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Listening to users considered harmful
I personally think that user-centered design is a "safe-design" methodology. You practice it because you want your product or solution to be acceptable or just plain viable. But to be truly usable it should also be remarkable. And to get to that level, you need in-depth knowledge of the current and future environments. It is this environmental knowledge, and not just the execution knowledge, that separate the winners from the also-ran. A post by Creating Passionate Users blog has a post citing a comment made by Pat Parelli on his succ From elearningpost on September 18, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..

Professionalism and alienation
This comment on yesterday's post comes by email from Thomas Hoffman: I would hope that students do find the courage to speak up about the areas in which improvements could be made to a piece of writing. Of course, this could apply to webwriting as well as it could to a poetry class. My question, loaded or not, is whether a student should obtain punitive grading if they do not make corrective suggestions at every turn. Is encouragment, when tempered, subordinate... From Weblogs in Higher Education on September 18, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

High School Your Way
Finishing high school would be so much easier if you didn't have to leave home, and you could study after the kids were in bed... With reputable online high schools available, this scenario can be your reality. Thomas Nixon gives... From Adult/Continuing Education on September 18, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Discussion Paper on Bandwidth Within VET Available
A Discussion Paper examining bandwidth issues within the vocational education and training (VET) system is now available and your views are welcome. The Paper forms part of the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework's (2005 Framework) goal of increasing the use and access of e-learning within the VET system. Please have your say and comment on the Discussion Paper. Comments will be received until COB Friday 23 September 2005. From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

Australian Vocational Education and Training Statistics - March Quarter
NCVER released the apprentice and trainee statistics for March 2005 quarter on Wednesday 31 August. Highlighting a growth in traditional apprenticeships, up 21% on the previous year. From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

2005 Pearson Education Uniserve Science Teaching Award
The 2005 Science Teaching Award has been won by a team from the Department of Zoology at The University of Melbourne. The team, consisting of Dr Raoul Mulder, Associate Professor Mark Elgar and Mr Declan Brady, based their submission on their own development of original software that enables students to submit an anonymous draft version of an assessment item and receive feedback via anonymous reviews from fellow students. From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

Read Aloud Summit Launched
The two day summit: Whoever You Are, Wherever You Are You Can Read Aloud, began 31 August 05. The summit will contribute significantly to the Australian Governments National Agenda for Early Childhood, and will highlight and encourage good practice and innovation in read aloud programmes designed for children aged 0-5 years. Over 250 delegates from across the country heard from expert keynote speakers, and participated in workshops relating to reading aloud and literacy. From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

Knowledge Tree E-journal Call for Papers
The Knowledge Tree: an e-Journal of Learning Innovation provides a platform for the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework's VET E-Learning International Project to share research and innovation in global e-learning practice. The journal is calling for articles, case studies and reports on research and practice for edition 7, Tensions in the Convergence of Technology and Pedagogy and edition 8, Tensions in the Convergence of E-learning and E-business. Closing dates for contributions are 16 September 2005 and 18 November 2005 for editions 7 and 8 respectively. Contribution guidelines From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

Education Without Borders: International Trade in Education
A report on Australia's fast-growing export of education services was launched on 7 September 2005. Education Without Borders: International Trade in Education, the latest report by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Economic Analytical Unit, highlights the key role Australia is playing in the global education market that has emerged over the past two decades. Education is Australia's fourth largest export industry, and in 2004 international enrolments made up 15% of total revenues for Australian universities and 18% of total student enrolments in higher education. From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

Summer Scholarship - National Gallery of Australia and Sony Foundation of Australia
Become one of sixteen students to participate in the National Gallery of Australia and Sony Foundation Australia Summer Scholarship in 2006 For Year 11 Students interested in the Visual Arts. The scholarship program offers an exciting, challenging and unforgettable experience. Come and join the National Gallery of Australia team for a week: discover the collection, find out why works of art are acquired, how exhibitions take place, and what happens in a gallery behind the scenes. You will participate in workshops and receive expert tuition from Gallery staff and professional artists. Summer S From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

Teachers Fear Computers In The Classroom
After a Four year study, the University of Bristol has concluded that teachers are failing to take advantage of IT in the classroom. The ESRC funded study focused on 10 institutions and explored ways in which IT could be used in English, history, geography, modern languages, science, music and mathematics lessons. From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

Senior Secondary School Students Perceptions of the World of Work
The study of 3,018 year 10, 11 and 12 students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds, funded by the AMP Foundation and conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) for The Smith Family, found that a majority of students are identifying preferred career paths based on their skills and personal interests with little to no understanding of the availability of these jobs in the current labour market. It also found that a quarter of students were planning insufficient education for their preferred job. From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

Tenders Invited - Adult Literacy and Numeracy Research Program
Suitably qualified and experienced researchers are also invited to submit proposals for an open category in which we seek forward looking and innovative research ideas that will contribute to improved adult literacy and numeracy policy and/or practice. Proposals accepted until 5pm Monday 26 September 2005. From EdNA Online on September 18, 2005 at 8:20 p.m..

