Edu_RSS
Studying weblogs at Microsoft: connecting the dots
"Connecting the dots" is the biggest fun I have doing my study of weblogs at Microsoft... As an outsider I have the excuse of asking stupid questions and the value of insights coming from getting enculturated into local practices. As an insider (signed NDAs :) I have certain degree of trust and access to the information I wouldn't be able to reach otherwise. As a blogger I pay attention to the details. As a researcher I have time to go around and ask questions and I have an inclination to look how details fit into a bigger picture. With fun comes the responsi From
Mathemagenic on August 22, 2005 at 9:46 p.m..
Knowledge as conversation
We used to believe that the world was divided into those who believe the truth and those who don't. Our job was to convert them, kill them, or let them live their lives peacefully unaware they were about to plummet into an eternity of fire for believing the wrong things. Then we were able to communicate at the speed of light rather than at the speed of wind, so we learned more about other cultures. At least some of us grudgingly concluded that those other people were entitled to their contrary beliefs. The world, we admitted, was unsatisfyingly relativistic and... From
Joho the Blog on August 22, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..
The RSS Version 3 Homepage
Does the world need another version of RSS? Probably not, but this development has been inevitable ever since RSS 2 was frozen. The new specification makes some logical changes to RSS 2 - most notable is the addition of ratings and category elements. Read more about it in the
blog. Also, there's an
eWeek article available, a
Register article,
S From OLDaily on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
The 21st Century Learning Initiative in Canada
I think other Canadians will be as surprised as I was to learn that we are getting a Canadian version of John Abbott's '21st Century learning Initiative'. But that's what's on the agenda as this British writer is being brought by the Canadian Council on Learning to, um, teach us all about it. The idea behind the
21st Century Initiative is that learning ought to be based on neurology; in his 1998
Policy Paper Ab From
OLDaily on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Once a Booming Market, Educational Software for the PC Takes a Nose Dive
Who didn't see this coming (aside from the publishers of proprietary educational content, I mean)? "What happened was an explosion of new, often free technologies competing to entertain and teach children. Young children have long been a primary audience for computer learning games. But with free games and learning sites now available all over the Internet, parents are finding that they do not need to buy software that can teach the A B C's." Via
Golden Swamp. Clark Aldrich
OLDaily on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Sharing Learning Contexts Within A Distributed Conversation Model
Scott Wilson takes us on a fascinating romp through a variety of technologies to see whether they offer "a way of constructing and sharing context." None of them really does the job, he writes, though FOAF groups stands the best chance. Tom Hoffman interprets this as a
technology problem, arguing in essence that RDF would do the job nicely. I see it more as a definitional problem. Wilson writes, "to enable a distributed conversation of any kind to take place requires an agreement of context amo From
OLDaily on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Government Textbook Gets High-Tech Boost
Just an example of what a government can do once it gets past the idea that texbooks are something that you have to buy. "At UT (University of Texas), readings for mandatory political science course will be online -- and free to students, public." The savings - mostly to students - on this one book amount to $300,000. Moreover, "it's easy to update it with the latest information available." By Laura Heinauer, Austin American-Statesman, August 19, 2005 [
Refer][
OLDaily on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
The End of the Paper Syllabus
Just an example of what you can do once professors get past the idea that handouts have to be on paper. "The dean... told professors that -- for financial and educational reasons -- they should put their syllabuses online, and stop distributing them on the first day of classes." Savings? "Copies cost the college about 2 cents a page, nearly all of the university's 11,000 students take at least some classes in the college, and syllabuses run from a page to 15 pages." By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Education, August 22, 2005 [
OLDaily on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Online Communities: Design, Theory, and Practice
This editorial introduces a special thematic section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and is worthy of a read in its own right (the remainder of the articles are
available here - no RSS (*sigh*)). In about nine paragraphs the authors provide a nice history of the concept of online community, drawing into the discussion strands of thought from sociology, psychology and anthropology. Of course, the real value in this issue is in the articles; I especially enjoyed Pillar, et.a;., on
OLDaily on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Essential Freeware for the Mac User
Those of you Mac users who felt left out last week after my link to an article on freeware for Windows can rejoice now that the author has compiled a similar collection for the Mac. By Sudeep Bansal, Brilliant Ignorance, August 20, 2005 [
Refer][
Research][
Reflect] From
OLDaily on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Wikiwyg (Ross Mayfield)
This weekend we put something cool out into the world. Wikiwyg is what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor for wikis, or pretty much any other text area on the web. It's open source licensed, available for download and demo. Jeff Jarvis said wikiwyg... From
Corante: Social Software on August 22, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..
Real work for students
In this morning's New York Times,
Melanie Warner writes about the new policy announced last week by the trade organization that serves the soft drink industry. The policy, which is voluntary and nonenforceable, decrees that companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi will not sell regular soda, diet soda or sugary drinks in elementary schools. Regular soda will be sold in... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on August 22, 2005 at 10:52 a.m..
A delicious what? A slump?
