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Kiwi Intranets mailing list
Following on from the recent Strategic Intranet Management Conference in Auckland, Dorje McKinnon has taken the great step of setting up a Kiwi Intranets mailing list. I would strongly encourage anyone located in (or near) New Zealand to join this,... From
Column Two on August 21, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Usability@90mph
Paul F. Marty and Michael B. Twidale introduce the concept of Usability@90mph, a high-speed method for demonstrating usability testing. To quote: This article documents the authors' attempt to develop a quick, inexpensive, and reliable method for demonstrating user testing to... From
Column Two on August 21, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
[foo] Toni Schneider - Opening up Yahoo
Toni was at Oddpost, which was acquired by Yahoo a year ago. Oddpost had had to re-invent familliar backend pieces and would have preferred to have used Yahoo mail's backend. "That was the beginning of the idea of opening up Yahoo more, creating the API's." The first objection was abuse. Second: Rights. But "the lawyers and content providers are beginning to understand these issues." In terms of terms of use: the APIs are open to anyone without restrictions, but when you hit a certain limit on the number queries, "you have to come talk to us": How many queries... From
Joho the Blog on August 21, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..
Marketing Distance Learning Programs and Courses: A Relationship Marketing Strategy
Relationship marketing has emerged as a dominant paradigm with consequences for marketing and management of a relationship-type marketing strategy. A number of researchers have advocated a move towards relationship marketing in the corporate world but application of relationship marketing strategies towards educational services has received little attention. This paper is an attempt to addresses the gap. From
eLearnopedia on August 21, 2005 at 1:49 p.m..
How to tell you're a city boy
I woke up this morning in my tent in the orchard to the sound of a rooster, and I thought, "Goddamn it! Doesn't he know it's a weekend?"... From
Joho the Blog on August 21, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..
Si goes to Marlboro
AKMA and Margaret's Si, if I may so term him, is on his way to Marlboro College, a wonderful school that grows genuine community out of an Athenian democracy (except the women get to vote, too). Good luck, Si! [Technorati tags: akma]... From
Joho the Blog on August 21, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..
Morning at RSS-Blog-Furl High School Redux
I first posted a version of this about 18 months ago, but in light of
recent conversations regarding how to really integrate these technologies into a teacher's regular school day, I thought I'd post a somewhat updated version to see if it might contribute anything new. I'll have more to say shortly on how I think this becomes a reality, but I will say that I think this vision is still fairly far into the future and that for it to come to fruition, I think the changes are goi From
weblogged News on August 21, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Look, Ma, No Schoolbooks! - Associated Press
Students at Empire High School here started class this year with no textbooks -- but it wasn't because of a funding crisis. Instead, the school issued iBooks -- laptop computers by Apple Computer -- to each of its 340 students, becoming one of the first U From
Techno-News Blog on August 21, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..
Mise à jour iTexte
Une nouvelle version de iTexte a été placée sur le site. L'ancienne version ne fonctionnait pas sur Tiger de Mac OS X. Vous pouvez faire la mise à jour à partir du lien de la version de démonstration. En fait,... From
Osmoze on August 21, 2005 at 5:52 a.m..
Graeme Daniel
This issue of WWWTools for Education wlooks at what people say about critical thinking skills, and how these skills may be enhanced through the use of ICTs in delivering learning From
wwwtools on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Graeme Daniel
In this edition of WWWTools for Education, we consider what people say about the nature of creativity, it's place in the educational domain, and how creative thinking may be used and promoted through the application of ICTs in educational practice. From
wwwtools on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Flash Video: Has Ubiquity Arrived for the Video Format?
A nice article at the Daemonite blog,
Flash video coming of age does a good job summing up the inroads that progressively streamed Flash video is having on the Web, with some excellent links to examples. The crux of the article is this: Despite the head start of Real, Windows Media and Quicktime formats, Flash appears to be catching up fast. Anecdotally I see Flash video more and more... From
Brain Frieze on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Fireworks Pop-up Menus: Extreme Makeover in Studio 8
One of the radical--and long-overdue changes--to be found in the latest version of Fireworks will be the complete redesign of the pop-up menu feature that has been around since Fireworks 4.