How can Quicken still suck?
Quicken has been around since 1775. It is in version #2,356. How can it still have stupid, irritating, data-swallowing bugs in it? Using the latest version, I have in the past ten minutes hit three bugs. 1. Write a check to an online payee for whom you use the curly braces to embed a hint that's invisible to the recipient. E.g., You might have an account such as "Cingular {The mother-effing home account}." Press "Record Check" because you're done. Quicken pops up a reminder that the stuff in curly braces won't appear on the check. I've been getting that message... From Joho the Blog on September 18, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Clay Shirky, Wikis and the London Bombing
If you are still wondering if a wiki has anything to offer then you've got to listen to, or read, this one. It's eight minutes of your life well spent. From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

Media downloads - some ups , some downs
In my BBC TV Goes Broadband post (Auricle 18 July 2005), I suggested that the BBC should be a champion of open standards media distribution. At the moment the corporation ends up indirectly promoting the uptake of the proprietary RealMedia format. I also proposed that MP4 downloads would be a good thing to see as part of their new media distribution portfolio. So what do you know? ... the US PBS has grasped the opportunity ahead of the Beeb. From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

e-Learning in the Lifelong Learning Context
Recently I was asked to give a presentation to a group of lifelong learning tutors at my university wih the theme 'e-Learning in the lifelong learning context HYPHEN opportunities and challenges' and so this post provides a brief summary of this event. From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

Keeping it simple - is it too late?
In today's post I'm back to the theme of let's create/exploit really simple learning support solutions instead of endlessly trying to lock ourselves to increasingly complex multifunction 'managed' learning environments whose inevitable bias always ends up more towards the 'managed' than the 'learning'. From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

Keeping it simple - if it's not too late?
In yesterday's Keeping it simple - is it too late? post I was in medium level rant mode, so today I want to drop down a gear (but only a little:) and focus on one example of what I mean by discrete tools to support learning. From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

BBC programme considers overseas students & UK HE
BBC Radio4's Analysis programme of 4 August 2005 titled BA UK (4 August 2005) is a must listen for those interested in all sides of the debate about the reasons for, and impact of, the escalting recruitment of overseas students to UK Higher Education. Compare and contrast the changing attitude and rationale of a tiny and highy-controlled country like Singapore with the various rationales... From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

Forums and the nature of discussion
There is an interesting discussion in the Moodle forums about discussion forums and blogs. Martin Dougiamas has been considering adding a blog to Moodle but feels that he has found a big conceptual problem which he has thrown open to the Moodle community. From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

Much ado about ALT-C 2005
Like many in the UK learning technology arena, we're off to Manchester on Monday evening ready for the ALT-C 2005 conference on Tuesday. ALT-C 2005 has the overarching theme Exploring the frontiers of e-learning - borders, outposts and migration. The University of Bath has a number of interesting contributions but the Higher Education Academy (to which I'm currently seconded) also has some very significant inputs. Read on... From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

ALT-C 2005 Best Research Paper
Coming in from left field on the e-learning research arena and with more than a dash of common sense re accessibility, comes Lawrie Phipps of TechDis, Brian Kelly of UKOLN, and the University of Bristol's Caro Howell who scooped the best research paper award at ALT-C 2005. You can read the abstract of... From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

Collaboration kills freedom?
Stephen Downes was the theme leader for the collaboration strand at ALT-C 2005 and, as expected, his combination of wry humour, incisive criticism and lateral thinking made him an ideal antidote to cognitive overload. But if you were someone who has tended to think of collaboration as inherently 'good' then some of Stephen's points could quickly become the source of insomnia, dyspepsia and, or, hypertension. From Auricle on September 18, 2005 at 5:36 p.m..

Why We Hate HR
Evolve, or Die: HR's Strategic Challenge lends support to Keith Hammonds' blistering article in the August issue of Fast Company, Why We Hate HR. After close to 20 years of hopeful rhetoric about becoming "strategic partners" with a "seat at the table" w From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Lust
From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Announcement from Internet Time
September 5, 2005. Berkeley, California. We have proven we know that if you cultivate efficiently then you may also architect nano-transparently. Internet Time Group has revolutionized the theory of markets. Think social-network-based. What d From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Remix
This morning I was reading Robin Good's blog, looking for an assessment of a particular web conferencing app, when an article on Web 2.0 highjacked my attention. One article linked to another. I thought it would be interesting to sample what I was reading From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Jazzed about Learning
CSTD (the Canadian Society for Training and Development) and LearnNB asked me to post this notice of an upcoming event. They're nice people, so why not? (Hi, Gary! Hi, Darcie!) If you plan to be in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, on September 15, be From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Corporate ecosystems
I From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

A little irony from Workforce Management
From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

verbals
connections words are sometimes a clutzy way to communicate. words lack precision. words require mental translation. words force us to play an internal game of telephone, whispering the message to ourselves, reverberating back and forth as the mind seek From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Measuring Intellectual Kapital
Measuring Intellectual Capital09/05 - How can one measure the worth of what From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Web 2.0 musings
I have one hell of a lot to do today, but the Web 2.0 phenomenon is stealing my mental bandwidth this morning. Web 2.0? Some say it's the "web as platform" or "almost an operating system." Others call it the "read/write web." Web 2.0 means different thin From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Jay's Conference Itinerary 9/05-12/05
TechLearn 9/25-28 Las Vegas Collaborative Communities of Practice Online Conference, 9/27-28 Online Black Oak Books 10/5 evening Berkeley Future of Talent Symposium 10/9-11 Tomales Bay eLearning Forum 10/21 morning Mountain View Learning From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

We are sorry...
Ironically, this popped up, taking the last 20 minutes of work with it, while I was reading a great Don Norman essay on how there should be no error messages. This is analogous to hiring a plumber to fix your bathroom toilet. He comes to the house, says From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Flat earth travel
It's one thing to read about globalization and buy into Tom Friedman's perspective on the world. It's another to live it. Looks like I'll be spending a few days in Taipei with the Industrial Technology Research Institute before my odyssey to the UK, UA From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Writely
Check this out. Free word processing. Write directly to a file on the web. Free. Google marches on. This is lightweight and brilliant. From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Accelerating Change 2005 (live)
Accelerating Change 2005 Stanford John Smart. How many people have read The Age of Spiritual Machines? Half the hands go up. This is the only conference dedicated to a multidisciplinary look at accelerating technological change. We aim to move the From Internet Time Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:35 p.m..