The blackberries are still growing along my road and after two batches of jam and one blackberry and peach tart, I was looking for something easier to do with the quart of berries my cousin and I picked yesterday. A quick search over at Epicurious yielded this delightful recipe for a
Blackberry Slump, which is basically cooked berries with a slab of cake on top. Not the neatest or fanciest dessert but it was easy and tasty. Later we were discussing the other slumps one could make and agreed th From
megnut on August 22, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
The Rise Of RSS - Tom Taulli, Forbes
What's the hottest brand on the Web these days? The orange RSS icon. Take a look at the online sites of any major media company. You will see hundreds of these icons offering RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, which is a way to get information sent to you From
Techno-News Blog on August 22, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..
Lightweight Version of RSS Released - Lisa Vaas, eWeek
RSS Lite is a stripped-down version of the Full version that's designed for use by content aggregators that reside on a bigger program or site, such as Mozilla Firefox. A high-end aggregator such as Mozilla Thunderbird, which handles RSS feeds, news and From
Techno-News Blog on August 22, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..
IE7: Built for Feeds - Susan Kuchinskas, Internet News
The beta introduction of Internet Explorer 7 was a seminal moment in the development of business blogging, according to the organizer of a conference on the topic. At the Business Blogging Summit, Steve Broback said that the ease of subscribing to and rea From
Techno-News Blog on August 22, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..
Cell-Phone Tower Debate Grows
Not in my back yard: Even those who use cell phones would rather the providers locate towers someplace other than their neighborhoods, for health and other reasons. From
Wired News on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Google Techs, Webmasters Mingle
It's the summer Google dance party, when web entrepreneurs who try to manipulate search rankings get a chance to meet face-to-face with the company's top engineers. From
Wired News on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Einstein Manuscript Surfaces
A Leiden University masters student uncovers an original paper handwritten by Albert Einstein in the archives. Titled 'Quantum theory of the monatomic ideal gas,' it predicts what would happen to gas at temperatures near absolute zero. From
Wired News on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
New Console Blows Up 2-D Games
Researchers use a motion detector and Wi-Fi to create immersive computer versions of school-yard games like red light, green light that put participants in the middle of the action. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Star Trek Phone Set to Thrill
Fans who have dreamed of using a communicator like Captain Kirk's will have their wish fulfilled this fall. By Holly J. Wagner. From
Wired News on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
A P2P Network for Bikes
Lyon, France, is trying out a new public transit system that lets people borrow bikes from public racks for short jaunts across the city. Could this break the urban commute bottleneck? By Daithí Ó hAnluain. From
Wired News on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Barking Mad for Nintendogs
If you're looking for a virtual pet, the adorable puppies in Nintendo's Nintendogs are the pick of the litter. By Chris Kohler. From
Wired News on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
VR Goggles Heal Scars of War
Shell-shocked Iraq vets are treated with an experimental virtual-reality system that re-creates combat trauma. One military psychologist says it's the most effective healing tool he's ever used. Xeni Jardin gets a tour. (Story includes video.) From
Wired News on August 22, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
BAR Camp
This weekend I attended two geek events: BAR Camp, a complete conference for a hundred geeks put together, from concept to opening the doors, in six days. The first "flash conference." OPML Roadshow, a product introduction conducted at Berkeley's H From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 5:38 a.m..
BAR Camp
This weekend I attended two geek events: BAR Camp, a complete conference for a hundred geeks put together, from concept to opening the doors, in six days. The first "flash conference." OPML Roadshow, a product introduction conducted at Berkeley's H From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 5:38 a.m..
BlogDay 2005 el 31 de agosto
Descubrir y promover 5 nuevos weblogs interesantes aunque de temática o estilo diferentes al tuyo, es el objetivo del BlogDay 2005: Pueden ver los detalles de la convocatoria en el wiki del evento: BlogDay.org, que dispone de una versión en... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on August 22, 2005 at 5:36 a.m..
BlogDay 2005 el 31 de agosto
Descubrir y promover 5 nuevos weblogs interesantes aunque de temática o estilo diferentes al tuyo, es el objetivo del BlogDay 2005: Pueden ver los detalles de la convocatoria en el wiki del evento: BlogDay.org, que dispone de una versión en... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on August 22, 2005 at 5:36 a.m..
Marketing Distance Learning Programs & Courses: A Relationship Marketing Strategy
Abstract 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. The relevance of relationship marketing paradigm to student recruitment and retention in distance learning programs is described. Theory of student retention and the relationship mark From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 5:33 a.m..
Click And Learn
NEW YORK - Online study doesn't mean a second-rate degree when it comes to earning an M.B.A.Read the Full Story From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 5:33 a.m..
Bush administration objects to .xxx domains
The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a .xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for Internet pornography.Read the Full Story From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 5:33 a.m..
Online Communities: Design, Theory, and Practice
AbstractThis special thematic section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings together nine articles that provide a rich composite of the current research in online communities. The articles cover a range of topics, methodologies, theories and practices. Indirectly they all speak to design since they aim to extend our understanding of the field. The variety shown in these articles illustrates how broad the definition is of this rapidly growing field known as 'online communities.'Read the Full Story From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 5:33 a.m..