As Greg Rewis details, Fireworks 8 ditches the old JavaScript-based menus in favor of CSS menus that are easier to edit and aren't hidden from search engines. Can I get a Hallelujah? Greg... From
Brain Frieze on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Instructional Design is Hard Work
I've just returned from a trip that was intended to stuff my head full of facts, procedures, best-practices, and workflow ideas revolving around a major project I'll be working on in the coming year or five. This is a long-term thing that will be very complicated, expensive, and will involve a huge number of people. Of course, we're also hoping that it has incredible value, so at no small expense off I went across the state for a few days of training at the facilities of a... From
Brain Frieze on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
New Worm Variations Attach Windows 2000
A few days ago, the Zotob worm began exploiting a vulerability in Windows 2000, spreading rapidly and bringing down some major corporate networks. CNN, ABC, the New York Times, and other major organizations were hard hit. Now, according to an... From
Indiana IT on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Highly Recommended By Owner
I discovered this interesting sign promoting a local Regina restaurant. While I have nothing against the restaurant (in fact it's rather good), I guess in the technology world, this might be similar to believing a Microsoft Total Cost of Ownership report. Yea, more than slightly biased. From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Google Fill-In-The-Blank
Today, the Google Blog reported a search tip that is either new, or just something I wasn't aware of. It appears that the * (wildcard) can be used in a method where Google will "fill in the blanks". For instance, the query "Bill Gates is the*" will bring predictable results, while a search for "Linux [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
The Interface Without The Mouse-Click
Don'tClickIt.com provides the interesting experience of a click-less interface. The site does well to make a point of how difficult it is to break the mouse-click habit, provides a brief history of the mouse-click in computer history and poses a few alternatives to mouse-click in practice. For me, it helped me consider how the GUI [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
“How Do You Like The Odds?”
Here's a rather gruesome public service commercial from the American Lung Association. It reminds me of the U.N landmine commercial that was popular earlier in the year. While there seems to be tons of research on the effect of videogame violence (mostly biased), I wonder if there are any recent studies on the effect of [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
DTV: Internet TV On Your Mac
Boing Boing just announced the launch of DTV Beta, "an open source video publishing/viewing/downloading tool". This is the player component of the Broadcast Machine, a tool that enables users to create their own video channels. I suspect that DTV has been out since June, but I just haven't had a chance to follow-up. So far [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Knoppix 4.0 Live CD/DVD Released
For those who aren't aware, Knoppix is a bootable live system distribution of Linux. In other words, a Knoppix Live CD or DVD allows you to run a distribution of Linux without having to install any software on your machine. While Knoppix isn't the only distribution that runs live, it's one of the more popular [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Flying Spaghetti Monster Makes Wikipedia
A few days ago, I noticed the "Open Letter To Kansas School Board" written by Bobby Henderson which parodied the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to allow the teaching of Intelligent Design in science class alongside Evolution Theory. In the open letter, Henderson demanded that the board give equal time in [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
“Computing Means Connecting” By Dave Tosh
Dave Tosh has posted an excellent PowerPoint resource which was recently presented at a Knowledge Lab event in Denmark. I'm especially appreciate of the Tosh's treatment of the idea of personal space vs. public space, and what bridging these areas might look like in practice. I am aware of these dimensions in my own practice, [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Essential Freeware For The Mac User
Today, Stephen Downes pointed to an entry by Sudeep Bansal who gave a great list of "Essential Freeware for the PC user". Bansal has now offered another post which lists "Essential Freeware for the Mac user". Both lists are worth looking at, and while there is a lot of overlap, I see that as very [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on August 21, 2005 at 5:50 a.m..
