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There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education , EDUCAUSE Review
It's a good article, though I found the scenarios used to introduce the topic at the beginning of the article to be over the top; better would have been some real-world examples. Otherwise, the author offers a relatively light and education-focused account of podcasting. Also noteworthy is the From
OLDaily on October 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Comprehensive Guide to a Professional Blog Site: A Wordpress Example
This is a longish and comprehensive guide to creating your own blog using WordPress, a blogging software package. The guide is intended for people who have decided to host their own blogs rather than use a hosted service such as Blogger. There is, to say the least, rather more involved in hosting your own (though I will point out that ISPs will offer WordPress and other software as part of a standard package). Though it weighs in at a hefty 74 pages, readers will still want to proceed slowly, as the author packs a lot into a very short space. Via From
OLDaily on October 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
At Educause, Little Optimism About Curbing Piracy , The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog
Short item summarizing the state of the affairs, as summarized in the title. I found this interesting: "When colleges sign up with those services, record companies tend to stop sending them complaints about individual copyright infractions, according to one administrator. 'Their notifications are stopping even though their peer-to-peer activity remains the same,' he said. 'That's why this feels like extortion.'" [ From
OLDaily on October 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Debate About Open Source Versus Proprietary Software Is Over , Education.au
I sincerely doubt that by 'over' he means over, but Education.au's Gerry White makes the case that software choices should not be made on the basis of whether software is or is not open source. "We have found that the magic mix is to choose the most appropriate solution according to business need, not on an open source versus proprietary basis." The press release links to a number of resources on open source software for education in Australia. [ From
OLDaily on October 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
RAMLET , IEEE-LTSC
The concepts in this document won't be new to OLDaily readers, but this IEEE-LTSC working group is new, as is the acronym - 'Resource Aggregation Model for Learning, Education and Training', or RAMLET. Thus far all we have is the project document, with some use cases, and while the model is pretty heavily LMS based (and why do they call all the feeds a 'store' rather than a feed?) it is nonetheless moving in the right direction. The new LTSC Plone website, I might add, is coming along nicely - good to see. [ From
OLDaily on October 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
E-Learning in the New University , e-mentor
Noting that today's e-learning is merely a virtual clone of the more traditional campus-based version, author Tome Abeles reminds readers that new technology is breaking down walls, that 'science rests outside the academy', and that as academics came down from the ivory tower 'to assume the bully pulpit' they also laid themselves open to a leveling of intellectual privilege. One wonders, he ask, whether the new digital university will be so open to seeking truth as the previously cloistered (and relatively impoverished) institution. Nice romp through some heady ideas. From
OLDaily on October 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
The Really Really Rough Guide to e-Learning Benchmarking in Higher Education , Auricle
The point of this article is eventually stated as this: "Because benchmarking can mean different things to different people, there will be different expectations of it. I also suspect benchmarking could easily become ideologically driven, with advocates and acolytes of one model or another becoming entrenched in their belief that there is only one 'true path' to enlightenment and those who stray from it are to be considered near heretics." But even if you don't agree with the point, you should still sign on for the journey, because between the start of the article and this end p From
OLDaily on October 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
Wikiversity - Time to Vote , FLOSSE Posse
It's decision time at Wikipedia as the architects of Wikiversity put their concept to the test - and to the vote. The site has evolved into a fairly comprehensive framework, though there remains the more difficult matter of filling it with courses or whatever. And as Teemu Leinonen comments, "it may end-up to be just another platform for delivering learning materials - only. Period. I am afraid that Wikiversity community will not understand what are the factors that make a great academic institution. It is not tests, degrees and accreditations. It is the community." [ From
OLDaily on October 20, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..
McDonald's dips toe In blogging waters
Kevin Newcomb reports on McDonald's piloting of corporate blogging (within the organisation). To quote: While the McDonald's Corporation has not jumped headfirst into blogging, it certainly is further along the path of acceptance than many companies of its size. Last... From
Column Two on October 20, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..
Google Update In Progress
The latest
Google update is in progress. This means that Google search rankings are now in flux and those little green PageRank (PR) bars are changing (or, in some cases, not changing at all). For those who don't spend their days staring at their browser's
Google Toolbar, PageRank is a ranking mechanism that Google uses to determine the popularity of a site. Sites are assigned a number on a 1-10 scale: 0 being unpopular, 10 being very popular. Google is
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 20, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..