The Link Between Psychiatry's Drugs and Violence
Todd Cameron Smith, the boy the police captured after he escaped from a Toronto group home, was the 4th out of 8 school shooters who were taking one or another of psychiatry's violence inducing drugs at the time of the shooting. [PRWEB Aug 22, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 5:28 a.m..
"It doesn't cost much to learn Arabic"
Arabic language is one of the most difficult languages to learn. But with the right software you can learn the basics very easy and quickly... [PRWEB Aug 22, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 5:28 a.m..
Back to Nature
My friend Claudia L'Amoreaux, who hosts therapeutic learning conversations for troubled kids, turned me on to this article from the July/August issue of Orion magazine. Diagnoses of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) among children have skyrocketed in rece From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Natural Learning
the natural way of learning. water trickles into the rivulet rivulets flow down to the stream the stream rushes down the mountainside streams form rivers rivers flow to seas seas disappear into thin air rain drops from the sky nature always flows the na From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Better page for Innovations in eLearning Symposium
When an event goes smoothly, its sponsor has someone behind the scenes coordinating and paying intense attention to making everything work right. Brenda Mueller admirably fills that role for George Mason University's Graduate School of Education. This From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Neural Noodling
Here I am in Japantown, surrounded by Japanese restaurants, shops, and culture. Uta and I lived three blocks from here in the late 70s. It hasn't changed much, thank goodness. I enjoy the food, the scents, and especially the Kinokuniya Bookstore. I'd com From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Taking my own advice
This morning after breakfast, I drove all of five minutes to Lake Anza in Tilden Park and hiked around the lake, up the creek, over the hill, and back down, about an hour all told. The air was crisp, the lake foggy, and my new camera was hungry for images From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Connecting with the Flow
Transcribed from my SONY pocket I-C Recorder Recorded as I walked the Laurel Trail in Tilden Park this morning Connections are all that matters. I used to think that things and facts in isolation had meaning, but in an age of relativity and the uncertai From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
MEGO
At live presentations, I always try to grab a seat in the front row. They are usually the last seats filled. You get plenty of leg room. You're not trapped in the center of a row. You often get to chat with speakers waiting their turn to address the crowd From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Spot the typo
Find the precious typographical error in this passage from an article in the Guardian entitled Making the Connection. Mobile phones have become a ubiquitous, unavoidable part of daily life, with an estimated three out of every five children under 15 o From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Curt Bonk and Sherry Hsi
Yesterday two friends joined me for lunch at Ajanta, an Indian restaurant in Berkeley. In fact, Ajanta is my favorite Indian restaurant in town, and Berkeley has more than two dozen Indian and Pakistani restaurants. Indiana University's Curt Bonk and I h From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Word for Blogger
So, this is my first posting using Blogger for Word, an add-in that was released today. I installed it, opened Word, and found a new toolbar. Then I clicked Blogger Settings to give it my login and password. Finally I clicked oeOpen Post and I From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
BAR Camp
FOO Camp happens every year, it is an invite-only event for tech luminaries hosted in Sebastopol, CA at the O From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Habituating to toxic shock.
Sometimes I feel like I'm computing from an unarmored browser rumbling along a dusty road in Iraq, vulnerable to innocent looking welcome signs loaded up with bombs. Today it's Windows again. DEFCON 5! Red alert! Dive! Dive! Incoming! "The new worm incl From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Kaninchen!
Today was quite productive. I wrote the first 3,000 words of my book. At that rate, I may actually complete it this year. I also picked pears from the tree in the backyard. But the most exciting thing was walking the dogs up Vollmer Peak in Tilden Park. From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
10
Curt Bonk just forwarded me this list from Epic Group plc, the UK's leading eLearning company: Top 10 US e-learning gurus 1. Roger Schank 2. Jay Cross 3. Mark Prensky 4. John Seely-Brown From
Internet Time Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:22 a.m..
Teaching the Once-a-Week Course
Dennis Jerz' great Literacy Weblog alerted me to a new article up at Inside Higher Ed by Shari Wilson about the problems attached to night classes that meet for three hours, once a week, called "Once a Week is Not Enough". Wilson laments the lack of learning that happens in... From
PEDABLOGUE on August 22, 2005 at 3:19 a.m..
The Tenure Package
Today I submitted my tenure package: a three binder set of documents about my teaching, scholarship, and service over the past seven years at Seton Hill University. Though the process is difficult, it feels liberating to have it out of my hands...and the process of assembling the portfolios and reflecting... From
PEDABLOGUE on August 22, 2005 at 3:19 a.m..
State: Online testing helped raise scores
Oregon students of all ages showed across-the-board improvements on state tests in core subjects during the 2004-2005 academic year, according to figures released last week. State officials attribute the gains in part to the use of a home-grown, web-based testing service ...Read the Full Story From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 3:18 a.m..