Survey Question 5: Disclosure of Religion
SURVEY QUESTION 5: In one weblog you read mainly for business reasons, the author mentions in a posting that she is Christian. Your reaction: The big news here is that, of the various specific online personal disclosures explored by this survey, the response to this one truly stunned me. Admitting online that you're a Christian currently appears particularly controversial and risky– at least in a professional context. This is a sign of the times. Most respondents appear to be from the US, and current US public reaction to the role of Christian conservatives in American politics From
Contentious Weblog on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
More Female Podcasters
My "Women in Podcasting List" continues to grow – it now includes about 100 shows. Please check it out if you haven't done so already, and let me know about any female hosted/cohosted podcast shows I don't already have listed. Here are the most recent additions to my list... From
Contentious Weblog on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
How I Find Work
A week or two ago I was interviewed by Amy Brozio-Andrews for Absolute Write an online newsletter for freelance writers. We had a lot of fun with this discussion. She basically wanted to know how I go about running my admittedly varied and unusual business – finding projects, etc. As always, I had a lot to say... From
Contentious Weblog on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Secret Discount: Amy’s Very Basic Blogging Workshop
Just a reminder: On Wed. Aug. 24 I'm offering a live workshop called Very Basic Blogging in Boulder CO. There are still some seats available, and I've decided to extend my early-bird discount through this Thursday, Aug. 18. This nontechnical, benefits-focused, hands-on workshop is intended to help people who've only just discovered (or who suspect they might want to get to know) the world of weblogs. Attendees will learn what weblogs are, how to find blogs they like, how to follow and interact with them, and how to create their own blog. Most importantly, I'll peek behind t From
Contentious Weblog on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Survey Question 6: Disclosure of Mental Illness
SURVEY QUESTION 6: On a blog that you read mainly for business reasons, the author one day mentions in a post that he's one of the millions of people who suffers from depression. Your reaction... THE BIG NEWS here is that making this particular disclosure doesn't seem to present much risk in terms of losing readers – in fact, it might even work in your favor. That said, some individuals in the minority who admit being troubled by this disclosure appear noticeably concerned with credibility, rather than simply relevence or propriety. Therefore, publicly admitting to depression From
Contentious Weblog on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Considering Blogrolls
Why should anyone bother publishing a blogroll? I'm posing this as an open question, because I'm undecided and haven't had a chance to research it thoroughly. I don't really have a "blogroll" as such on this weblog – just a short list of links on the right to blogs and sites run by a few friends and colleagues. And to tell you the truth I don't really like blogrolls. They look like specious link farms to me, and they often drastically clutter a page. From a reader's perspective, they bug me. However, I realize that they can offer some benefits, too... From
Contentious Weblog on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Microsoft Likes “Webfeeds”
One story making the rounds in today's tech news headlines is that Microsoft apparently has decided that the word "RSS" is not palatable to a consumer audience. In the current beta of the upcoming release of its popular browser, Internet Explorer (which includes feed functionality), Microsoft is referring to "webfeeds," not "RSS." Hmmmm.... "webfeeds." Sound familiar? ...Longtime Contentious readers may recall that last year I held a contest to find a less geeky, more descriptive and user-friendly nickname for the communication channel made possible by the RSS and Atom standards. The win From
Contentious Weblog on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Survey Questions 7 & 8: Would YOU Disclose Personal Info?
SURVEY QUESTION 7: Would you ever disclose personal information on your business site or blog? 74 (45%) said: MAYBE 58 (36%) said: YES, I already do 23 (14%) said: YES, I'd like to 8 (5%) said: NEVER Of the 163 respondents so far: The vast majority claim to be definitely willing (or at least willing to consider) disclosing personal information in an online business/professional context. Many, in fact, have already done so. Looking at the survey as a whole so far, it's interesting that most respondents don't generally disapprove when they encounter a surprising variety of pe From
Contentious Weblog on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Coming to a campus near you.
The Pew Internet and American Life Project has just recently published information that directly impacts college campuses. Teens, technology and school (PDF) is a good indicator that this year's incoming class is an Internet savy bunch. Here are a few... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Face-to-face Section versus a Real-Time Online
Two sections of an interpersonal skills building university course were observed for the purposes of this matched study. The face-to-face (F2F) section was in a classroom on the Concordia University campus in Montreal, Canada, while the non-turn-taking real-time online section... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Theories for Informal Learning Design?