Global site navigation: not worthwhile?
Jared Spool has written a post discussing the value (or lack of) global site navigation. To quote: Global navigation (versus local navigation) is often static on the site (meaning that it doesn't change from one page to the next). We... From
Column Two on October 20, 2005 at 8:47 p.m..
Glitch: No, My Sidebar Isn’t Really Gone…
...It's just decided to move itself. Yes, if you look to your right, you'll see that the sidebar for this blog (where I have my site search and many other goodies) has mysteriously shifted down to the bottom of the page. I have no idea why this has happened. I didn't mess with any of my page templates. I removed my two most recent postings and the problem was still there (I've since replaced them.) This only happens on my home page. If you click to read a full article, the sidebar's right where it's supposed to be. Sigh... I have no idea why it's doing t From
Contentious Weblog on October 20, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..
E-Learning benchmarking.
Here's a different type of Auricle post from my normal offering. As well as being a repository of information I've started to gather, the post is also a kind of thought lab I'm using to articulate and test out ideas,... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 6:53 p.m..
Virtual Learning becomes a reality.
The Virtual Learning Environment - which also lets parents keep an eye on their children's progress in an online grade book - allows youngsters to log on to do their homework, with teachers marking the work and giving feedback online.... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 6:53 p.m..
Blogs are not a valid school subject.
Blogs are NOT a valid school subject. Blogs are a sloppy communications technique, rarely containing anything really worth while, and rank just one notch above text messaging on cell phones. We've got kids who can't add, can't read, and can't... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 6:53 p.m..
Presentation on blogs, wikis, and RSS
David Wiley and I just finished giving a talk at AECT (Orlando) about using blogs, wikis, and RSS in teaching, learning, and professional development. Here’s a link to the things we talked about and the resources we mentioned. Technorati Tags: AECT, blogging, wiki From
Martindale Matrix on October 20, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..
Ma.gnolia
"Found is the New Search," the page proclaims. Zen koan? Nope. George Orwell outtake? Uh-uh. It’s the thought-provoking slogan of Ma.gnolia, an upcoming social bookmarking service now in pre-launch, sign-up mode. From
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on October 20, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..
OpenOffice.org 2.0 Officially Released
OpenOffice.org 2.0 (formerly known as OpenOffice) has been officially released today. OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the productivity suite that individuals, governments, and corporations around the world have been expecting for the last two years. Easy to use and fluidly interoperable with every major office suite, OpenOffice.org 2.0 realises the potential of open source. With new features, advanced XML [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on October 20, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..
Wiley and Martindale on Social Software
Okay gang, it is my annual trek to see what David Wiley and Trey Martindale with social software (blogs, RSS, wikis, podcasts, etc.). Jay Wilson reminded me of one of my key principles of learning–if you want to learn something new, read a children’s book on the topic. Really, it works, and it [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 20, 2005 at 3:53 p.m..
iPods Become Music to TeachersÂ’ Ears
From MSNBC
comes this really nice article on podcasting in classrooms. Sounds like it's becoming a hit: Using little more than an iPod and a school computer, Gagliolo and her students have been making podcasts -- online radio shows that can be downloaded to an iPod or other portable MP3 player. Avidly discussing their favorite iPod colors and models while they made recordings of their poems and book reports the other day, the fifth-graders bubbled with ideas for future subjects. "We could read parts of books, to show w From
weblogged News on October 20, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..