Beyond the Textbook: Learning in a Digital World
Today, textbooks are seldom the only source of information in a classroom: e-books, digital materials, and online reference collections are gaining in popularity and acceptance. Yet, to really take advantage of the digital world requires changing the way information is delivered, when it is available, and the ways we engage with it. The fall 2005 edition of oeThreshold, the quarterly publication of the cable From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 3:18 a.m..
Burton joining Virtual High School program
John I. Burton high school students will be able to choose from 210 new advanced courses this year, and Superintendent John Sessoms hasn't had to hire a single new teacher to teach them.Read the Full Story From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 3:18 a.m..
Do Online MBAs Make the Grade?
Dale Bolger, the vice-president of information services for Oki Data Americas and a 2003 MBA graduate of the University of Phoenix online program, has worked in international business for almost 20 years. Maintaining a hectic travel schedule but wishing to advance his career with an MBA, Bolger saw an online program as his only option. "I could be in a hotel in Tokyo or on the road in Brazil or Europe -- and still learn and be attached to the school," says Bolger.Read the Full Story From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 3:18 a.m..
Sooner or later we will melt together: Framing the digital in the everyday
AbstractDigital technologies are increasingly pervading our everyday lives. Many of our everyday practices involve the appropriation of digital technologies. The aim of this piece is to discuss two central issues surrounding this digitalisation of everyday life: (i) what constitutes digital culture?; and, (ii) how do digital technologies transform ownership? These questions are considered in this work with the intention of creating a benchmark from which future explorative (empirical) case studies can be developed. The central argument of the piece is that the study of digital technologies sho From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 3:18 a.m..
At Last, An Agent for Online Instructors and Developers!
Course Agent, LLC http://www.courseagent.comCourse Agent develops and delivers high quality online courses, seminars and workshops in formats that are designed to meet client needs.Unlike publishers and software companies, Course Agent is not a content seller. It is a broker for e-learning developers and providers. It represents college and university professors, K-12 teachers, corporate trainers, and other professionals who wish to lease or sell their educational materials directly to institutions and organizations that operate e-learning programs.Like talent and literary agents, Course Agent From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 3:18 a.m..
Student held over online mugging
Police in Japan have arrested a Chinese student over the use of a network of software "bots" to steal items in an online role playing game (RPG). From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 3:17 a.m..
Geeks to hold open-source campout
For a couple of years, Tim O'Reilly has been bringing together some of the smartest people in technology for a weekend campout of thinking, talking, brainstorming and beer drinking. Read the Full Story From
DEC Daily News on August 22, 2005 at 3:17 a.m..
Roy Tennant writes: "Those of you interested in creating methods for users to search two or more sources at once (commonly called metasearching), may be interested in a newly-released report from the California Digital Library. Titled
Integrating Information Resources: Principles, Technologies, and Approaches, it aims to take a high-level view of integration techniques, with a particular focus on metasearching. It was written in partial fulfillment of an
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Project Bluebird is investigating how libraries communicate with their users, the technologies that support this and whether the network power of Talis libraries can offer any advantages. Channels under investigation include both the old and the new: Automated telephony, Blogging, Emails, Letters, RSS, SMS text messaging From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
The American Printing History Association has announced a new fellowship award for the study of printing history. For 2006, an award of up to $2,000 is available for research in any area of the history of printing in all its forms, including all the arts and technologies relevant to printing, the book arts, and letter forms From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
John Wiley has acquired a list of tribology journals from Leaf Coppin Publishing Ltd. The journals are Lubrication Science, The Journal of Synthetic Lubrication, and TriboTest From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Digital Copyright by Paul Pedley is the first in a new series of high performance e-books that deliver topical workplace information direct to the information professional's desktop for instant access. This i-briefing examines how copyright applies in the electronic environment. It asks whether digital content is treated differently than hard-copy material, and if so how? From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Palgrave Macmillan has announced that it has acquired 21 journals from Henry Stewart Publications Ltd. The list encompasses all the company's journals in management, marketing, finance, property and allied areas From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
The Big Gay Read, a follow-up to the BBC's Big Read, is intended to cross the sexuality divide and prompt a debate in reading groups, in internet chatrooms, in bars and over dinner tables, anywhere where people like talking about books. Submissions for the winner have to be in by February, with the top book announced at Manchester's Queer Up North festival in May From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Medieval manuscripts, texts, photographs, official records, audio tapes, music, rare indigenous scripts, suppressed and neglected transcripts from Africa, Asia, Russia, South America and Europe will all be preserved and digital copies made available to researchers in the British Library following the first awards from the
Endangered Archives Programme sponsored by the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund. Grants totalling more than 600,000 have been awarded to twenty projects around the world From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Around the world on a library degree - 13 September 2005 - The Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London, UK. Speaker Phil Bradley will explain how he went from uninformed library school student to becoming a leading light in the Internet-training world. He will discuss his role as Internet Consultant and tell us what to look out for in the future, as well as where the Internet is moving From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
CrossRef has announced the launch of a freely available OpenURL resolver to facilitate navigation to the 17+ million items now registered in CrossRef. The resolver allows users to enter an OpenURL as one way to be directed to publications from the hundreds of publishers and societies that participate in CrossRef by registering Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for their content From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
The Access, Collections and Technical Services Section of the California Library Association invites all members of the California library community to acknowledge superior achievement by an individual in those areas of the library profession that encompass access, collections, and technical services.