Many different theories exist which try to explain how we learn. Based on those theories, we have numerous approaches to learning design. The whole field is quite connected (inbred?)...and boring. These theories are strongly slanted to reflect a course-based approach... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
School of the Future World Summit
Last month, an impressive assemblage of educators and policy wonks from around the globe gathered at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington to discuss secondary education reform. Unlike the National Educational Computing Conference the week before, where Microsoft released two KHYPHEN12... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Blogs. An Ad Audience...
That blog visitors "are disproportionately likely to be affluent, young and broadband-enabled" - and therefore a demographically appealing target for advertisers - is one of the major findings of a pioneering study of the blogosphere issued yesterday by comScore Networks.... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
The Internet at School
The internet is an important element in the overall educational experience of many teenagers. Schools are a common location where online teens access the web, although very few online teenagers rely exclusively on their school for that web access. Further,... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Blogging classroom connects to parents
Some parents struggle to get their children to surrender even a scrap of information about what they did in school. But last year, Joyce Schubert didn't even have to ask. Each day, after her fifth-grade daughter, Kayla Vance, disappeared into... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Virtual work, but we need you onsite
Many companies are developing products and services for clients all over the world but they may never meet their clients face-to-face. However, the urge to be able to watch over employees and keep them in one place/time zone seems to... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
The Dundas Experiment
I don't know why, but everytime I get on the subway these days I can't seem to get the transfer machines to work. Especially at Dundas. I thought the buttons on those machines worked on the principle of electrical capacitance in your skin. Does this mean I just don't exist? It's a real bummer when machines ignore you... Aside: Here's a crazy transfer that a machine spit out at me one night. From
silentblue | Quantified on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Did you ever have to make up your mind
The news media can be so desperate for a good story, they'll sensationalize and make their own. People like solid, definitive statements, no matter how wobbly and contrived they really are. A good example is when TechWeb published a story entitled "Tablet PCs Headed for Broader Use" and then publishes a contrary article called "Tablet PC Faces Uncertain Future" seven hours later, and both articles cite the same market research company. Two different bylines, two different axes to grind. From
silentblue | Quantified on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
We won something
Other than the War of 1812, that is: Canada wins dumbest government at World Stupidity Awards; Bush wins one award. Paris Hilton won two awards: Stupidest Woman of the Year and Stupidest Show of the Year. From
silentblue | Quantified on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Look out for Number 1
Well, the gas prices broke the $1.00/L barrier today. All the gas stations are upgrading their price signs, Y2K-style, to accept three digits. Maybe it's all a conspiracy by the digital signage companies to sell more signs... :o "If I'm trying to find someone to look after my purebred Samoyeds while I'm in St. Tropez, I'm not going to ask some naked Burning Man hula-hooper on Tribe.net." - Cheray Unman, member of the elitest social network aSmallWorld, describing why being snoot is such a hoot From
silentblue | Quantified on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
This number one's for you
I went to a party the other week and discovered that I actually like Labatt's Blue. "It's definitely not Evian, but it is better than most city tap. Certainly more palatable than many light beers I've had, and not at all, uh, urinous." - Wired reporter Tom Nichol, giving a thumbs up to drinking his own urine after being filtered through Water Security's new purification system "We are not brewers, we are monks. We brew beer to be able to afford being monks." - Father Abbott of the Belgian abbey Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren, whose Trappist Westvleteren 12 beer has recently b From
silentblue | Quantified on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
wtf bbq
Wind the clock back two weeks: After a long hot day shopping for a tux, Juice and I had an impromptu BBQ at his new house. He and his family are doing well - there's a G35, BMW, and LS300 in the driveway. P.S. Diana Maple Sauce makes everything taste better. From
silentblue | Quantified on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Playing Flickr
Is personal publishing any publisher's business? Putting your own personal pictures, movies, sounds, and words online, for the enjoyment of the few and the many at the same time, is big business. The likes of Google, Yahoo!, and MSN are working hard to own the field, and I am sure advertisers will follow. And this will be about a lot more than pulling together your average gardening weblog, wedding picture album, or personal music playlist, as if that was not enough to get worried about. Let's consider
Flickr, now part of Yahoo! The site -- From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
The Sporting News Makes Every Fan a GM
It's been a long time since
The Sporting News, which has been around
since 1886, has just been about baseball. Heck, TSN used to be synonymous with baseball, but since adding coverage of auto racing, golf, tennis, horse racing, soccer, bowling, and the Olympics in the '60s (and that has since changed to Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, and college football and basketball) and running its first non-baseball cover on Feb From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Private Wikis as a Team Reporting Tool
Lately, I've been using private wikis to manage information for a variety of collaborative projects -- including an upcoming Poynter
NewsU online course on covering hospitals. It strikes me that this is a tool that reporters who work on team projects probably should try. Here's what I mean: Say a team of five reporters, working at a total of three locations, are collaborating on an investigative project. How are they divvying the labor, organizing and sharing the information, and plotting the story line? Chances are they're using a From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
A Flickr for Personal Videos
My Poynter colleague Larry Larsen spotted this; somehow it escaped my gaze till now.
