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Why Office Design Matters
This is an excerpt from Tom Davenport's new book, Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performance and Results from Knowledge Workers. From either previous research, logic, or common sense, there are a few things we know about the relationship between physical work environments and knowledge worker performance. They include: Knowledge workers prefer closed offices, but seem to communicate better in open ones Knowledge workers congregate in partic From elearningpost on September 12, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..

Tom Davenport: Public Talk, Wednesday 14th September (Sydney)
The NSW KM Forum has been able to organise a public talk by Tom Davenport this week (!) in Sydney, details as follows: Tom Davenport holds the President's Chair in Information Technology and Management Babson College at Wellesley, Massachusetts and... From Column Two on September 12, 2005 at 8:47 p.m..

Time budgets for usability sessions
Jakob Nielsen has written an article on where to spend time in usability sessions. To quote: Some overhead is inevitable in any test situation: you've got to welcome users, have them read and sign a consent form (ideally, a short... From Column Two on September 12, 2005 at 8:47 p.m..

ICEIS conference in Cyprus
I don’t know much about this group–they appear to be pretty hard-core IS types. But the conference is in Cyprus, so I thought you might find it interesting. International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems http://www.iceis.org organized by the Institute for Information Systems and Technologies, Control and Communication (INSTICC) co-organized by the University of Cyprus, Aristotle University of [...] From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on September 12, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

eBay-Skype: Match Made in Heaven?
At first blush, the purchase of Skype by eBay might not seem to make a lot of sense. eBay is a c2c and b2c (consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer) store. Skype is an IP phone company. They would seem to have little in common, right? Wrong. Think it though and it would appear to be a match made in heaven. What does an online auction house want with a "phone company"? Hmmm. Could it be the ability to let buyer From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 12, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

What Makes a Good e-Learner?
Nobody said the journey of educational pursuit was going to be an easy one. There are bound to be bumps along the way in terms of sacrifices to be made. It's challenging enough to bring yourself to say "Today I... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

eLearners advisor
A free tool to help you determine if online education is right for you. Is online college education right for you? - eLearnersAdvisor.com... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Preparing Students for Elearning
Elearning struggles with high drop out rates. The concept of anytime/anywhere learning often becomes never/nowhere. As many corporations and schools have discovered, the online medium, while still dealing with issues similar to classrooms, faces unacceptable rates of drop outs and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Somewhere a place to learn.
The promise of e-learning to provide anytime, anyplace learning leaves us with an awful lot of options. But trainers and learners alike have to make a choice " what is the ideal environment in which to be an e-learner? In... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Creating a Culture of Learning
A great deal of conversation in the e-learning community has been about the development of e-learning content or e-learning systems and technology. The assumption has been that if we create the right content and deliver it with the right systems,... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Observations of behaviour and processes.
After approximately 500 hours as an online learner in a wide range of courses and activities, I From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Can You Succeed as a Cyberstudent?
LTI Magazine - Can You Succeed as a Cyberstudent?... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

How to Stay on oePace
Virtual Village - University of Miami Online High School - Article... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

J-Learning
The site is designed to help individuals, civic groups and school groups jumpstart their own community media projects. Here, you'll find extensive, detailed training in Web site creation, HTML, page design and use of photos, audio, video, animation, surveys and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Instructables
Instructables is a venue for showing what you make and how others can make it. Making things is part of being human. Whether you make bikes, kites, food, clothing, protocols for biology research, or hack consumer electronics, good instructions are... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Linklint
Linklint is an Open Source Perl program that checks links on web sites. Linklint - fast html link checker... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Xenu's Link Sleuth
Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Copyright arguments
Recently I was reading "Copyright Law", a speech to the House of Commons on 5 February 1841 by Thomas Babington Macaulay. The amazing thing to me is how little the arguments have changed in the intervening time. Copyright arguments: more... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Web 2.0
Ever wonder what Web 2.0 is...well, this site will help. The speed and ease at which these new applications were built is what is getting us very excited about the potential of the Web 2.0 world. Evocative of Dr. Frankenstein... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

How Scalable is Your Online Course?
Online course scalability"the degree to which an online course can be designed to accommodate larger or more sections of online courses without sacrificing quality"depends on how expert-dependent the course is, its delivery methods, and the amount of resources available to... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Promoting Synchronous Interaction
Cyber-instructors continually seek instructional tools that will hold students From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Preparing E-Learners for Online Success
These advances in e-learning technology have, however, created new demands on both learners and instructors. The time-tested learning strategies and study skills that most of us developed through 12 or more years of a traditional classroom education can only assist... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Techniques To Help E-Learning
e-Learning is doubling yearly. Classes, e-courses, e-books on how-to and what-to appear by the thousands online weekly. In- person seminars and workshops are limited to location and access. e-Learning allows easy access, creation, and international distribution to a whole new... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Ten Tips and Tricks for the Online Student
During the first course, I had printed every article, Email, group project, student-to-facilitator communication, lecture, and assignment. I struggled to work within a synchronous and asynchronous environment, while juggling my teammate's schedules, multiple assignments, and my day-to-day job. Finally, after... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 12, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

eBay To Purchase Skype For 2.6 Billion (USD)
BBC news reports that rumours have been confirmed in that eBay is set to purchase Internet telephony leader Skype. eBay plans to pay half in cash, half in stock, and create "an unparalleled e-commerce and communications engine." So why would the world's largest eCommerce site want to get into VoIP? Well, in part, "using Voice over [...] From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on September 12, 2005 at 12:56 p.m..