The ACTSS Award is an opportunity to recognize colleagues who have made outstanding contributions in those areas of librarianship that have been especially challenged by the need for innovation and adaptation in dealing with rapidly cha From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer - this week: Dance and Dancers.
Answers here1. Whose dance routine was much imitated when he starred in the 1978 film "Saturday Night Fever?"2. The eightsome reel is a Scottish dance - for how many people?3. Who famously danced and sang in the rain in the 1952 film "Singin' in the Rain?"4. Which Russian ballet dancer danced with the Leningrad Kirov Ballet from 1958 to 1961, when he defected from Russia and in 1962 joined the Royal Ballet, where he frequently partnered From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
The Section 108 Study Group is a select committee of copyright experts, convened by the Library of Congress, and charged with updating for the digital world the Copyright Act balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and the needs of libraries and archives From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Amazon Shorts are never-before-seen short works from a wide variety of well-known authors, available only on Amazon.com. Amazon Shorts are: New short-form literature from top authors for only 49 cents; Delivered electronically; there are no printed editions; Yours forever after purchase; save or print and read at your convenience From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
NEWSPLAN Scotland is committed to preserving local Scottish newspapers and to promoting awareness of and access to these invaluable historical resources From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
A student-friendly, interactive, lower-cost option to the traditional textbook is a reality as a result of a new alliance between
McGraw-Hill Higher Education and Zinio. Through the alliance, 150 of McGraw-Hill's most renowned college titles are now available as electronic books, offering the highest quality reading experience HYPHEN at about half the cost of a print textbook From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
The Future of Internet Governance
The United Nations has released its report into how it expects administration of the internet to work in future. The report by the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) follows the outline given by those in charge of the process earlier this week at ICANN's tri-annual conference in Luxembourg. It provides four different models for future governance of the internet.... From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Mobile Devices Most Requested Consumer Applications
This statistical graph provides interesting insight in the trends and possible evolution of the new media mobile markets. In it you can see the overall responses of a survey run by Parks Associates in which US consumers express their preferred uses and apllications for mobile devices.... From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Interest Rates Cause of Wasteful Consumption?
Interest is steering us towards non-sustainability, argues Jeremy Wakeford, writing for the South African New Economics Network, a group described on their site as an independent network for the creation of a humane, just, sustainable and culturally appropriate economic system in South Africa. Not only does interest act as a constantly active mechanism for the transfer of value from the poor to the rich, it is also an incentive for wasteful consumption. The result is the thoughtless use of resources which by rights should not only be left in place but should be lovingly cared for, to ensure th From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
New Media Technologies Role in Education: The Academic Commons Critically Examines Classroom Uses
Academic Commons offers a forum for investigating and defining the role that technology can play in liberal arts education. Sponsored by the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College, Academic Commons publishes essays, reviews, interviews, showcases of innovative uses of technology, and vignettes that critically examine technology uses in the classroom. Academic Commons aims to share knowledge, develop collaborations, and evaluate and disseminate digital tools and innovative practices for teaching and learning with technology and to advance opportunities for collaborative design, From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Robin Good Latest News Breaks Top 200 in Feedster
Robin Good Latest News is now listed at position 167 in the Top500 published by Feedster online. For me, as the executive editor of this content, this is probably the greatest reward that could be desired. Even more so, when this popularity shows my content to have greater reach (at least in the blogosphere) than Chris Pirillo (202), Adam Curry (208), Marc Canter (250) or even Jakob Nielsen Useit.com (237), just to name a few, who I all consider key references and guides to my own work. So the only question left really is: how credible and reliable is the Feedster Top500?... From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Protecting RSS Feeds From Commercial Republication
The issue of what is right and best to do when it comes to republish content or even just headlines coming from a public RSS feed is now spreading to the growing number of independent online publishers taking advantage of RSS powerful syndication and real-time news provision opportunities. I have myself challenged publicly at least one online publisher who threatened action against my own syndication of their content but the jury is still largely out on this one, and for what I can see it may well be there for still quite a long time. Photo credit: Warren Gibb The root of the issue is all in t From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Best Desktop Search Tools For Your PC
PCWorld lists their preferred free/shareware desktop search tools for the PC, providing reviews, download info and more. This is a good starting list, lacking only Microsoft' own Desktop Search (part of the MSN Search Toolbar) and Chris Pirillo's favourite search tool: Copernic Desktop Search. To find out more about effective desktop search tools please see Pandia's Desktop Search Tools page. Recommended.... From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
RSS Enterprise Syndication Servers And NewsMastering: What's Next?