YouTube.com is sort of a
Flickr for sharing personal/amateur videos. (Yahoo!'s Flickr is a photo-sharing site.) The personal-content hosting space is heating up, and more choices are available for people wanting to share their images and videos with the world for no cost. Other choices for hosting personal videos include
OurMedia.org (which I
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Respectful Citizen Reporters
Rocky Mountain News editor John Temple talks about the culmination of the roll-out of
YourHub.com, the Denver newspaper's citizen-journalism initiative (which is, I believe, the largest such operation of a newspaper company in the U.S.), in
his Saturday column. What that means is that the paper has rolled out the last of its local-area-specific print editions, which are populated with citizen-submitted content and included in the Thu From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Letters to the Editor: Why Did We Fail?
Everyone is talking about user-submitted content. But why is it that the most basic user-driven content, "letters to the editor," doesn't work on most newssites? Several Danish online papers have even closed their discussion forums. I recently read a two-year-old but still very thoughtful
thesis (English abstract on page 133) by Henrik Skovmark Larsen and Dennis Christiansen. They analyzed the complete contents of the discussion forum at
Politiken.dk. Despite this From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Kudos for 'Most E-mailed' Lists
One of my favorite features on websites is the "most e-mailed" list. Unfortunately, they're relatively addicting; I always read them, usually click on one article, at least, and find the lists to be an excellent tool for finding interesting content. They're a great way, too, for sites to find out what people are reading (and propagate that content onward), and for editors to judge what's interesting. One thing about "most e-mailed" or "most read" lists: They illustrate that headlines may be even more important online than in print (and they're pretty darned importan From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Explaining the Web to Newcomers
I've often found the Web world and casual conversation to be adversaries. When a new acquaintance poses the simple question, "What do you do?" my mind begins to race: "Will this person know what a Web editor/producer is? How much time, effort, and energy will it take to explain? Do they really care all that much?" I usually settle on "I'm an editor" and then quickly change the topic. But I'm beginning to think this adversarial relationship is softening. Recent conversations with colleagues possessing little previous Web knowledge have proven fruitful. For example, last w From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Don't Forget the 'Silver Surfers'
BBC News introduced me to a new term: "Silver Surfers," a catch-all phrase meant to describe Web users 55 and older.The BBC article, drawing from a retail study conducted by the
Future Foundation, is targeted at online merchants, but there's a message here for publishers as well: Don't assume all Web users are young.I found this point to be particularly salient: "Websites with small or difficult-to-read text, unclear navigation, or advertising f From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
The Website Navigation Blues
Navigation is still a pain in the neck on many newspaper websites. (Well, it's a pain in the neck on a lot of sites overall, but let's focus here on newspapers, since this blog is mostly about online news.)In an article today on the
Contra Costa Times website, I saw a link for placing a garage-sale ad. Where would you expect to go if you clicked on the link? To the page for placing a garage-sale ad, right? Not exactly. It took me
here, to a general ad-pla From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
The Rise of the Citizen Editor
Barbara Iverson, a journalism professor at Columbia College Chicago, says she sees some similarities between South Korea's
Ohmynews.com (which she visited recently) and
YourHub.com, the citizen-journalism initiative of Denver's Rocky Mountain News. Ohmynews, now five years old, is often held up as a shining example of success in citizen journalism. Both Ohmynews and YourHub employ significant editing/reporting staffs. "The two venture From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Citizen Journalism: What Mainstream Misses Is Most Read
Thinking of developing a citizen-journalism initiative of some sort (or improving the one you've got)? Well, here's a tip, courtesy of
Clyde Bentley, a professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and its resident citizen-journalism guru. Bentley has issued a status report on the state of citizen journalism and specifically