Shifting the Paradigm: Transformative Learning Theory
This morning I read an article by Kelly McGonigal posted at Stanford's Center for Teaching and Learning, called "Teaching for Transformation: From Learning Theory to Teaching Strategies" [note: this link opens a PDF File]. McGonigal outlines "transformative learning theory" -- a concept developed by Jack Mezirow -- in order to... From PEDABLOGUE on September 18, 2005 at 5:33 p.m..

Silly Banter on the First Day
Fall classes began today at SHU. On this morning's docket: an Honor's section of Freshman Composition. The first day is always an exciting one, since you start off class with a "clean slate" and get to meet brand new people that you're going to get to know rather well in... From PEDABLOGUE on September 18, 2005 at 5:33 p.m..

The Difficulty Paper
In my Composition course this semester, I'm going to assign something called a "Difficulty Paper" -- a task in writing about the things students find difficult to understand when reading an essay, ranging from vocabulary to turns in an argument to theoretical references -- in response to an essay they'll... From PEDABLOGUE on September 18, 2005 at 5:33 p.m..

Are you a Softie or a Tyrant?
Shari Wilson does it again for Inside Higher Ed with an excellent essay on the attitudinal issues that teachers sometimes project in their classrooms, called "A Poor Desk-Side Manner." It's a very smart piece on how teachers sometimes slip into modes that are either too tyrannical or too softie. She... From PEDABLOGUE on September 18, 2005 at 5:32 p.m..

Tomorrow's Professor
I've been meaning to plug a really great e-mail listserv on Pedablogue for quite some time: Tomorrow's Professor, led by Richard M. Reis (author of a book by the same title). I subscribe to this newsletter, which disseminates wonderfully thoughful essays about college teaching (usually excerpts from current books by... From PEDABLOGUE on September 18, 2005 at 5:32 p.m..

2020 Visions | Wim Veen
Learning landscapes have always been determined by a combination of economic factors, technology, and societal factors. Let From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

Composica Ltd. Launches Revolutionary Web-based E-learning Authoring that Utilizes Real-time Collaboration
TEL-AVIV, Israel, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Composica Ltd. ( http://www.composica.com/ ), an e-learning software company, announced today the launch of its flagship product, Composica Enterprise. Composica Enterprise revolutionizes how content is created and managed and offers real-time collaboration between team members. The product also provides a powerful web- based WYSIWYG environment to users.Read the Full Story From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

American Public University System Offers 2,500 Scholarships to Students Affected By Hurricane Katrina
Distance Learning Institution Reaches Out to Students From Colleges in Hurricane's Path Read the Full Story From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

LSU offers college, HS students free correspondence courses
BATON ROUGE, La. College and high school students displaced by Hurricane Katrina can get free correspondence courses through L-S-U.Read the Full Story From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

Public stations dice digitally
If you're in downtown St. Paul and hear lots of slicing and dicing at Twin Cities Public Television and Minnesota Public Radio, don't be alarmed. This is the sound of a high-tech public-broadcasting revolution well under way " and available to you with the right kind of TV and radio.Read the Full Story From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

Drexel University Launches Podcast Series to Help Students Succeed in Earning an Online Degree
Drexel University, Philadelphia From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

the LearnCentrix Community
a place where e-Learning practitioners share, exchange, and networkRead the Full Story From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

FUSD [Flagstaff Unified School District] offers first online classes at Flagstaff High School
Online learning is coming to Flagstaff Unified School District.Read the Full Story From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

Institutional Repository Deployment in the United States as of Early 2005
IntroductionIn the spring of 2005, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) surveyed its academic member institutions to examine the current state of institutional repositories (IRs) in the US. This effort was coordinated with the work CNI performed in compiling information for the United States country report in preparation for an international conference titled "Making the Strategic Case for Institutional Repositories," held in Amsterdam on May 10-11, 2005. This conference was jointly sponsored by CNI, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the United Kingdom and the SURF fou From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

Evolution of an Online Forum for Knowledge Management Professionals: A Language Game Analysis
AbstractUsing Wittgenstein's (1953, 1969) language game framework, we analyze the evolution of an online discussion forum of information systems professionals in India. Three major dimensions of the forum's language game are documented: roles, social identity, and linguistic style. Our analysis shows how rules of linguistic interaction emerge around these three dimensions and help to shape social order in the forum over time. The forum's developmental pattern mirrors phases of small group development, including forming, norming, performing, and storming. Based on our findings, w From DEC Daily News on September 18, 2005 at 5:31 p.m..

Alt-I-Lab 2005 Demonstrators
The Alt-I-Lab conference has a regular demonstrators session where participants can show off their latest interoperability wares to the assembled crowd. This session tends to be held in an informal market-style which lends itself to a great deal of informed discussion between participants and really is at the core of what the Alt-I-Lab conference is about. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

New CETIS briefings available
The ever-popular series of CETIS briefings on e-learning standards just received two new additions, two major updates, and some tweaking on others. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

LibriVox is an open source audio-literary attempt to harness the power of the many to record and disseminate, in podcast form, books from the public domain From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

The latest list of journals available on the EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service now covers 12324 titles From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

On September 28 WebJunction will host a live, online presentation on Making Sense of Social Software in the Library. Panel members Aaron Schmidt (Thomas Ford Memorial Library, IL), Andrea Mercado (Reading Public Library, MA), and Regan Robinson (Stevens County Rural Library District, WA) will demystify blogs, wikis, Flickr, and answer your questions about what it all has to do with libraries From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Gadgets and Libraries with Hope Tillman - an audio conference. September 13, 2005. This talk is for anyone with an interest in new technologies, especially portable or wireless ones, which have uses in libraries today or will have in the future From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

To celebrate SAGE's 40th anniversary and the 1st anniversary of SAGE Journals Online, institutions subscribing to one or more SAGE journals have free online access to all SAGE journals until 31 October, 2005 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