On the RSS enterprise front there is a lot going on that is not readily apparent yet. A number of companies are readying new products and services which should an order of magnitude better than the RSS newsmastering tools we have seen so far. Also the press and analysts are upping their antes to find out what is coming next: From: RBerkman@xxxxx.com [mailto:RBerkman@xxxxx.com] Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:49 PM To: Robin.Good[at]masternewmedia.org Subject: Press Query: Bob Berkman, Information Advisor Hello Robin, greetings from lovely Prince Edward Island Canada, which has become my summ From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Idea Exchange: A Proposal for a Collaborative System
Here is an idea for everyone interested in sharing ideas to change the world! Libertes Philosophica or "the right to think" was a phrase coined by Giordano Bruno, a controversial Italian Renaissance philosopher who challenged the authorities by daring to think beyond the common beliefs and dogmas of his times. ideologi takes up the challenge again and proposes an idea for an open Internet-based system that facilitates colaborative exchange of ideas and the creative identification of innovative solutions to a problem. There are no technical specifications for the system, but what the From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Commons-Based Peer-Production Ushers Innovative Marketplace
"In 2002, Professor Benkler published a seminal essay with the provocative title "Coase's Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm." In Coase's Penguin Professor Benkler states that for decades we have lived with two major ways in which individuals organize economic production: "as employees in firms, following the directions of managers, or as individuals in markets, following price signals." What we are now seeing, he writes, "is the broad and deep emergence of a new, third mode of production in the digitally networked environment. I call this mode From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
Streaming Podcasts Is The Way To Go: Ziepod The Sleek Podcasting Player Is Here
A new, outstandingly designed podcasting player, search tool and aggregator has just launched. Called the Ziepod, it offers unmatched ease of use, features and ergonomics to make it anyone's best Windows candidate as the next podcasting player of choice. The Ziepod is indeed a little jewel of UI and usability design, conceived and created with the end user in mind. Its killer feature is that you can either directly listen to episodes of subscribed podcasts or download them for your later playback on your portable MP3 player. Yes, podcast shows can be immediately streamed to your computer From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 14
New media picks of the week is my weekly basket of tasty new media resources, online tools and new software tools I think are worth your attention. Try for yourself, download, install and learn some pretty interesting things with these great new resources and tools. Photo credit: Gilbert Tremblay Here is my selection for this week: Full-featured digital photo-sharing service Online clearinghouse for digital images Online service to host video clips Open-source platform for internet television (Mac) Custom postal stamps creation service back online Seamless VoIP mobile connectivity over Bluetoo From
Robin Good's Latest News on August 22, 2005 at 3:16 a.m..
How to use base URIs.
If you're wondering what a base URI is for, you'll always end up being directed to RFC 3986, but you won't find much. Section 5.1 just says: “The term "relative" implies that a "base URI" exists against which the relative reference is applied.”. … From
Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on August 22, 2005 at 3:14 a.m..
No more accesskeys
I had accesskeys for the tabs at the top of this site, but Mark Wubben reminded me that this was very annoying, mainly because alt-d was one of them (the shortcut to focus the address bar). This makes me think that using accesskeys in webpages is not a very good idea, because you never know what the favorite shortcut keys of your visitor are. From
Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on August 22, 2005 at 3:14 a.m..
Working Draft: SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)
2005-08-15: The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL). The sXBL language defines the presentation and interactive behavior of elements outside the SVG namespace. The group welcomes comments and seeks feedback on the includes attribute. Visit the SVG home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on August 22, 2005 at 3:13 a.m..
Working Group Note: Schema Languages and Type System Support in WSDL 2.0
2005-08-17: The Web Services Description Working Group has published Discussion of Alternative Schema Languages and Type System Support in WSDL 2.0 as a Working Group Note. The note discusses WSDL 2.0 type system extensibilty, defines the use of XML Schema 1.0 as a type system in the WSDL 2.0 core specification, and includes the basics of extensions for DTDs and Relax NG. Read about Web services. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on August 22, 2005 at 3:13 a.m..
Web Services Addressing Is a W3C Candidate Recommendation
2005-08-17: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of Web Services Addressing - Core and its SOAP Binding to Candidate Recommendation. The core specification defines properties that allow uniform addressing of Web services and messages, independent of the underlying transport. The binding defines the core properties' association to SOAP messages. Visit the Web services home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on August 22, 2005 at 3:13 a.m..
Specification Guidelines Are a W3C Recommendation, QA Working Group Completes Its Work
2005-08-17: The World Wide Web Consortium today released Specification Guidelines as a W3C Recommendation. Written for editors of W3C technical reports, the guidelines explain how to define and specify conformance. The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has completed its work and will close. The QA Interest Group will continue W3C's four-year QA effort through mailing lists and online tools. "QA's products will be integral resources that ensure the work of W3C's Working Groups is of high quality," said Steve Bratt, W3C Chief Operating Officer. Read the press release and visit From
World Wide Web Consortium on August 22, 2005 at 3:13 a.m..
