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Continuity
Today I started the Continuity seminar weblog (RSS). There is also a special tag-pair on del.icio.us (RSS) for that seminar as well (unfortunatly the URLs will change soon). The topic of that seminar is still evolving, but the task is to understand the psychological and cognitive aspects of flow and its relation to desi From owrede_log on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 p.m..

Open Does Beat Closed, Unless By "Open" You Actually Mean Closed
Rob Glaser continues to confound: "Both [Bill] Gates and Glaser said the deal should help their companies compete against Apple. "Apple does great products and has done a number of them in the music (realm)," Glaser said. "At the end of the day, we think consumers want choice. We think consumers want openness...Over time--it won't happen overnight--I think 'open' will beat &ap From A Copyfighter's Musings on October 11, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

How computer maps will help the poor
Students from San Jose State University completed a first-of-its-kind high-tech survey this spring. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Charlotte's Webpage: Why Children Shouldn't Have the World at Their Fingertips , Orion
I guess people make a living publishing articles like this, which doesn't seem really fair to me. The gist of the article is that computers harm education, mostly because they deaden childrens' encounters with the real world. The author cites what seems to be example after example - the (uncited) Fuchs and Woessman report, the cancellation of recess, the glee with which students set about hacking the school network. The idea is that children are being shown a false reality. For example, "If computers discourage a sense of belonging and the hard work needed to interact responsibly wi From OLDaily on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Too Much Information? , Inside Higher Ed
The author highlights two professors who were denied tenure at Chicago, and while careful not to link their blogs and their denial, writes a story about it. "Asked if their blogs hurt their tenure bids, Carroll and Drezner answer in nearly identical ways: They are certain that their tenure chances weren From OLDaily on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Easing the Copyright Challenge , Inside Higher Ed
According to this story, "the Copyright Clearance Center is... integrating the copyright permission process directly into the software colleges use to build and manage online courses," specifically, Blackboard. Written like a press release, this story offers no analysis at all. At the very least, the author could have observed that copyright restrictions are being used not only to prevent file sharing, but to foster and entrench software lock-in. Will the Copyright Clearance centre offer an open source method of doing the same thing - a Drupal plug-in, say, or a Moodle module? It's doubtf From OLDaily on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

The Facts About Open Access , Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
This is a pretty good report and appears to make a genuine effort to be even-handed and fair. It is based on a study of and comparison between hundreds of open access and commercial journals. It becomes apparent that the open access movement is young, rough around the edges, not as polished or rigorous as the commercial sector, and not as profitable. Yet, despite this, commercial publishers view open access negatively, some citing the potential for "devastating losses" (publishers of open access journals see the situation quite differently). If I had to offer any criticism of this report, it w From OLDaily on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

FN'sEyeOnFLOSS , foss4us
Frederick Noronha, a leading voice for open source technology in learning in India (c.f. Bytes for All) has launched a blog. [ From OLDaily on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

The Metaweb
Rory McGreal sends along this link with the observation that this is the diagram that partly inspired the From OLDaily on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

At Long Last, A New SchoolTool Website , Tuttle SVC
Tom Hoffman writes, "The all-new schooltool.org finally went live this week." Schooltool isn't educational software, but rather, software directed toward school administration, including calendars, student information, and the like. It's based on Ubuntu Linux running Plone on a Zope platform. Looks good. [ From OLDaily on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

MERLOT Grapevine , MERLOT
MERLOT's Fall Issue of Grapevine is out. The main item concerns a new relationship between O'Reilly books and MERLOT - wonder whether the next Perl camel book is going to be peer reviewed... yeah, thought not. People who write software will recognize Safari not as a (dysfunctional) Apple browser but as a long-standing online books program run by O'Reilly (it has been, what, three years now?). So when the item says "O'Reilly and MERLOT will collaboratively develop technology tools and services to integrate access to MERLOT and O'Reilly resources to give the IT community From OLDaily on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

This thing on? (Ross Mayfield)
About all I can offer is that Web 2.0 is made of people, while keeping this blog clean of commercialization. But let me share two neat wiki communities with you. Om Malik just put up the Broadband Wiki: We are... From Corante: Social Software on October 11, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Intranet Wiki Case Study (Ross Mayfield)
When a bank replaces their Intranet with a wiki, something wonderful is bound to happen. We’ve been working with Suw Charman to document it and the first version of the case study is in. It’s a great account of the... From Corante: Social Software on October 11, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Croatia's homosexuals go public
That's the headline of the BBC News item, and I find it hopeful and moving. [Tags: GayRights]... From Joho the Blog on October 11, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