Graeme Daniel
'Is it a new medium on a par with film and music, a valuable educational tool, a form of harmless fun or a digital menace that turns children into violent zombies? Video gaming is all these things, depending on whom you ask.' - Chasing the Dream From
wwwtools on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Graeme Daniel
This edition of WWWTools for Education presents a collection of resources which should prove useful in helping teachers, students and parents to understand issues brought so forcibly to our attention by the Hurricane Katrina disaster. From
wwwtools on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Graeme Daniel
In this edition of WWWTools for Education, we present various rationales for running awards and views on the characteristics of good educational software, and look at some winners from the 2005-2005 awards cycle. From
wwwtools on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Graeme Daniel
"In the matter of physics, the first lessons should contain nothing but what is experimental and interesting to see. A pretty experiment is in itself often more valuable than twenty formulae extracted from our minds." - Albert Einstein. From
wwwtools on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
What to Say When Your Wife Comes Home With a Bad Haircut
Men, what should be your reaction when your lovely wife or significant other comes home a little less lovely due to an ill-advised hair styling decision? I've found this to be a very useful thing to say: Or, of course, you can try this: The tricky part isn't saying those things (or not saying anything at all as you've probably discerned by now) but not rolling your eyes, chuckling, snorting, or making other noises that might give away... From
Brain Frieze on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Five Little Things to Love About Fireworks 8
I've heard a few rumblings here and there that the latest version of Fireworks lacks that "killer" new feature that makes everyone want to rush right out and get the newest upgrade. While it's true to a certain extent that there are no new earth-shaking features in Fireworks 8, there's still plenty to like. More advanced users of the software will find lots to love in the new blends, marquee to path, and shadow tools, and the more I play with Fireworks 8 the more I come to... From
Brain Frieze on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Testosterone Induced Stupidity Syndrome
We men do some pretty stupid things, much to the amusement of women from Uzbekistan to Alabama. Despite language differences I think it's safe to say that women from cultures all over the world could find hours of amusement in the various goofy things the men in their lives have done. But we have an excuse. We're men. We've been biologically wired to take action, be decisive, and have what may seem to be an unnatural fascination with things that explode and things that smash into each... From
Brain Frieze on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
GOT Hijack - return-to-got
C0ntex submits this short paper that discusses the method of overwriting a pointer that is used in a function, to overwrite the associated entry in the Global Offset Table, allowing one to redirect the execution flow of a program. From
Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Small Business Network Security 101
Ilana Nijnik submits this paper on protecting small companies best practices as well as a tool, CheckPoints Safe Office product, to help. This paper discusses the threats that face small businesses, as well as steps to they can take to protect themselves. From
Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Alert: New Sober Worm Spreading
Earlier today, TrendLabs declared a Medium ("yellow") virus alert for the new SOBER-AC variant that is currently spreading in USA, Japan, and Germany. According to TrendLabs, the worm propagates via email, often with a message like "Your New Password" as... From
Indiana IT on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Ten Good RSS Hacks
MicroPersuasion's list of Ten RSS Hacks has been a fairly popular hit in the blogosphere over the last couple of days, and for those wanting to make more of their RSS utilization, there are some good tips here. A couple of my favorites include: 3) Merge Several RSS Feeds Into One, Then Stick it on Your [...] From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Get Your Google News Alert Feeds!
OK, this is old news. Admittedly, I was slow on the uptake. I just noticed that you can now get Google News Alerts by feed. (What's a feed?) Apparently this new service just launched over the summer. So what? Well, now you can do a keyword search on Google News (a free service which aggregates news stories and press releases from thousands of sources). Then you can subscribe to a feed that will continually deliver to you a steady stream of new matches for your query. These results will come to you through your feed reader so they won't clutter up your in-box. Here's some h From
Contentious Weblog on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Why I Haven’t Been Publishing My E-Mail Newsletter
Some longtime Contentious readers have written me lately to ask why I haven't been publishing my e-mail summary of this newsletter for a few months. The answer is, I've had to set that aside due to a lack of time. Here's the deal: The vast majority of Contentious readers currently find out about my new content via feed. My e-mail audience, while important, is much smaller. Also, to be frank, the people who tend to hire me generally find and read me via feed. I very rarely get business from my e-mail newsletter readers. I'm an independent self-employed person, and I have From
Contentious Weblog on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Technology and Communication: What PR Pros Need to Know
Tomorrow morning I'll be giving a short talk at an event offered by the Colorado Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). The event is "Communications, Technology, and the PR Professional," and my topic is "The Future of Communications Technology." Because the talk is short and the topic is big, I've pulled together a fairly meaty and non-geeky handout. Here are a couple of highlights from that handout... From
Contentious Weblog on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
PR and Tech: My Talk (audio)
I just got back from speaking at a half-day event offered by the Colorado Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. It was fun! PRSA pulled together a great program. My talk was on: The Future of Technology: What PR Pros Need to Know. I published my handout for this yesterday (downloadable pdf). LISTEN NOW! Right-click or click-and-hold to download the MP3 audio file. It's about 10.3 MB, and runs about 45 minutes long. SHOW NOTES: Here are a few items that might interest people who were at this event or who are catching it online... From
Contentious Weblog on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Document Management, Continued: Spotlight Comments Beat Annotated PDFs
Continuing my quest to rid my house of unnecessary paper by finding a decent document management solution... When I last left it, I was saving my scanned documents as pdfs, and then using the annotate tool in the Preview program of Mac OS X Tiger to add comments, keywords, etc. to documents as needed. A Contentious reader pointed out that it's probably not a good idea to mix metadata with the content of a document. Yes, that's a good point – since those annotations do become permanent parts of the document. This morning I stumbled across yet another feature of my laptop&apos From
Contentious Weblog on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Feed Me a Metaphor!