MyMissourian.com, the school's experiment in local citizen journalism. (Sorry, no link available for the repor From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
The Internet Makes Everyone a Football Recruiter
Citizen journalism seems to have discovered a new outlet: recruiting athletes. Just consider this scenario, which the Lincoln Journal Star's Brian Chrisopherson did in
a story on armchair recruiters who are moving online: "Friends are always calling when you can squat 365, bench 270, and jump 43 inches. Friends you didn't even know you had are calling. Shareece Wright knows this. He has plenty of friends these days. He's never met some of them. Sti From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
'Every Webpage Will Become a Television Station'
Brad Inman, who runs the real estate-focused
Inman News Service, told the Real Estate Connect conference the other day that he's "obsessed" with video. "Not television video, just Internet video." In a few years, he said, text and still images on webpages will be passe."Let me just explain it this way: Every webpage will become a television station," he said. "Think of the webpage as a video magazine. ... In a few years, if people open the page and see words and data, they might change the channel on you."His company has launched From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Is Google Poised for a Spending Spree?
Bloomberg reports that Google plans to sell 14.8 million shares of stock. The transaction will bring in $4.2 billion. The big question is: What's Google going to do with all that money? One possibility is content. With billions in its coffers, Google could take any number of routes -- acquisition of content providers, major contracts with wire services, perhaps even the development of an in-house content department. Imagine that -- real, live editors inside the Googleplex! Yahoo From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Stepping Up the Battle Against BugMeNot
Via
Joe Murphy, I learned that the Atlanta Journal Constitution website has escalated the "war" against
BugMeNot.com. That's the Web service that allows anyone to bypass mandatory website user registration by offering up fake log-ins and passwords to many sites. Here's what
AJC.com has done: It's added a third log-in field, asking vistors wishing to read an article on the site to type in their first name, in addition to From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Microsoft Likes 'Web Feeds,' Not 'RSS'
Last year,
Contentious and E-Media Tidbits blogger Amy Gahran
held a contest to come up with a better, colloquial name for
RSS -- something that non-techies would understand and not be intimidated by. She solicited suggested names, then assembled a small group of judges (I was one of them) to decide on the best name. The winner was "webfeed." Well, a year and a half late From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
'Place an Ad' Ad ... Logically Placed
One of my ongoing rants is that newspapers don't do enough to promote their own websites and services. And one of those services they should promote more frequently is online ad-placement sites, because they increase revenue, reduce costs, and improve customer service. Here's an
excellent example of logical promotion: On a page with editorial content from the paper's "Working" section, the Orlando Sentinel has a column ad -- similar to a "Top Jobs" or "Top Ad" placem From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 21, 2005 at 5:49 a.m..
Small Team-Based Organizations Designed for Success
We live in a world of consolidation with the resulting marginalizing of talent. The core work of organizations is stripped away from the locals because of cost, and then the executives argue that third world wages are great compared to... From
Kolabora.com on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Playing in Google’s sandbox
Elinor Mills charges that Googles uses a “sandbox,” or in other words, puts new, suspicious Websites on probation by keeping them out of their ranking system. Some folks are concerned because sandboxing dampens the ability of Web sites in Google’s index to rank for anything at all, based on the triggering of a filter [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Cyberfeminism
If you’re interested in gender issues in technology (and who isn’t?), here is a site on Cyberfeminism sent to me by Tereigh Ewert-Bauer. The site includes a number of interesting reports on a conference theme on “women hackers”: Cornelia Sollfrank Introduction " First Woman Hacker Rena Tangens How to become a Hacker Barbara Thoens Linux and the Free Software Philosophy Stephanie [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Microsoft patent on iPod design?