CABI Publishing has announced the forthcoming launch of CAB Abstracts Plus. This new full text enhancement to CAB Abstracts will provide researchers with access to thousands of additional full text documents direct from the database From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Call for proposals: 2006 British Columbia Library Conference: Sharing a Vision: The Power of Collaboration. The conference will be held at the Burnaby Hilton, from April 20 to April 22, 2006 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

The newly-designed HighWire Press Portal Site will be available on September 19 at these URLS:http://highwire.stanford.eduhttp://highwire.orghttp://intl.highwire.orgIn the meantime, you can connect to the demonstration site at http://highwire.stanford.edu:4141/ From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

The American Library Association Public Programs Office has announced that that H.W. Wilson Foundation has made a pledge of $50,000 to support the ALA Cultural Communities Fund. The first endowment of its kind, the Cultural Communities Fund will help libraries of all types develop and host programs in the arts and humanities, serving diverse communities nationwide From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Registration is open for the Military Librarians Workshop 2005, December 5-9, 2005. The 49th Annual Workshop is sponsored by the Military Librarians Division of SLA and hosted by Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Technical Library, China Lake, CA at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

To help the libraries in the Gulf region that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the American Library Association has set up an Adopt a Library Program. The program provides an opportunity for libraries of all types in the US to provide assistance to the libraries in need From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

On 21 September 2005, the original manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, one of the world's most popular and well known children's books, will be available to internet users for the first time. This latest addition to the British Library's Turning the Pages is a fully digitised version of the original manuscript containing 90 pages and 37 illustrations. Its pages can be 'virtually' turned and viewed on-line on the British Library's website, in the Treasures Gallery of the British Libr From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Grampian Information Annual Conference - 18 November 2005 - Aberdeen, Scotland From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Classcaster is a course blogging system that provides faculty, librarians, and staff of The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) member schools with a new way to interact with students and communities. A Classcaster blog provides authors with tools for posting not only traditional blog articles but also tools for podcasting and sharing any documents and/or files with students and communities From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Librarians' Index to the Internet - New This Week - September 15, 2005 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

D-Lib Magazine September 2005 is now avialable From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

The Alliance Library System, the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, and the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service have announced the second annual Audio Ebook Expo: One Book Many Formats: The Magic of Multimedia. The Expo will be held at Alliance headquarters in East Peoria on Wednesday September 28, 2005 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

DCC and ERPANET Workshop on the Long-term Curation and Preservation of Medical Databases - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal - 13-14 October 2005 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Finding and using statistics - this publication provides quick tips on locating information on the Statistics Canada website. Originally published in the 1980's and revised as part of the 1994 Statistics Canada Catalogue, this electronic guide has been created especially for users needing a step-by-step review on how to find, read and use data From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer - this week: Constitution Day. September 17th is Constitution Day in the United States, commemorating the signing of the US Constitution. In fact, there are Constitution Days in a dozen other countries as well. Try to answer these questions about the US Constitution and related matters. Answers here1. Was the US Constitution signed in 1747, 1787 or 1847?2. Does the United Kingdom have a written constitution: yes or no?3. Who was the first president of the United States?4. The S From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

The winners of this year's ALPSP and the ALPSP/Charlesworth Awards were announced at the Association's annual dinner held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on 15 September 2005. The awards recognise significant achievement in the field of learned and professional publishing From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Wiley InterScience Newsletter - Volume 1, Issue 6, September 2005 now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Scientific Publishing: What Does the Future Hold? - Scientific publishing is in a state of flux. Hear a set of distinguished speakers with first-hand involvement present a spectrum of views on the challenges and issues that we face as we move fully into the digital age. This conference is aimed at users and producers of scientific and technical scholarship. Sponsored by the Lehigh University Chapter of Sigma Xi and Lehigh University Library and Technology Services - November 12, 2005 - Lehigh University, B From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

A Learning resources area for the Oxford English Dictionary has been established.On this part of the site, we are collecting a variety of materials which will help education professionals to incorporate OED Online into their teaching, and introduce students to research techniques which encourage them to explore the riches of the Dictionary. We aim to offer materials suitable for all levels from age group 11 to 14 through to University level, and we invite teachers to share any OED-related activities which they have devised and found useful. As From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

LIBCOM-2005 - Ninth International Conference and Exhibition Information Technologies, Computer Systems and Publications for Libraries - November 14-18, 2005 - Zvenigorod, Russia From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Location-Aware Mapping And Interaction: Plazes
Developed by Stefan Kellner and Felix Petersen here is an open collaborative effort for annotating locations. Called Plazes, this is a grassroots approach to location-aware interaction, which leverages the local network you are connected to as a location reference. Photo credit: Barb Ballard As Enki Boehm's blog reported in June, this is a GPS/Galileo for the poor which by examining the MAC Address of the Network's Gateway, discovers which network you're currently using. After you've told it about your location, you can use the location aware functionality to see which peop From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

From Blogger To Journalist? Roland Piquepaille Becomes An Official ZDNet Blog Editor
Roland Piquepaille is now one of the few bloggers of ZDNet, itself part of CNET, which is the largest publishing company about technology in the world. His new ZDNet official blog is called "Emerging Technology Trends" (ETT) and is located at http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/. Photo credit: Ophelia Cherry The new blog keeps carrying in-depth daily technology stories about what Roland finds interesting, only providing him with extra motivation, prestige, visibility and exposure to do what he has always been doing, even better. And I went out to interview him right after he learned From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

How To Submit Your RSS Feed To The New Google Blog Search
As reported by SearchEngineWatch, Google has just introduced its long awaited blog search service, becoming the first major search engine to offer full-blown blog and feed search capabilities. "While Google web search has allowed you to limit results to popular blog file types such as RSS and XML in web search results for some time, and its news search includes some blogs as sources, Google hasn't had a specialized tool to surface purely blog postings. In fact, while all of the major search engines have been dabbling with blog and feed search, none has done much with blog search unti From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:30 p.m..

