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The "all together" rule for intranets
The primary purpose of intranets is to support staff in doing their jobs, to help them complete common business tasks. In practice, however, this can be very frustrating on many intranets. Policies are located in one section, procedures in another... From Column Two on November 29, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

Good search is knowledge management
One of the key goals of knowledge management is to ensure that staff have the information they need, at the time they need it. What has often been overlooked is that effective search can play a key role in meeting... From Column Two on November 29, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

Storynory
Storynory - Free children’s stories for your iPod : Classic children's stories for download to your computer or to your classroom set of iPods.... by way of... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 29, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Human-Centered Intranet Design
Paul Chin takes a look at using intranets that extend work habits in the positive direction: Nothing will drive a wedge between user and tool more than poorly developed or overly complicated systems. Not only do intranet owners — and to a greater extent, employers — have to worry about initial system adoption, but there's also a danger to users' personal skill sets if they actually do accept an inefficient system: Negative habituation. Getting accustomed to using poorly writ From elearningpost on November 29, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

The 8 Types of Navigation Pages
Another good article by Jared Spool on the different types of navigation pages that users encounter: As we’ve watched users search for their desired content, we’ve realized there are patterns to the pages we see. We’ve started to catalogue these patterns and have concluded there are essentially 8 types of pages a user can run into, when searching content-rich sites. From elearningpost on November 29, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

Babson Knowledge Blog
This is a KM blog by Tom Davenport, Larry Prusak and Don Cohen for the Babson College Working Knowledge Research Center. From elearningpost on November 29, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

links for 2005-11-29
SPARQL: Web 2.0 Meet the Semantic Web about time :) (tags: SemanticWeb Web2.0)... From Monkeymagic on November 29, 2005 at 7:53 p.m..

El blog del buscador de MSN
El buscador MSN Search España ya cuenta con un weblog propio y según Ismael El-Qudsi (MSN Search Manager de España) pretende ser el complemento en nuestro país de la versión anglosajona: Desde MSN España hemos decidido crear este blog en español para complementar al blog escrito en inglés. Aunque algunas veces citaremos ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 29, 2005 at 7:52 p.m..

Blogging Six Year Old
A typical night at the Richardson house is now punctuated by a conversation that goes something like this: Tucker: (Screaming) Hey, DAAAAAAD! Me: (Running in from the other end of the house thinking something is broken) "What????" Tucker: "Can I blog?" Me: (Trying to go from fright to calm and supportive) "Um, sure." (Deep breath.) "That's fine." Tucker: "Can you help me?" Me: "C'mon Tuck, you know how to do it by now. You've got like 200 posts on your blog." Tucker: (Wide-eyed) "REALLY?!?" Me From weblogged News on November 29, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..

interactive educator
Auf der heutigen Zugfahrt von Zürich nach Frankfurt habe ich diese Zeitschrift durchgeblättert, eine unterhaltsame Mischung aus Marketing und Information. Marketing, denn die Zeitschrift wird getragen von SMART Technologies, die vor allem durch ihre interaktiven Whiteboards bekannt sind; und... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 29, 2005 at 6:51 p.m..

Top 5 killer intranet mistakes
Toby Ward has written a blog entry listing top 5 killer intranet mistakes. To quote: A killer mistake doesn't mean that the intranet dies, and shuts down -- that simply doesn't (commonly) happen. A killer mistake is strategic in nature;... From Column Two on November 29, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

The YADIS Project
Marc Canter links to this wiki page - YADIS stands for "Yet Another Decentralized Identity Interoperability System" and is an attempt to bring the various distributed identity projects, including mIDm, into alignment. I'm all for it, but they have to come up with a better way to reach decisions than 'whatever is agreed by whomever shows up at the san Francisco meeting' - some of us aren't made of money, and not all of us live in Silicon Valley. [ From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Resistance is Useful: Thoughts Concerning How to Respectfully Move Teaching and Learning Online
Good commentary. "Many academics view online teaching and learning with suspicion, and rightly so. Today From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Blogscholar
Blogscholar has been around since June but will still be new to most readers. Publisher Chris Brauer writes, "Blogscholar is a non-profit site operating as a resource for academics who blog to explore relevent issues, visit other academic blogs and create content. We recently assigned a new editor who will be monitering the web regularly for items of interest to academic bloggers." [ From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Show Your Hand, Not Your ID , Chronicle of Higher Education
I got an email from the Chronicle this morning, remarkable in itself, advising of an article and forum "the readers of Stephen's Web might be interested in participating in." It's a good item in and of itself, exploring the use of biometrics at schools to manage access or even to get meals at the cafeteria. As you can expect, the usual issues about privacy arise, which is the basis of the online discussion to follow. The email notes that it is "free and open to the public," a sign, perhaps, that the Chronicle is becoming sensitive to the impact of its subscriber-only policy elsewhere From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