Many people are still struggling with the concept of feeds (RSS, Atom, whatever). I don't blame them. Feeds are not exactly intuitive to your average person (even your average net user). The profusion of bad jargon, cryptic icons, geek elitism, and klunky tools for feeds haven't exactly helped, either. In my experience, once people grasp the concept of what feeds do, it's then easier for them to understand how feeds work – which then helps them actually start to use feeds. This is why explaining why feeds matter was the core of the talk I gave yesterday to a public rela From
Contentious Weblog on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Blogging 101
Like other teachers bringing blogging into the classroom, he thinks the online journals will spark students' enthusiasm for computers, writing and opining. "They're learning the technical skills, but they're also learning that they have a voice online," he said. "They... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Report finds teachers in tech gap
"The key inhibitors were the complexity or perceived complexity of computers, a lack of resources, and the amount of time it takes to learn new skills, Report finds teachers in tech gap - Education News - theage.com.au... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Weblog Usability
One of a weblog's great benefits is that it essentially frees you from "Web design." You write a paragraph, click a button, and it's posted on the Internet. No need for visual design, page design, interaction design, information architecture, or... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
'Virtual cafeteria' teaches good eating habits
To improve student health and enhance parent understanding, the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (ISD) in Carrollton, Texas, has put $95,000 into developing a program to give parents, students, and other community stakeholders a new way to learn about the... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Redi website
This DEST website contains a comprehensive database of information about resources, policies and materials for drug education and incident management. REDI - Resilience Education and Drug Information... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Changing education
"We have shifted the emphasis from content alone to making use of the content" on the principle that "knowledge can be created in the classroom and doesn't just have to come from the teacher." Weblogg-ed - The Read/Write Web in... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Quote of the day
Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn. The real teacher, in fact, lets nothing else be learned than learning. His conduct, therefore, often produces the impression that we properly learn nothing... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Spam Provides an Opportunity
A report from Technorati shows that the blogosphere continues to double in size about every five months. But a new trend has emerged: weblog spam. It's not just spam comments (which have become a real plague to anyone operating an open weblog), but also fake or spam weblogs -- called "splogs" -- which Technorati says constitute 2 to 8 percent of all new blogs. Sites like Google's
Blogger.com make it easy for anyone to create a weblog in just a minute or two. Unfortunately, it& From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Mouseover for Better Photos
Web photos on many news websites are run too small. That's one of my pet peeves. In the past, I've suggested that editors give our eyes a break and figure out how to run them bigger. One technique is to have a smaller or thumbnail image enlarge to a bigger one -- often in a pop-up window that's activated by clicking on the small image. Another alternative is to support expansion of a small image when the user passes the mouse cursor over the original. When I suggested this in the past, the idea met resistance (judging by the reactions (...)
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Was Orwell Right?
Via
BoingBoing: Some outstanding detective work by the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (a great organization I keep saying I'm going to join, and now I will). Researchers working for the foundation have
broken the code that some color printer manufacturers are using to watermark printouts so the printer that produced them can be identified, down to the serial number. It would be interesting to know more about why From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Weblogs Gain Ground in Chilean Media
Recent weeks have seen weblogs getting more and more space in Chilean media. It started in the popular newspaper
La Cuarta, which launched a weblog to gossip about the local "star system" and weird news. After that, the most traditional newspaper,
El Mercurio, set up a weblog for making it easy to comment on columns and letters to the director, one of the most-read areas of the newspaper. Comments and letters are posted online and some of them are published in the printed edition. From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
If You Could Start Over, What Would You Do?