Aerial Images Of New Orleans Before And After The Katrina Hurricane: MSNBC Launches Katrina Flyover
Microsoft MSNBC has been working hard with its partner Pictometry to capture areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina. After talking with the people on the ground supporting relief efforts, it became apparent that the lack of information about the status of homes and buildings was hampering relief efforts. Getting new images of the area and displaying them alongside pictures of the area before the hurricane was therefore assessed as one of the critical actions to be taken in order to give: critical actions to be taken in order to give: a) evacuees the opportunity to view the damage to their homes an From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:29 p.m..

What Is A Blog? New Media Culture 101
James Torio has recently taken on the challenge to write about blogs and media phenomenon they represent: blogs are social change tools, business venues, support and development instruments, wonderful marketing channels, gateways to innovative learner-centered education and peer-review journals for a new media world in which each individual can have a voice that is equally accessible as the one coming from CNN or the BBC. Nonetheless the big fuss many of the early adopters of blog technology have made of their newly acquired communication potential, only a handful of them have fully understood From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:29 p.m..

Why Blogs Are All About Conversations
"You've gotta go back and understand where blogging came from. We were disgusted with how corporations were behaving. Blogging started really taking off after the dotcom boom and bust. It started taking off after WorldCom and other corporate scandals. It started taking off because corporations seemed to only care about themselves and didn't seem to be listening anymore to anyone around them including the government or even other corporations. It started taking off because we are always being marketed to, but rarely listened to. There are so many commercial messages raining down From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:29 p.m..

How To Start Podcasting And Video Blogging
Do you know how you can use podcasting and video blogging to communicate effectively via online media? Are you interested in starting up your own Internet TV or radio station? For the first time in human history every individual has the power of self-expression to reach global audiences. Do you know how to get started? Listen to Lisa Williams explain everything you need to know about podcasting including a four minute video on how to start and Ryanne Hodson's, one of the early pioneers in the use of video blogging, tell you how to go about your own videocasts in eight easy steps. Great pr From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:29 p.m..

Internet Television Starts Entering Homes: The Media Center PC
"The broadcast era has peaked and the on-demand era is beginning. The cable and telephone companies are betting this means more video-on-demand over their proprietary networks, which may indeed be the case for a while. But I'm betting that the Web model - with the link between content and the pipes that delivers it, severed once and for all - will ultimately prevail. And a Media Center PC is the closest thing to that you can find today. It's a glimpse of the future."... From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:29 p.m..

New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 18
Here is my new media picks selection for this week. Check out what I have found: Cross-platform File Sharing and Synchronization Online collaboration across email, calendaring and contacts Recording tool captures any video playing on your screen Graphic visualization of delicious contents RSS one-stop reference Personal Publishing and CMS service Multimedia search engine Social bookmarking site Create short intelligible URLs from long ones One search box to search all of Google services Photo credit: Peter Zelei New media picks of the week is my weekly basket of tasty new media resources, onli From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:29 p.m..

Breaking Tech News Radar: Tech.Memeorandum
"The Web is humming with reports and opinions on technology. tech.memeorandum is page A1 for these discussions. Auto-updated every 5 minutes, it uncovers the most relevant items from thousands of news sites and weblogs." A true "quality" newsmaster channel, tech.memeorandum brings together a focused, filtered and high-profile news channel on what's happening on the technology front. A great reference which can save you lots of browsing and research time. RSS feed here.... From Robin Good's Latest News on September 18, 2005 at 5:29 p.m..

Portrait of a Digital Native
I just wanted to give a hearty congratulations to my colleague Tom McHale who has an article in this month's Technology and Learning magazine titled "Portrait of a Digital Native." Tom took over most of the journalism courses here at Central after I got my supervisory role a couple of years ago, and he's continue to move it into the realm of the Read/Write Web with great skill. I kn From weblogged News on September 18, 2005 at 5:28 p.m..

Working Draft: EARL 1.0 Schema
2005-09-12: The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group has released a Working Draft of the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema. EARL is a flexible format used to exchange, combine and compare test results including bug reports, test suite evaluations and conformance claims. The test subjects might be Web sites, authoring tools, user agents or other entities. The group welcomes feedback from Web developers and researchers. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Working Group Note: Test Metadata
2005-09-14: The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has published Test Metadata as a Working Group Note. Developed on the W3C QA wiki, this set of metadata elements can be used to track and filter tests, to identify what is tested, to construct a test harness and to format test results. Dublin Core is reused where appropriate. Visit the QA home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Working Draft: Web Services Internationalization
2005-09-14: The Internationalization Core Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Web Services Internationalization (WS-I18N). The draft enhances SOAP messaging for locale and international preference negotiation and defines a locale policy. Without using Accept-Language and user identity, implementations can handle the requester's locale, locale policy and language preference. Visit the Internationalization home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Last Call: SPARQL Protocol for RDF
2005-09-14: The RDF Data Access Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the SPARQL Protocol for RDF. The draft describes RDF data access and transmission of RDF queries from clients to processors. The protocol is compatible with the SPARQL query language (pronounced "sparkle") and is designed to convey queries from other RDF query languages as well. Comments are welcome through 14 October. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Working Draft: Compound Document Framework and WICD Profiles
2005-09-15: The Compound Document Formats Working Group released the second Working Draft of Compound Document Framework 1.0 and WICD Profiles. The draft describes behavior for audio, video, images, fonts, layout, events, scripting, links and encoding when single documents contain multiple XML formats. WICD Core is a foundation for profiles based on XHTML, CSS and SVG, the WICD Mobile profile is designed for handsets, and WICD Desktop for the desktop and high-capability handhelds. Visit the Compound Document home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Updated: XQuery, XSLT 2.0 and Supporting Documents
2005-09-16: The XML Query and XSL Working Groups have released the following Working Drafts of XML Query 1.0, XSL 2.0, XPath 2.0 and supporting documents. The goal of this release is to permit public review of changes made in response to Last Call comments. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Last Call: EMMA
2005-09-16: The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of EMMA. The Extensible MultiModal Annotation language (EMMA) is a data exchange format for interaction management systems. Part of the W3C Multimodal Interaction Framework, the specification describes markup for describing user input together with annotations such as confidence scores, timestamps and input medium. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

xml:id Is a W3C Recommendation
2005-09-09: The World Wide Web Consortium today released xml:id Version 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation. The specification defines an attribute name, xml:id, that can always be treated as an identifier and hence can always be recognized, without fetching external resources, and without relying on an internal subset. The Recommendation is the latest deliverable of the XML Core Working Group, part of the W3C XML Activity. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