mIDm , Stephen's Web
Following the article posted earlier today (see above) this page provides access to information and downloads supporting the mIDm application, my version of an approach to distributed identity management on the web. This page is a permanent resource, not simply an article, and will be updated with additional resources as they come available. [ From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Connective WritingThe Late Age of Print
So with some pointers from Barbara Ganley, Ive been doing some reading on hypertext theory and over the past couple of days have immersed myself in Jay David Bolters Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext and the Remediation of Print. The second edition came out in 2001, just before the blog explosion, but the table is clearly set by what hes writing. This is probably the first of a co From weblogged News on November 29, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Teaching 2.0
Teaching 1.0--information retrieval Teaching 2.0--information creation Hmmm... From weblogged News on November 29, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Retailers, Clean Up Your Online Stores
Many e-tail sites lack cohesion with their brick-and-mortar presence, others turn customers away with difficult navigation; complex return procedures and omitted site features. From ClickZ Stats on November 29, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Blogs de vídeojuegos
Nuevos blogs de vídeojuegos: Ecetia de Hipertextual y PSP Fanboy de Weblogs Inc. From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 29, 2005 at 4:52 p.m..

Trey Martindale’s tips for tolerable presentations
One of my favourite blogs is “Teachable Moment,” owned and operated by Trey Martindale. I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing a few presentations by Trey over the years, so I was particularly interested in seeing what he had to say about making tolerable presentations. Here are some good, common-sense ideas from a master presenter. [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on November 29, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

UNESCO Session 3 Summary: Perspectives of Users
Session 3 of the UNESCO Virtual Conference on Open Educational Resources extended over two weeks with an extremely broad discussion on the "Perspective of Users and Issues of Use."  (The summary is contained in the enclosure--click on the speaker symbol to the right.) ____JH   _________ Dear Coll From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on November 29, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..

What compatibility does not mean. (A whine.)
An hour before I was supposed to keynote the Online Information conference in London, I found out that the copy of my presentation I'd FTP'ed to my site wasn't working. So I gave the helpful media guy a thumbdrive with the latest version from my Mac. Same problem. When loaded on a Windows PC, the Mac version of my Powerpoints opens in an extreme read-only mode that does not allow it to be modified, saved, or saved-as because I embedded the fonts precisely in order to decrease the risk of incompatibility between Windows and Mac. After some quick checking on... From Joho the Blog on November 29, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

The Conversation is Evolving , A Difference
The discussion around the blocking of blogs in schools, leading toward what may emerge as a statement or organization. In the mean time, some interesting links, including to this From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Dave Winer Proposes to use URLs for Digital Identity , Johannes Ernst's Blog
Not just Dave Winer, of course, but a growing number of writers. The advantage of using a URL is that they're freely and widely available, they can be unique, and they can be relatively permanent. The URL, in turn, points to other services used by the person, including identity services, and may provide information about the person, either directly, as a microformat, or indirectly, as in a FOAF. Where I differ with the proposal sketched here is that the URL in question needs to From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Online Identity - Keep it All in One Place? , EDUCAUSE Blogs
A combination identity server and social software application, From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Am mIDm Application
This article releases code and documents a working mIDm application. The attached file, new_login.cgi, can both accept mIDm logins and can act as an identity server for people wishing to use mIDm. [ From OLDaily on November 29, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Green & White Day at the U of S
A letter from Peter MacKinnon, President of the U of S: In support of the University of Saskatchewan and Huskie Athletics, I would like to encourage everyone to wear Huskie apparel or green & white clothing to campus on Friday, December 2nd. The Huskie Football team will play in the National Championship Final"the Desjardins Vanier Cup"in Hamilton [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on November 29, 2005 at 11:54 a.m..