MJ Bear is looking for input: If you could start over, what sort of a news website would you build? And she has an unusual application:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Isn't that an obsolete relic of the Cold War era? I stopped by the RFE offices in Prague, Czech Republic, recently and had lunch with Bear and several other RFE executives. RFE's mission -- spreading values such as open democratic government, freedom of the press, and free speech -- hasn&ap From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Tweaking for Dollars: Weblogs Inc. and AdSense
Does your media website earn revenue from Google's AdSense program contextual text ads (or a competing program)? If so, it's probably worthwhile to pay close attention to it. There's serious money at play. Take a look at this Google
case study of
Weblogs Inc., the network of 100-plus weblogs recently sold to AOL (for a reported $25 million). The case study reports that Weblogs Inc. is bringing in around $3,000 a day from Google across all its blogs. The case From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Free Speech (Not Valid at All Corporations)
In an alternative health newsletter I read came some interesting and disturbing news about free speech on the Internet. Dr. Joseph Mercola, whose
Mercola.com website and newsletter are among the most widely read sources of alternative health-care information, has been coerced into blocking readers in the U.K. from reading his opinions about a controversial sugar alternative called Splenda.
Here's the article discussing the legal action threatened by Splenda maker T From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 20, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..
Shame on KOTESOL
If readers have been following the previous two installments of my review of the KOTESOL 2005 conference you will have noticed the recurring theme of technical problems. For the past three years there have been numerous technical problems in most of the presentations, yet for some reason KOTESOL can't or won't change the manner in which they manage the tech needs of presenters. Three years ago when Dave Sperling was the keynote speaker, he was presenting on the Internet and ESL. Somehow KOTESOL booked him into a room without internet access. I cannot remember if the projector was wo From
Language, teaching, and all things EFL on October 20, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..
KOTESOL 2005 - Sunday!
Our Presentation Myself and Tim talked about all the tech problems we noticed on Saturday and decided that most presenters had spent too much time doing nothing while they waited for problems to be resolved. As mentioned in the the post about Saturday we were feeling confident as the room we were booked for had the projector working, but just to be sure we arrived at the conference site thirty minutes early. And of course we found that there was no internet access nor was the projector working. We never did get the tech working and ended up adlibbing 50% of our presentation - though we did s From
Language, teaching, and all things EFL on October 20, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..
Big Brother
AJ has always been outspoken on his views about traditional teaching and assessment. I for the most part agree with what he says, though I do not write so strongly about it as he does. His outspokeness has recently resulted in his university sacking him. He recieved several supporting comments from blog readers as well as students. The comments clearly show how well liked he is as a teacher and it is a shame that the students will clearly lose a dedicated and passionate teacher. However what is worse is that now the unversity where he works have gone Orwellian on him and his students.Students From
Language, teaching, and all things EFL on October 20, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..
Dodgy Dozens Deported
In an ongoing investigation of forged diplomas, prosecutors have busted some 70 people including unqualified English language instructors and the brokers who supplied their fake documents.Korea has had a bad reputation as a haven for unqualified English teachersRead the whole article here. From
Language, teaching, and all things EFL on October 20, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..
Weaving interactivity and group collaboration into online courses
The first session I’ve attended! Weaving interactivity and group collaboration into online courses Mary Nicholson, Celina Byers, Timothy Phillips, Helmutt Doll, Bloomsburg University. This presentation dealt with collaboration, interactivity, learning communities, and how these paradigms are becoming the cornerstone of online courses. The authors recognize that it is still perplexing, however, to know how to design for [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 20, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..
At AECT, will Blog
I’m at AECT in Orlando, and I’ll do my best to blog some sessions. As it turns out, the Disney resort may be the happiest place on earth, but it isn’t necessarily the most wired place on earth. We are keeping an eye on hurricane Wilma too. I’m supposed to leave here on [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 20, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..
Feeling like I’m a first year teacher
Feeling like I’m a first year teacher Lloyd Rieber from Florida State gave a great session with a single punchline that is well worth thinking about. When we become online instructors for the first times, we often make the assumption that we should be able to adapt our teaching to an online evironment — bring [...] From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 20, 2005 at 1:52 p.m..
II Congreso Internacional de Periodismo Digital Maracay 2005
Hoy comienza el II Congreso Internacional de Periodismo Digital Maracay 2005. Mañana hay un bloque dedicado a weblogs que tendré el gusto de compartir con Hugo Londoño, AnÃbal Rojas, Arturo Catalán y José Antonio Maldonado. El sábado se desarrollarán en paralelo los talleres de InfografÃa Digital y de Redacción para Internet. From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 20, 2005 at 9:04 a.m..