The social imperative
Blogs, wikis, and social tagging have shown us that group intelligence, amplified by nothing more than linking and search, can manage flows of information more effectively than most of us would have dared to dream. WinFS at first glance seems antithetical to this approach. It prescribes a formal taxonomy of data types. That taxonomy can be extended but only by WinFS-savvy developers, and only in WinFS-aware applications. ... Beyond the handful of standard types, though, I'm not sure where all those extensions are going to come From Jon's Radio on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

An XML spreadsheet parable
Amidst the controversy over XML formats for office documents, it's important not to lose sight of the fundamental benefits that accrue simply from using XML. Michael Tiller has a nice ancedote that drives home the point. Here's the setup: a small engineering firm, Excel expense reports, each must be dispensed on demand to an employee and coded with a unique number. And here's what Michael did: I took the Excel spreadsheet she gave me (in .xls format) and wrote it out in Microsoft's new Excel XML format. Then I uploaded it to t From Jon's Radio on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Departure checklist
As I was preparing this morning for a couple of conferences, I took a moment to reflect on how my departure checklist has changed. Things that used to matter a lot -- plane tickets, cash -- seem unimportant. But the things that grant access to those things -- ID cards -- matter more than ever. The dependency on my driver's license, in particular, has become a growing concern. I have no backup for this document and, given the qu From Jon's Radio on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

An interview with Bill Gates from PDC 2005
Today's half-hour podcast is an interview with Bill Gates, following a morning of keynotes at the PDC. (Update: transcript here.) Topics of discussion include: The relationship of Office 12 to Vista and .NET How the .NET CLR and runtime will become widespread High-level semantics: CLR objects or XML? LINQ, or language-integrated query, Anders Hejlsberg's long-term ambition now coming to fruition Thepod From Jon's Radio on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

An interview with Amar Gandhi about Microsoft's new RSS platform
Yesterday I bumped into Amar Gandhi, a program manager on the IE7 team who is working on what Microsoft has been calling the "RSS platform" in Vista, but which I'd simply call a new system service. We found a quiet room and I recorded a 15-minute interview in which Amar talks about the data store, the synchronization engine, integration with desktop search, and the security architecture. ...15-minute interview From Jon's Radio on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Bill Gates interview: the transcript
I've been too busy here at the PDC to transcribe Tuesday's podcast of my interview with Bill Gates, but the folks at IDG kindly took care of that, so here it is: ... From Jon's Radio on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

Foundations for a connected Office
The controversy over office document formats heated up again this week when Microsoft and Massachusetts tangled over the state's firm intention to standardize on the OpenOffice.org XML format. Personally, I think everyone's barking up the wrong tree. Office suites haven't felt like the center of the computing universe for a very long time. The network's where the action is. ... Don't get me wrong. It's great news that Microsoft will make its XML formats the default for Office 12, and will enable legacy versions t From Jon's Radio on September 18, 2005 at 5:27 p.m..

LearnShare Adds Famed Leadership Author and Speaker Dr. John Maxwell to Atlanta Conference Lineup
LearnShare, LLC, the consortium of Fortune 1000 companies organized to research, design, purchase, package and share best practices in the training and development field, today announced more details of its Sharing@ LearnShare event in Atlanta on October 12HYPHEN14, 2005. The conference continues to add compelling content to the conference, including a Fireside Chat with Dr. John Maxwell, Founder of Maximum Impact and recognized leadership guru, and keynote speaker Leslie Joyce, VP of Learning and CLO at Home Depot. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

New Children's Book and CD, My Bodyworks, Muscles Its Way Up Amazon
My Bodyworks, a book with CD of twelve songs, teaches children about their bones, muscles, heart, and more. In a recent feature interview, NPR's WEEKEND EDITION host, Scott Simon said, "The Schoenberg's have created a multi-media project for children that makes learning (about the body) more fun." [PRWEB Sep 15, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Grammy-Winning Tom Chapin Releases "Some Assembly Required" - Features Vocals by Dan Zanes, Vanessa Williams and Laurie Berkner
Razor & Tie Entertainment, one of the best-selling children's music labels in the country, is proud to announce the release of Tom Chapin's new CD, "Some Assembly Required." Chapin, one of America's favorite family recording artists, will release the CD on September 27th. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Sweet and Sour Crude Oil, Supply Shock, Peak Oil and a Challenge by Futurist Writer "T Ray Deal" to Sir Richard Branson of Virgin
Peak Oil is where the World appears to be running out of Oil far sooner than it is. The book 'Unlimited Energy' set in 2022 Singapore, contains two key ways of delaying the financial crisis that can be brought about by 'PEAK OIL.' But it needs a 'HERO' to start things going.' The Author reveals his stratergy [PRWEB Sep 15, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Win a Mac Mini or an iPod Nano in the iClip 4 "Re-gift" Giveaway
Inventive today has pre-announced the upcoming iClip 4, which features a new, stylish user interface by veteran UI designer, Piotr Gajos (Pe8er). To celebrate the forthcoming release, Inventive also announced the "iClip 4 'Re-gift' Giveaway" where a Mac mini, an iPod nano, or an iTunes Music Card will be given away to three lucky winners. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Web's First Site for Open Source, Personal Spirituality Launched Today at IntegrativeSpirituality.org
Integrative Spirituality is pleased to announce the official launch of its new 40,000 page open source spirituality and religion website, www.IntegrativeSpirituality.org. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Learning Piano in Preschool Boosts Long Term Math Skills
Looking for ways to help your child excel long-term in algebra and calculus? A new study suggests starting your child on piano lessons when they are in preschool. [PRWEB Sep 15, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

