this: if I can sit in my apartment and have the Rolling Stones intrude on my personal space, I should be able to record a podcast of it. [Technorati tags: RollingStones AndyCarvin]... From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 4:46 a.m..

Frist Urges 2 Teachings on Life Origin
The Senate majority leader aligned himself with President Bush when he said that the theory of intelligent design as well as evolution should be taught in public schools. From New York Times: Education on August 20, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

[foo] Introductions
The opening meeting of Foo is the only time we get together in a single room. After going through the rules, Tim has each of the 200+ of us stand up, say our name, our affiliation and three words to describe what we're doing. Here are just a few of the three-word-phrases that struck me as interesting. (I've made no attempt to be representative): Apple Kool-Aid Drinker Social event calendaring My VC's heartburn Calendars abusing javascript Hacking reality From an old media company person: Old media's fucked From a big company: Big companies suck Making robotic porn Better fu From Joho the Blog on August 20, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

The spotlight on knowledge management joining in the discussion
Details on the upcoming NSW KM Forum meeting: The spotlight on knowledge management  joining in the discussion While knowledge management has emerged from a variety of other disciplines - its strength lies in its power to combine the organisational... From Column Two on August 20, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..