Oh my… tell me it ain’t so! The Associated Press reported today that Apple took too long to file a patent on part of its iPod music players, so Microsoft beat Apple to it. Evidently, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office rejected a request that Apple filed to patent the iPod’s rotational wheel interface. The reason [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
SSHRC Program Officers
This is a message for faculty at the U of S about a visit from SSHRC program officers. On September 6th, Wafa Bitar (Program Officer for Committee 5 - Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Translation and Committee 26 - Communication, Cultural Studies and Women’s Studies) and Nathalie Lepage (Program Officer for Committee 7 - Economics, [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Murawsky receives Alumni Excellence Award
Raise your cups in the café to Orest Murawsky, who has been selected to receive the Alumni Excellence in Aboriginal Intitatives Award from the University of Saskatchewan. While the official ceremony will not be until October 13, 2005, you may want to shake his hand and give him a pat on the back the next time you see him. [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Position with Immigration
Professional Development Opportunity Related to the Enhanced Language Training (ELT) Initiative and the Immigrant Internship Project (IIP) This document outlines the steps to apply for professional development training for possible employment in delivering services in under the Enhanced Language Training (ELT) Initiative and the Immigrant Internship Project (IIP). Please share this information with students or others [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Connectivity and ICT integration in First Nations schools
Announcement from Statistics Canada A report on the connectivity and the information and communications technologies (ICT) integration in First Nations schools will be released on Monday, August 22, 2005 in the Statistics Canada Daily. The Daily can be downloaded at no charge from the Statistics Canada website (www.statcan.ca). This report presents information on the ICT infrastructure and reach in 154 responding [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Northern Research Development Program
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) wishes to inform you of the second competition (2005) for The Northern Research Development program. The NRDP responds to the current state of Canadian research in and on the North. The objectives are to: [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
4th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education
Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions 4th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education January 6 - 9, 2006 Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu Hawaii, USA Since many people have individually asked for an extension of the submission deadline, we are extending the deadline for submissions to Thursday, September 8, 2005. The Hawaii International Conference on Education encourages the following types of papers/abstracts/submissions for any of the [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 21, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Petition to save Cornwall Sleeper
The sleeper service from London to Penzance is a godsend about to be cut. There's a petition which you can sign if you want to help keep it. Nothing like a government interfering with holidays to get me politically active... From
Monkeymagic on August 21, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..
Fear and prejudice
Funny thing happened on the tube this morning. An Arabic looking bloke carrying a rucksack hopped on at Earl's Court, and you could feel the whole carriage tense up. This unease and the awkward glances stayed for a couple of... From
Monkeymagic on August 21, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..
Notes on Walter Ong's Orality and Literacy #2
(Following on a little tardily from May's notes) Chapter 2: Modern discovery of Primary Oral Cultures Early Awareness of Oral Tradition Tradition of writing down sayings longlived: Ecclesiastes 12:9-10 "Besides being wise, Qoheleth taught the people knowledge, and weighed, scrutinized... From
Monkeymagic on August 21, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..
Expectations Icebreaker
The icebreaker and energizer collection is a highlight of Peter Renner's practical guide, The Art of Teaching Adults. Dr. Renner has allowed us to reprint his "Expectations Revealed" icebreaker, and its variation, "Common Concerns." Choose one for your first day... From
Adult/Continuing Education on August 21, 2005 at 2:50 a.m..
Through Afghanistan with a circus
Islamicate runs a msg from a friend traveling through Afghanistan as part of a circus. A snippet: Along the way, Hamid, Du'ad, Nadir, Asad, Jamil, and Sher Khan have more than a dozen laughing fits. I'd never seen a group of Afghan men laughing playfully until this trip, even though it happens all the time here. They sing to the radio and clap until my ears echo with Indi and Afghan pop music. We stop along the way and squat by a river, eating fresh mangoes and watermelons, then for daily prayers. They tease me like a close friend and... From
Joho the Blog on August 21, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..
Wikiwyg -- wysi wiki editing
The wikiwyg demo from SocialText is getting close to the way you'd want a wiki to work. (Disclosure: I'm an advisor to the company.) [Technorati tags: wikis SocialText]... From
Joho the Blog on August 21, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..