México: curso y entrevista
Hoy comienzan las sesiones del curso de Nuevos Medios de Comunicación Digital que imparto en la Universidad Iberoamericana, y el diario El Universal publica la entrevista: Internet y weblogs: Se imponen como referentes culturales.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 12, 2005 at 12:53 p.m..

Older and Wiser
"Older students add richness to the diversity of a student body, with life experience and perspectives on what's being taught." How to use age to your advantage, from Sharon Daugherty.... From Adult/Continuing Education on September 12, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..

Join AT&T's CTO for two (2) discussions at Harvard
Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T's CTO and holder of 700 patents, is coming to Harvard to give a talk this Wednesday, at 11-12, in the Maxwell Dworkin Building (map), Lessin Auditorium (G115). At 2:30, he's going to come to the Berkman Center (map) for an informal discussion. I'm moderating it and I plan on asking him about his critique of the End to End architecture of the Internet. Both events are open to the public. See you there!... From Joho the Blog on September 12, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

nth-hand knowledge
"I don't read anymore; I just talk to people who have." -- Dr. Tom Malloy, University of Utah That's how Paul Hartzog begins an excellent post over at many2many. "But the great thing about all this is that conversation gives us an incredible way of processing the world as we move into an age of relentless and omnipresent information," he writes. Yup. It has its advantages and disadvantages, of course, but it's what's happening. Conversation doesn't just "process" information. It appropriates it — it's how we make it our own. But in conversation we appropriat From Joho the Blog on September 12, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

Holmes on Sensitive Research with Vulnerable Populations
This was sent to faculty at the U of S, but I think grad students would be more than welcome too: The College of Nursing is pleased to invite you to a brown bag lunch meeting with Dr. Dave Holmes from 12:00 p.m. " 1:00 p.m., B111 Health Sciences Building, Tuesday, September 27, 2005. Dr. Holmes is an [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on September 12, 2005 at 11:54 a.m..

FMC Days 2 and 3: Over at PaidContent.org
For the next two days, I'll be blogging over at Paidcontent.  I may have another podcast over here, too, but mostly everything will be right here. From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 12, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

Markets aren't conversations?
Dave Rogers takes issue with Doc's famous assertion and disputes the chapter on marketing Doc and I wrote in The Cluetrain Manifesto. Dave says that markets were always about "the sale," not about the conversation that surrounded the sale. Dave is right (IMO, of course) that markets have always been places where buyers and sellers have different roles and interests. But I disagree with Dave that the fact that we have the phrase "caveat emptor" means that sellers are always rapacious and untrustworthy. Quite the contrary, we only need such a maxim because sellers generally are trustworthy. From Joho the Blog on September 12, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Books so bad they inspire technological innovation, and books that think they know it all
I made the mistake of liking one of Michael Connelly's thrillers. Since then, I've picked up one after another, and like a wrong turn that reinforces itself ("Hmm. This street looks familiar. I'll try turning onto it"), I've been disappointed over and over. My latest airport mistake was to buy The Narrows. It's a sort-of sequel to Blood Work, a book with an interesting premise, ridiculous plot turns, and crappy writing throughout. The Narrows is far worse. First, The Narrows suffers from Thomas Harris Syndrome. Harris, author of Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs, is From Joho the Blog on September 12, 2005 at 9:47 a.m..

China bans Skype - Jack McCarthy, Infoworld Blog
China continues to make waves as a burgeoning technology and industrial giant, this time apparently banning VoIP provider Skype. A local arm of China Telecom, the country's biggest fixed-line telecommunications operator, has moved to block access to the S From Techno-News Blog on September 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Microsoft to hand out early code - Martin LaMonica, CNET News
Looking to drive demand for a wave of forthcoming products, Microsoft will fill the pockets of developers this week with early versions of several programs, including the latest "build" of Windows Vista. At the software giant's Professional Developers Co From Techno-News Blog on September 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