[berkman] Digital Bicycle
Daniell Krawczyk from Digital Bicycle is giving a lunchtime talk at the Berkman Center. Here's what Digital Bicycle says about itself on its home page: DigitalBicycle is a project dedicated to making it easier for Community Media and Technology Centers, as well as independent media producers, to distribute media content amongst themselves. Using Bit Torrent, RSS, XML-RPC and web community software, we hope to simplify collaboration and cable access syndication. Why the name? From the FAQ: If a local producer wants to have their production shown in other communities they have to do two thi From Joho the Blog on October 11, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..

R.I.P. WYSIWYG
Jakob Nielsen's latest: Macintosh-style interaction design has reached its limits. A new paradigm, called results-oriented UI, might well be the way to empower users in the future. From elearningpost on October 11, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..

The world is spiky
Nice addition by John Hagel on the World is flat vs. the World is spiky debate: "Flat or spiky – these are metaphors of space. More importantly, they are static metaphors – they describe a point in time. The world is either flat or spiky. What is missing is any sense of trajectories or relative pace of change. Instead of studying snapshots, we need to study movies showing change over time." From elearningpost on October 11, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..

Bubbles, bangles, bug reports and ALA 205
In today's Report we present a swell new issue of A List Apart Magazine featuring Peter Morville on findability and Greg Storey on strategy. We also announce an after-party for An Event Apart, explore signs that either Microsoft or the Web 2.0 bubble is in trouble, and find out the best way to report bugs in Apple's Safari browser. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on October 11, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Latest Juicy Fruit stupidity
Juicy Fruit's "blog" continues in it's inane way. Now on the right is a "game": How long can you hold down your mouse button. No, I'm not making it up. The winners have topped out the odometer at 99 days, 99 hours, 99 minutes and 99 seconds, which makes me think there's a little bug in the software. My favorite fun fact about the holding-down game: I held my mouse down for one second and was told "You held it 30% longer than everybody." Say wha'?? [Tags: JuicyFruit marketing blogs]... From Joho the Blog on October 11, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Major shoelace efficiency breakthrough
Ian promises to teach his readers how to tie a shoelace in a third the time. (The flipbook version is particularly helpful.)... From Joho the Blog on October 11, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Indian blogger under attack
Gaurav Sabnis in India is paying a price for blogging a critique of a business management institute's claims. First a lawsuit. Then new and dubious blogs sprouting up, making dubious claims about Sabnis and others involved. Then, when the institute started threatening his employer, IBM, he resigned his job. There's an overview here. It sure sounds like a thin-skinned organization bullying a blogger... [Tags: GlobalVoices india blogging]... From Joho the Blog on October 11, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..

Why I'm not writing Everything Is Miscellaneous online
I wrote Small Pieces on line, posting the day's draft every afternoon. That was a good experience, although to encourage comments I should have posted completed drafts instead of daily drafts. Nevertheless, I'm writing Everything Is Miscellaneous off line, occasionally posting ideas and snippets. I have trouble articulating why, but in email with Bill Koslosky, it became clearer to me by analogy: It's like rehearsing in front of an audience or on a closed set. There are advantages to each, but this I feel a need to write primarily without an audience...even though the "audience" From Joho the Blog on October 11, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..

The blogging isn't a Web 2.0 thing
Web 2.0 is a fine idea, so long as it actually refers to something. I am increasingly hearing blogging mentioned as a Web 2.0 application. I beg to semi-differ. As I understand it — and Tim O'Reilly's seminal piece on Web 2.0 backs this up — blogging is a 2.0 app insofar as it enables the connecting of pieces in new ways. RSS is 2.0. Permalinks are 2.0 also, although not the best example. But blogging as an enabler of individual voices talking together is (IMO) a great example of Web 1.0. The ability to talk in our own voice... From Joho the Blog on October 11, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

The 'open inbox'
Joann S. Lublin writes about the open inbox policy of corporate CEO's. To quote: Open inboxes appear to be more the rule than the exception at many major corporations. In a survey for The Wall Street Journal conducted last month... From Column Two on October 11, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