Isenberg at Oxford
Here's the webcast of David Isenberg's talk at Oxford yesterday. I'm on the road and haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. (I talk there tomorrow. No, it's not intimidating. Nope. Nope. Nuh-uh. (Must keep telling self that.))... From Joho the Blog on November 29, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

Home again home again
After nearly twenty-four hours of flying, we made it back. About half-way through the flight, Asia already seemed like another lifetime ago. Perhaps it was because I watched four movies on the plane (Bewitched, War of the Worlds, Cinderella Man, and Hustle & Flow) and slept a bunch as well. Hopefully a few more posts on the trip will trickle in and I need to go through my pictures as well. And now that I'm back on a routine with the writing here, I hope to keep it up. Ha, right. We'll see. Anyway, it's nice to be back home. I'm looking forward to eating a good old ch From megnut on November 29, 2005 at 11:45 a.m..

Reviews
Reviews, previews, and interviews are beginning to trickle in from some interesting corners of the net. Here's one from Being Reasonable, a site ostensibly about marketing ideas, but actually a bit more about media and messaging. I spoke with the author, Marc Babej, at some length, and he's got a similar outlook on the current landscape as I do - even if we do come from opposite perspectives. Ultimately, I find that more encouraging than sc From rushkoff.blog on November 29, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Pentagon's Urban Recon Takes Wing
It's just like Google Earth -- if the search giant commanded armadas of unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver real-time close-ups of buildings and street corners. There's never been a better reason to join the Army. By John Hudson. From Wired News on November 29, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Virtual Vets Flesh Out D-Day
Little footage exists of the bloody action behind enemy lines during the D-Day invasion. So what's a modern documentary maker to do? By John Gaudiosi. From Wired News on November 29, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Blogging With a Wooden Tongue
The generic language of officialdom infiltrates the blogosphere. Commentary by Momus. From Wired News on November 29, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Baby-Making Backlash Looms
Clinics have enjoyed freedom from regulation since in vitro fertilization took off in the 1970s. Brian Alexander examines how stem-cell research shines new light on assisted reproduction, and why social conservatives want new rules. Part one in a three-part series. From Wired News on November 29, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Software gratuito
Monográfico de PC Cuadernos sobre Software gratuito (hicieron un número muy bueno sobre weblogs). Interesante colección de aplicaciones freeware que corren desde una unidad de memoria USB: Portable USB Drive Apps [vía] y una aplicación de Gmail que se veía venir: G2G: P2P a través de GMail. From eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 29, 2005 at 7:48 a.m..

Superman Returns Video Blogs From The Set
Superman Returns | Bryan's Journals - Video Blogs From The Set: The new Superman movie opens next year, and Warner Bros.... Looks a bit like Comic Life, but the little frames contain video clips about the production of the movie. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 29, 2005 at 7:45 a.m..

N.Y.U. Sets Deadline for Return of Strikers
The university has told its striking graduate student teaching assistants that they must return next week or lose their financial stipends and eligibility to teach. From New York Times: Education on November 29, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

An Ordinary Day, and a Welcome One, at Ben Franklin Elementary
The first parish-run public school in New Orleans to reopen since Hurricane Katrina held its first day of class on Monday. From New York Times: Education on November 29, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Florida School Is Target of Inquiry
The Florida High School Athletic Association announced yesterday that it was starting an inquiry into University High School. From New York Times: Education on November 29, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Continent
Concerns that African languages could become extinct are almost over, reports the Highway Africa News Agency, Grahamstown, South Africa. The internet is becoming a refuge for the continent's languages that might otherwise fade away. Despite the powerful i From Techno-News Blog on November 28, 2005 at 11:47 p.m..

Microsoft Makes RSS a Two-Way Street - James Niccolai, IDG News Service
Microsoft is extending the popular RSS 2.0 Web syndication format to make it "multidirectional," allowing it to be used for synchronizing information such as contacts and calendar entries across different applications, the company says. RSS 2.0 is best k From Techno-News Blog on November 28, 2005 at 11:47 p.m..