The cost of online anonymity - Dan Simmons, BBC Click Online
In the second report looking at privacy and the internet, Dan Simmons examines whether it is possible to be totally anonymous and asks if this is really a desirable thing. In London's Speaker's Corner, the right to freedom of expressions has been practi From Techno-News Blog on September 12, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Bush Cronies to Mop Up Katrina
Companies with fresh multi-million-dollar contracts to begin recovery and clean-up work on Katrina-battered areas happen to have ties to the Bush White House and the former head of FEMA. Does the name 'Halliburton' ring a bell? From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Yahoo Gives Up Reporter's E-Mail
Questioned about the company's role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist, Yahoo's co-founder Jerry Yang confirms the web firm gave a reporter's personal e-mail information to authorities, citing the need to abide by Chinese law. From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Hope Glimmers in New Orleans
Trash is collected, a resident broadcasts generator-powered music from his porch and a relief worker leads his crew in a rendition of 'Amazing Grace.' People feeling the spirit of the city reawaken say it's on life support, not dead. From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Souped-Up Humvee Excites Marines
A new satellite and wireless technology that can be mounted on Humvees allows troops to communicate with commanders and headquarters while on the move. From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Teeny Phones for Tweety Birds
Millions of migratory birds cross continents every year, but their routes are largely unknown. Now scientists hope to track their flight paths in great detail by giving birds tiny cell phones. By Mark Baard. From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

VOIP Phones Give Villagers a Buzz
A nonprofit group uses VOIP and Wi-Fi to equip remote villages in western Uganda with their first telephone system -- powered by solar panels and stationary bicycles. By Cyrus Farivar. From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

In The Dandy Warhols' Odditorium
The art rockers stay true to their iconoclastic roots with a new release, proving there are many paths to success in a post-Napster music world. Commentary by Dan Goodin. From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Less Plaque, More Action Films
Goggles that create the illusion of watching a movie on a big screen make dental work much more tolerable for patients of a San Francisco Bay Area dentist. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

The Video-Game Novel Also Rises
Who knew that Splinter Cell's hero had such a complicated personal life? Commentary by Clive Thompson. From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Giving a Hoot for the Spotted Owl
Researchers in Pacific Northwest forests hope technology can help save the owl whose survival is threatened by logging operations. By Patrick Karle. PLUS: Teeny Phones for Tweety Birds From Wired News on September 12, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

The Water's Going Down; Watch It Online
Want to "watch" the water go down in New Orleans? At any specific neighborhood? In yet another astonishing combination of Google mapping capabilities and other technologies that I certainly don't understand, C&C Technologies Survey Services has created a map that allows you to check the estimated depth of New Orleans flood waters at any given location -- maximum depth, and current depth. It doesn't allow you to type in a specific location, which is a little surprising since it uses Google mapping technology, but even From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 12, 2005 at 3:55 a.m..

Is the News in Newspapers Dying?
It often has been predicted that traditional newspapers would die as readers got used to reading their news on the Web. But there's an alternative: developing the traditional newspaper to fill other needs. The Danish newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten has decided to relaunch eight of its daily sections in a new tabloid magazine style at the end of the year. The main newspaper will still cover domestic, international, and business news. But the second/third sections which cover areas such as lifestyle, sports, travel, and home will be print From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 12, 2005 at 2:52 a.m..

Divided Chinese Bloggers Struggle With Conference
Chinese bloggers are organizing their first national conference scheduled for the first week of November, but ongoing divisions among the Chinese blogger communities are not making things easier. Estimates of the number of Chinese blogs vary from 1-15 million of the more than 100 million Chinese Internet From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 12, 2005 at 2:52 a.m..

Newspaper Invites Readers to Contribute, Not Complain
Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad re-launched this week, in tabloid format and integrating some formerly independent regional newspapers. As the new AD merges a national newspaper with several regional newspapers, the website plays an important role in complementing the print product. The new site offers additional news per region and locality (175 news items per day in total), lots of sports information, and also takes a shot at new publishing formats. Every newspaper section has its own weblog, there are 25 RSS feeds, and there is a wide collection of video news per region and From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 12, 2005 at 2:52 a.m..

Social Machines
Ein faszinierender Artikel, der fast in meinem Archiv liegengeblieben wäre! Der Autor beschreibt das, was wir derzeit in vielen "Internet 2.0"-Artikeln lesen können (zuletzt in der ZEIT v. 25. August: "Die Humanisierung des Netzes") - nur systematischer, und er beschreibt... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 12, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can't Index
Das ist keine Überraschung! Ich habe es kommen sehen! "MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- Executives at Google, the rapidly growing online-search company that promises to "organize the world's information," announced Monday the latest step in their expansion effort: a far-reaching plan... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 12, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Web 2.0: The Power Behind the Hype
This is a real good primer on Web 2.0. From APIs to folksonomies, Jared Spool offers a nice rundown of the technologies that are enabling the Web 2.0 framework. From elearningpost on September 11, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Another way of looking at instructional design
Jay Cross takes us back to the events of 9/11 and then to WWII, Skinner and Sherlock Holmes to explain learning landscapes -- his version of Web 2.0 for eLearning (I hope that is a nice way of putting it, going by the context of the last post). "Learning environments, which I’ll dub learnscapes, are like landscapes. They make sense as a whole, not simply a bunch of independent courses and workshops. As in nature, you don’t get very far if you think only of people, ignoring the co From elearningpost on September 11, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..