Implementation strategies for Weblogs in Higher Education
On various occasions people have speculated that the implementation of Weblogs in formal educational contexts might benefit from a dedicated focus on how to tap Weblogs/Webfeeds as information resources at an early stage. So, one would provide people maybe with a pre-selected list of Webfeeds, introduce them to Web- and/or desktop-based Webfeed-readers, demonstrate how Weblogs and Webfeeds can be located and subscribed to, and so forth From
Seblogging News on October 20, 2005 at 8:00 a.m..
Take Your Wi-Fi With You
The WiFi.Bedouin lets you turn yourself into a roaming access point. Just one catch: There's no internet connection. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
Traffic Data Hits a Jam
A glut of competing real-time traffic systems leads to poor data for consumers. Is there a way to break the gridlock? From the Wired News blog Autopia. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
Apple: New Power Macs, PowerBooks
The company refreshes its pro lineup with dual-core Power Macs, high-res PowerBooks and a new photo tool with unbelievable system requirements. From Leander Kahney's Cult of Mac blog. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
Throwing the Books at Google
First the authors sue; now the publishers. Google's plan to index millions of copyright-protected books on the internet brings another lawsuit, even as company lawyers argue that making the books more accessible should actually spur sales. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
The Sounds of Science
New software aims to model complex vibrations, giving artists a tool for creating bizarre instruments grounded in reality but limited only by their imaginations. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
Surfing Through the Power Grid
Connecting to the net over power lines was one of the bubble's big hypefests that never came to be. Well, it's back. By Dan Orzech. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
Sue Companies, Not Coders
A former U.S. cybersecurity czar now advocates holding programmers liable for the security holes in their code. He's soooo close to getting it right. Commentary by Bruce Schneier. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
Space Geeks Seek Wireless Power
As the search for cheap energy grows more frantic, there's a surge of interest in converting electricity into microwaves, beaming them to remote areas and reconverting them to usable power. But is it really feasible? Third in a four-part series. By Michael Grebb. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
Furor Grows Over Internet Bugging
A new government order will force some internet telephony services to establish a central monitoring capability to help the FBI. But where does that leave peer-to-peer phone companies? By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on October 20, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..
Is lab usability dead?
Peter Merholz has written a blog entry asking: is lab usability dead? To quote: I would love it if we could simply put a stake into the practice of lab usability. It's run its course, and it's simply not well... From
Column Two on October 20, 2005 at 6:52 a.m..
Why personas don't gell
Michael Andrews writes a blog entry that raises further concerns about personas. To quote: Personas can potentially address many aspects of users. Each of these facets may be important to how users relate to an interactive design. But often, these... From
Column Two on October 20, 2005 at 5:51 a.m..
The business case for WCM
Tony Byrne has written an article on creating a business case for content management. To quote: At some point, someone will ask you to justify your Web content management system (WCMS) project. Fortunately, there is a business case to be... From
Column Two on October 20, 2005 at 5:51 a.m..
Intranet ROI
Toby Ward has written a blog entry on determining intranet ROI. To quote: Everyone talks about ROI. Almost all companies want and demand ROI, but when it comes down to measurement, most roll over. Talk is cheap, intranets are not.... From
Column Two on October 20, 2005 at 5:51 a.m..
India: Google Maps Too Graphic - Associated Press
Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam expressed concern Saturday about a free mapping program from Google, warning it could help terrorists by providing satellite photos of potential targets. Google Earth, launched in June this year, allows users to access From
Techno-News Blog on October 20, 2005 at 3:58 a.m..
rSmart and IBM Partner to Offer Bundled Solution for Sakai 2.0
(10/19/05) "The rSmart Group, Inc. (rSmart) today announced the availability of the rSmart/IBM Sakai 2.0 bundle for Education, to be released in November. This offering combines the rSmart Sakai Collaborative Learning Environment with IBM WebShpere(R) software and IBM DB2(R) database, creating an industry-leading Sakai 2.0 offering built for easy adoption and integration into the education enterprise." From
Edutools News: Course Management Systems on October 20, 2005 at 2:59 a.m..
Nick Carr's Amorality (Ross Mayfield)
Cast aside the anti-hype rhetoric, and keep in mind it is an argument not of fact or policy, but value, and you will find Nicolas Carr’s post on the amorality of Web 2.0 has a salient point — that... From
Corante: Social Software on October 20, 2005 at 1:54 a.m..