Ceremonial identity tokens
The annual PKI deployment summit at Dartmouth College is becoming a summer tradition. Sure, it's an excuse to drive up to the impossibly picturesque town of Hanover, New Hampshire, but I'm also fascinated to learn how the leading PKI geeks in higher education are pushing that technology forward. Universities differ from other large enterprises in ways that make them bellwethers for IT's future. The user population is transient, hardware and software monocultures cannot be imposed, and collaboration across institutional borders From
Jon's Radio on August 22, 2005 at 3:13 a.m..
Doe Run Comments on Situation in La Oroya
The Doe Run Company condemns the alleged attacks on Saint Louis University Environmental Health Study teams in La Oroya, Peru, the week of August 15, 2005. The Environmental Health Study teams are visiting La Oroya to conduct research on the impact of smelter operations on the health of local residents. [PRWEB Aug 17, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Stopping School Violence and Bullying, There Are Solutions
As students return to school, so do bullies and the threat of violence. With an estimated 17 percent of students carrying a weapon to school and the National Education Association estimating that 160,000 children miss school due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students, are there solutions? [PRWEB Aug 18, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Combat Those Back to School Fears: September is National School Success Month
The month of September sends most children back to school. While some children eagerly anticipate the opportunities the new school year will bring, others look towards the forthcoming experiences with dread. This lack of enthusiasm may be due in part to struggles they faced in years past. [PRWEB Aug 18, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
International Arts Management Awards Announced
Opera Music Theater International, under the direction of James K. McCully, announces the recipients of the Opera Music Theater International Fellowship, a prestigious International Arts Management Award. [PRWEB Aug 18, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
PTO Finds Home at US Markerboard
Whiteboards and Display Cases would probably not be on your back-to-school list, but for Parent-Teacher Organizations, (PTO) they certainly are. PTO's best known for their school bake sales are spending thousands of dollars on fixtures normally purchased by school administrators, and they are doing it at companies like US Markerboard. [PRWEB Aug 18, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Internationally Acclaimed Director/Producer Bruno Pischiutta Establishes Film Academy in West Africa to Foster Professional Cinematography
In May 2005, Pischiutta founded the Film Academy of Ghana, the first such institution in West Africa. The Ghanian Academy was established through the collaborative efforts of native African Evangelical pastor, Kingsley Sam Obed. Obed, who has written the screenplay for Pischiutta's current film, "Punctured Hope," is an active partner in Toronto Pictures' efforts to raise global awareness regarding his native country's long-exercised religious and cultural practice of Trokosi, the enslavement of young girls and women. [PRWEB Aug 18, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Protect Children Online with NFL Great Tim Brown's Kid Safe Sports Browser
Werner Entities and NFL Great Tim Brown have teamed up with Life Skills Alliance and Children's Educational Network, announcing that it has launched the world's only Tim Brown Kid Safe Sports Browser™, designed to protect children online. The Tim Brown Kid Safe Sports Browser is now a free download at www.TimBrownBrowser.com. [PRWEB Aug 18, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Ephox Launches EditLive! for Java 5.0
Ephox has released a major upgrade to its highly regarded cross-platform WYSIWYG XHTML editor. EditLive! for Java is available as a browser-based applet and a rich client control for Java desktop applications. [PRWEB Aug 19, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society presents The 2005 East Coast Bigfoot Conference/Expo
The Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society presents the 2005 East Coast Bigfoot Conference. The event takes place on Sept. 24, 2005. The event will take place above Pitzers Townhouse Restuarant 101 S. 5th Street Jeannette, PA. Doors open at 11 a.m. to the public and the event runs from Noon to 6:30 p.m. The event will feature Guest speakers, displays, vendors and a bigfoot Auction. [PRWEB Aug 19, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
No Ordinary B.S. Only College in America to Offer Degrees in Building Arts
The American College of the Building Arts welcomes its inaugural class of students during its first Convocation ceremony held this morning at McLeod Plantation at 10 a.m. The ceremony will also celebrate the opening of the newest college in South Carolina and the first ever in American history to be licensed to offer a degree in one of the traditional building arts. [PRWEB Aug 19, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Educator Discovers Amazing Study Skills That Helps High School and College Students to Graduate
According to an Indiana University report, the average student only studies 20 minutes a day. Dr. Stephen Jones has discovered an amazing new method to help students to study effectively, earn better grades and graduate. Dr. Stephen Jones has published a book titled "Seven Secrets of How to Study" that uncovers several amazing techniques that help students to earn an A+ right away. [PRWEB Aug 19, 2005] From
PR Web on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Many thanks to Larry
Many thanks to Larry for the platform, and my apologies that I haven't finished the project of the "ten things that will be free". It's an ongoing thought process that I'll continue on my own blog. I'm going to be giving this talk and changing and adapting it over the... From
Lessig Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
Where to start?
Hi. Larry has graciously asked me to guest post for him for the next week. We actually didn't talk on the phone. We did what I most often do with Larry which was e-mail. Given how long I have known him by now, it is surprising how infrequently I actually... From
Lessig Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
so........
a few thoughts vis a vis some of the comments. I don't believe we live in a world now in which it is either the corporate investment in artistic works that then get distributed versus the individual or communal creation that has no audience. i am convinced that there are... From
Lessig Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
august
The comments have been reallly interesting. I love the Warhol Campbell Soup example. I wonder if Campbell's would sue him today. doubt it. in fact that is what is always so fascinating. the amount of people who face legal consequences for things like samples or parodies is so miniscule compared... From
Lessig Blog on August 22, 2005 at 3:12 a.m..