CM Pros Australia Community
I'm really excited to announce the launch of the CM Pros Australia Community. This was formed on 20 September 2005, as a regional chapter of the international CM Pros organisation. This group provides a much-needed forum for discussions to be... From Column Two on October 11, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

South Asia Prone to Earthquakes
Seismologists say the area that crosses Pakistan into India and Afghanistan shakes whenever the Indian subcontinent and the Eurasian plate slam into each other -- it's the same activity that formed the Himalayas millions of years ago. From Wired News on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Engineers Examine Levee Failures
Did New Orleans levees break because water torrents overwhelmed them, or did faulty construction and maintenance cause them to give way before they reached capacity? The answers need finding before rebuilding. From Wired News on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

New Screening Tech Misses Nothing
Coming soon to an airport near you: Researchers at Purdue have developed a super-fast bomb- and drug-scanning method that can detect a trillionth of a gram of contraband in seconds. By Abby Christopher. From Wired News on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Vigilantes Team Up to Slam Spam
Controversial Israeli startup Blue Security harnesses posse power to take down junk e-mailers. By Evan Ratliff of Wired magazine. From Wired News on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Academia Embraces Spooky Studies
American universities aren't strangers to research into the paranormal, reports a new book. Up next: a medium-by-e-mail project. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Solar Power Biz Heats Up
For eons, mankind has dreamed of harnessing the power of the sun. Now investors are warming to the idea as well. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Big Car, Big Tax Credit
A new federal tax incentive pays you to purchase an environmentally friendly hybrid vehicle. But the formula favors SUV buyers over quiche-eaters who purchase smaller and more fuel-efficient cars. By John Gartner. From Wired News on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Police Call King Calls It Quits
Gene Hughes turns a lifelong obsession with radio monitoring into a scanner-geek bible known to anyone who's spent too much time in Radio Shack. After 40 years of publishing, he's going 10-7. (Look it up.) By Kevin Poulsen. From Wired News on October 11, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Web Essentials 2005 presentation
I was honoured to be invited to speak at the recent Web Essentials conference, alongside a constellation of international experts. My talk was on "Selecting a content management system", and I've uploaded the presentation to my blog for those that... From Column Two on October 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Silicon Insider: Death of the PC - MICHAEL S. MALONE, ABC News
Funny what a couple years can do in high-tech. Soon after I started this column, I announced that the Age of the Personal Computer was coming to an end From Martindale Matrix on October 11, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

Google Feeds RSS to The Masses - Susan Kuchinskas , Internet News
Google seems to be a product machine these days. The latest out of Google Labs is the beta version of an RSS reader. Google Reader was announced at the Web 2.0 Conference on Friday. The formerly stealth project is available as an early-stage product that From Techno-News Blog on October 11, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

Microsoft to Patch 9 on Tuesday - Sean Michael Kerner, Internet News
hLast month, Microsoft issued no new security bulletins as part of its monthly update. Not one. Nada. Zip. Zilch. This month, though, the tune has changed, as nine patches are on tap, some of them rated as "critical." According to reports, Windows XP its From Techno-News Blog on October 11, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

Wayne C. Booth, Critic Who Analyzed Rhetoric, Dies at 84
Wayne C. Booth's lifelong study of the art of rhetoric illuminated the means by which authors seduce, cajole and lie to their readers in the service of narrative. From New York Times: Education on October 11, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

School Buses May Foul Air For Many Years
Despite New York City's recent efforts to clean up the most polluting school buses in the fleet, it may still be one of the dirtiest. From New York Times: Education on October 11, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

American U. Dismisses Its President Over Spending
American University's board of trustees dismissed its president, Benjamin Ladner, accusing him of misusing more than $500,000 in university money since 2002. From New York Times: Education on October 11, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Lost and Found Item of the Week...
.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Lost and Found Item of the Week..., originally uploaded by lewiselementary. Another great use for RSS. We introduce a new feature on the Lewis Elementary web site... The Lost and Found item of the week... Featuring this week a very nice Seattle Seahawks fleece pullover. This and many other lost and found items can be found on the rack in the Lewis cafeteria... Image archive available on Flickr.... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 11, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..

Somebody gets the ''revolutionary'' in revolution
Yahoo puts blogSearch in its news service: Yahoo's inclusion of blogs in its news section represents another validation for a growing group of people that are bypassing newspapers, magazines and broadcast outlets to report and comment on topical events. From homoLudens III on October 11, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..