New Additions to Whizlabs SCJP 5.0 Certification Exam Simulator
Whizlabs Software, a key solution provider in IT Certification Exam Preparation has launched the Sun Certified Developer for Java 2 Platform (SCJP) 5.0 Certification Exam Simulator for developers experienced in Java programming language. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Test Prep Team - the Leader in Next Generation iBT TOEFL Preparation Courses in Canada - Announces the Official Affiliation with World Leaders in the Development
The Test Prep Team (toeflcourse.info) is proud to announce their cooperation with Ectaco and BBK-USA. The partnership with these world leaders in the development, production and retail of electronic handheld dictionaries and translators brings to you state-of-the-art electronic learning tools to help improve your language skills. Now you can purchase convenient linguistic tools like electronic dictionaries, speech-to-speech translators, dictionary software and other great software for language learning with a few clicks of the mouse. Products are available in 45 languages and you can order the From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Nationwide Training Room Rental, Testing and Marketing Services Organization
The Room Rental Affiliate Network, LLC Launched to Provide Training Room Rental, Testing Services and Marketing & Sales Support to all Industries [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

How California's "Most Challenged High Schools" Are Sending More Kids to College
What are some of California's "most challenged high schools" doing to send more of their students to college? A new WestEd book, "Inside High School Reform: Making the Changes That Matter," details the turnaround approaches that are preparing more students for college - disadvantaged students who wouldn't get there otherwise. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Internet Katrina Support Program Offers Educators, Students Unique Opportunity
Educators and students are encouraged to use a free turnkey program with included Internet tools and built-in fundraising options to generate contributions to the Katrina charity of their choice. The program combines generation of much-needed Katrina relief support with classroom instruction and eLearning opportunities for students. For details, see http://www.ecomcertcities.citymax.com/page/page/2431911.htm [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

PlattForm Signs as Exclusive Agency for School
PlattForm, a leader in the postsecondary education marketing industry, has announced that it is the agency of record for Virginia College HYPHEN Jackson. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

The Human Capital Institute and SMU Cox Executive Education Announce Agreement
[PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Career Courses in Beauty Industry
[PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Online Courses for Hospitality Professionals by eHospitality Institute
eHospitality Institute® provides Online Courses for Hospitality Professionals and students in a convenient format to enhance their operations and/or careers as never before. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Lorman Education Services Presents Discipline Of Students With Special Needs Seminar on November 10, 2005.
This seminar will focus on discipline of special needs students. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Big Nerd Ranch announces Mixed Networks Bootcamp December 12-16, 2005
[PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Edmund Scientific Announces Young Engineer's Kit Program
Fun and educational hands-on activity kits to help the young 'engineer' to experience, create, and learn. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Seattle Career College Helps Community With World Wide Vision
Pima Medical Institute, 555 S. Renton Village Place in Renton has teamed with LensCrafters to serve as a drop-off site for used eyeglasses for their annual Sight Night event. Donors can drop off used eyeglasses and sunglasses (no cases or extra lenses) into a donation box located on the receptionist's counter in the lobby. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

A Different Kind of Medicine Woman
A Navajo graduate from Pima Medical Institute in Albuquerque becomes a different type of Medicine Woman. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

edGenuiti Worldwide To Participate In ASMI's Enrollment Management for Colleges & Universities Summit
The American Strategic Management Institute (ASMI) is proud to announce edGenuiti Worldwide's participation in their annual Enrollment Management for Colleges and Universities 2005 Summit. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

TecAccess Interviewed by DisabledStudent.net
TecAccess, a worldwide leader in Section 508 compliance and electronic and information technology (E&IT) accessibility solutions, has been invited to participate in an interview with www.disabledstudnet.net, a disability resource founded by Kelly Matula, an 18-year-old college-bound student who has Cerebral Palsy and is visually impaired. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

BEIKS Releases English-Hebrew Dictionary for RIM BlackBerry Devices
The first BlackBerry dictionary to display Hebrew is now available for purchase. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Michael Ernest Sweet, poet, Announces Forthcoming Book "Shadows of Love"
Poet Michael Ernest Sweet announces second book of poetry "shadows of love" with an introduction by Vermont artist and poet Sandra Erickson. Release expected for Christmas. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

2006 Backspace Writers Conference
The 2006 Backspace Writers Conference brings together best-selling authors, top agents, and editors for two full days of panel discussions and socializing in the heart of the publishing world. Serious writers in all genres are invited to come meet the people who can make a difference in their writing career. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

New Book Asks: Is Hurricane Katrina the Beginning of the Fall of the American Empire?
The book: "Katrina: From America With Love -The most punishing storm in American History, is the fall of the American Empire?" will be published on/before January 2006. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Lorman Education Services Presents New Developments In Special Education seminar on November 18
This "New Developments In Special Education" seminar is designed to provide critical information of the numerous changes resulting from the reauthorization of IDEA 2004. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Lorman Education Services Presents Discipline Of Students With Special Needs Seminar on November 2
This "Discipline Of Students With Special Needs" seminar will focus on relevant case law and legal advice in the area of student discipline, and roles of school professionals and disciplinetechniques. [PRWEB Sep 17, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Lorman Education Services presents "Discipline Of Students With Special Needs" seminar on November 11, 2005
This "Discipline of Students With Special Needs" seminar will attempt to set forth clearly for the participant those areas that are necessary for increased understanding of the law, the need for systemic action and increased capacity, and decreased risk for the district, while meeting the needs of the student. [PRWEB Sep 18, 2005] From PR Web on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

after long silence
So the year resumes. Thanks to the guest bloggers -- Cass Sunstein, the Free Culture Movement, Jimmy Wales, and Hilary Rosen. And thanks to all who've written worried about my silence, or asking for my return. I hadn't realized how long it would take to dig out from my time away. I'm almost there. From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