JobJuice - Help With Careers
JobJuice.gov.au is run by the Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and helps young Australians who are looking for work and thinking about their future. The site has been broken down into three core sections which all help make the complex process of deciding on a career and finding a job a little easier; At School, Choosing a Direction and Get That Job. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
Innovative Research Universities Australia
The Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia) announced the launch of an IRU Australia Master Class Program. The Pilot Program, which will run until 30th June 2006, will provide funding of $60,000 for at least 14 Master Class projects. 'The IRU Australia Master Class Program provides one means of building upon the enviable reputation of IRU Australia universities in the area of learning and teaching,' said Professor Anne Edwards, Vice-Chancellor, Flinders University and Convenor, IRU Australia. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund
The Australian Government has approved ten projects under the Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund which will support the development of strong partnerships between universities and the broader community. In the first round of successful Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund projects (CASR), $3.9 million will be directed towards building relations between universities and industry, business and local communities as well as other education and training providers. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
Teachers And Trainers Given A Helping Hand To Upskill With e-Learning
Teachers and trainers in South Australia's (SA) vocational education and training (VET) system wanting to enhance their teaching skills through e-learning are being given a helping hand through an Adelaide based program called SA Start-up. SA Start-up, a six-month blended learning program, provides a practical experience in e-learning, including demystifying e-terminology, the whereabouts of free tools and resources, how to facilitate online, how to strategically plan for e-learning in a training organisation and where to begin. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
Satellite Schooling Unites Rural Children
Children living thousands of miles apart in rural Australia are participating in an online school art class. This interactive learning environment has been made possible by new satellite based communications being developed by University researchers. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
University Scientists Receive e-Research Funding
The University of Sydney has been successful in securing ARC funding in the field of information and communication technologies. Two projects have been awarded a total of $340,000 through the e-research support pilot as part of the ARC's special research initiatives. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
E-Learning To Go Interactive at ACPET Conference
Attendees at this month's ACPET (Australian Council for Private Education and Training) National Conference in Adelaide will be getting hands on with e-learning thanks to the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework (2005 Framework). By using Elluminate Live!, which is a virtual classroom environment that enables real-time online interactions between participants, the session will be streamed live around Australia with one presenter joining the conference via an online link. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
Victoria Fellowships For Two Monash Researchers
The Victorian Government has awarded two fellowships worth $18,000 each in recognition of young researchers work. Dr Whitney Macdonald aims to discover why the body sometimes rejects organ transplants and microbiologist Ms Hayley Newton hopes to unlock the mystery of Legionnaires' disease. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
Globally Positioning Australian VET e-Learning Products and Services
Expressions of Interest are being called from organisations interested in developing a strategy to introduce and expose Australia's vocational education and training (VET) e-learning products and services to the global e-learning industry. The strategy will form part of the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework's (2005 Framework) aim of demonstrating global e-learning market leadership. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
Expressions Of Interest - Nominate Young Australain of The Year
The Young Australian of the Year Award recognises those aged 16 to 25 who are outstanding and exceptional young Australians. The Young Australian of the Year has been awarded since 1979 and recognises those who have achieved through initiative, hard work and persistance. Nominations for the 2006 Young Australian of the Year Award close on 29 August 2005. From
EdNA Online on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
The Zotob worm blame game
Blog: While it doesn't take much to get pro- and anti-Microsoft camps throwing online jabs at one another, the friction was only... From
CNET News.com on August 22, 2005 at 3:11 a.m..
[foo] Susan Crawford blogs it
Susan Crawford -- with whom I got to spend most of today, making me the luckiest person in several states -- has been doing some most excellent blogging of foo. And I don't think we went to any of the same sessions, so our coverage is additive. [Technorati tags: foo05]... From
Joho the Blog on August 22, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..
High school replaces textbooks with laptops
Look Ma, No Books!: When students from Empire High School, in Vail, Ariz., head off to college, they might need a refresher course in how to use traditional textbooks. The school, which opened its doors for the first time this year, will issue all of its reading material on iBooks, Apple’s least-expensive laptop computers. The school’s superintendent [...] From
Martindale Matrix on August 22, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..
Free college textbook: “Texas Politics”
UT researchers publish a free online textbook. So who’s next? This is an example of bypassing the middleman (publishers) because the means of publication is in the hands of the content creators. Government textbook gets high-tech boost From
Martindale Matrix on August 22, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..
USNews.com: America’s Best Colleges 2006
This annual report came out this week. I can hear the keyboards clicking away as college officials issues press releases saying either they are so pleased to be recognized, or that these rankings really aren’t important or accurate. USNews.com: America’s Best Colleges 2006 From
Martindale Matrix on August 22, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..