First Monday on Convergence
First Monday has a very interesting piece on the "unacknowledged convergence of open source, open access, and open science." From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

old news, restated
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics, on TRIPS: "Intellectual property is important, but the appropriate intellectual-property regime for a developing country is different from that for an advanced industrial country. The TRIPTMs scheme failed to recognize this. In fact, intellectual property should never have been included in a trade agreement in the first place, at least partly because its regulation is demonstrably beyond the competency of trade negotiators." (Tha From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

so what's the history of this
So here's a question someone out there should know the answer to. My family and I were in Spain this summer. On our return back, we flew from Alicante to Frankfurt, through Barcelona. (No, for no good reason.) Our ticket from Alicante to Barcelona was on Iberia, and from Barcelona to Frankfurt on Lufthansa. We had about an hours connection in Barcelona. When we checked in, Iberia informed us that they would not check the bags through to the Lufthansa flight, and that its only interline agreements were with airlines within the One World Alliance. Thus, in Barcelona, we had to get our bag From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Kessler on metro WiFi
Andy Kessler's got a great piece on the eco-politics of muni wifi. From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

from the FSF - learning
From the Free Software Foundation, an opportunity to learn more about the GPL: "The GPL is employed by tens of thousands of software projects aroundthe world, of which the Free Software Foundation's GNU system is a tiny fraction. The GNU system, when combined with Linus Torvalds'Linux---which has evolved into a flexible, highly-portable,industry-leading operating system kernel---along with Samba, MySQL, and other GPL'd programs, offers superior reliability and adaptability to Microsoft's operating systems, at nominal cost. GPL'd software runs on or is embed From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

the catastrophe, round 3?
This American Life's episode this week, "After the Flood," is an extraordinary collection of stories from New Orleans. Most extraordinary among the lot was the clear picture it gave of the work by some bit of government down there to forbid people from leaving the city. The story is told by a group of paramedics at a convention in New Orleans; it is about the force used to keep them (and others) from leaving. However outrageous not being prepared was, however insane was the delay in reaction, this, imho, is the worst. Listen. From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

gifts from the other side
O'Reilly's "moral to the story" of the Katrina disaster is a perfect plan for the opposition. His basic message: see, this shows government doesn't work, so don't rely on it. The response it invites: see, this shows how we need to make government work. Government has failed. Must government fail? (Meanwhile, Fox had some fantastic reporting on all this. Gone were the sycophants in the field. Here are two great examples, snipped from a fantastic From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

Moderates on Radicals
Guest blogger Cass Sunstein was on NPR's Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

OECD on scientific publishing
I'm about half-way through this new OECD report about scientific publishing. I don't believe it is out on the OECD site, so consider this an advance copy. From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

"OpenCongress" as in not about Congress
The name confused me at first, but only because of blind US-centrism. "OpenCongress" is a site for researchers studying "how methodologies derived from Free/Libre and Open Source Software [FLOSS] production can be deployed by those working in the area of art, visual culture and cultural production in general." From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

try^d's first album
Try^d's first album is now up: title - Public Domain. Available through Opsound and on their site. From Lessig Blog on September 18, 2005 at 5:26 p.m..

What's behind Microsoft resignations?
Also: Microsoft scraps old encryption in new code. From CNET News.com on September 18, 2005 at 5:25 p.m..

Centennial mulling possible sale
Wall Street Journal reports wireless company has begun sounding out potential buyers to sell itself. From CNET News.com on September 18, 2005 at 5:25 p.m..

Gates on Oracle and Siebel: 'You get deals.'
On this week's merger announcement, Bill Gates explains why it's a "brilliant forecast." From CNET News.com on September 18, 2005 at 5:25 p.m..

Nano sales good, bad, depending upon source
Blog: Sales of the wee little iPod Nano during its first week on the market were good, bad, or something in between, depending upon... From CNET News.com on September 18, 2005 at 5:25 p.m..

Nano-Nano, new iPod accessories
Blog: That's how Mork would welcome all the new products out there for the new iPod Nano. Almost immediately after last... From CNET News.com on September 18, 2005 at 5:25 p.m..

The copyright challenge in China
The world's most alluring market is also the global center of intellectual property theft. From CNET News.com on September 18, 2005 at 5:25 p.m..

Tony in the Times
Nice shortish profile of Anthony Bourdain in yesterday's New York Times: Forget Star Chef; Think Professional Eater. It seems he's no longer behind the stove at his New York restaurant Les Halles and is pretty much full-time traveling the world, eating and drinking local foods and beverages, for the television program "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" on the Tr From megnut on September 18, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

The Voters' Wrath Now Plays Out
In 21 school districts, it's a year of austerity. From New York Times: Education on September 17, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Builder's $2.5 Million Gift to a Packed Queens School
Ron Hershco's offer to build an annex and pay for it himself was a first in recent memory, said a spokesman for the Department of Education. From New York Times: Education on September 17, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

A Golden Rule: Enrollment for All
Schools around Connecticut are opening their doors to children displaced by Hurricane Katrina. From New York Times: Education on September 17, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Law Requires Homeless Children Have Access to Public School
The disaster forces some school districts to take a refresher course on the law. From New York Times: Education on September 17, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

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