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Fictitious character blogs
Nip and Tuck's serial rapist has his own blog at MySpace. This is not the first time fictitious characters have been given their own blogs, but this one seems to be extraordinarily popular. Grant McCracken points out that "the narrative signal is less predictable, less scrutable, and less controllable. This, in turn, may increase the character's, and the show's, powers of engagement." It'd be very cool if the character blog survived the show. [Tags: blogs NipAndTuck]... From Joho the Blog on December 13, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..

JP Palfrey's open development of open document testimony
JP Palfrey is testifying at the Massachusetts State House's forum on the Open Document Format procurement policy issue and is looking for ideas. After him come the lobbyists. f you've got any something you think he could use, send it on over to JP ASAP... [Tags: JPPalfrey OpenDoc]... From Joho the Blog on December 13, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..

Intranet Portals and Scent are Made for Each Other
When it comes to intranets, designing a user-centric organization scheme is a hard sell. You have to break through years of org-chart thinking. Presenting research findings into staff information needs definitely helps in getting the point across. But I've found that talking to them about the “scent” of information gets them all excited. Suddenly if feels as if they have the power of understanding. Guess, Jared Spool is seeing the same trends. He's new article is on intranets and scent of in From elearningpost on December 13, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

The Elements of Typography Style Applied to the Web
Here's an interesting, useful idea: Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style is on many a designer’s bookshelf and is considered to be a classic in the field. In order to allay some of the myths surrounding typography on the web, I have structured this website to step through Bringhurst’s working principles, explaining how to accomplish each using techniques available in HTML and CSS. From elearningpost on December 13, 2005 at 7:46 p.m..

Ron Yanosky - Identity Management: The State of the Practice in Higher Education - ECAR / EDUCAUSE
Useful presentation surveying the use of and plans for identity management at (mostly) U.S. universities. Some items of interest: the major reason universities are looking at identity management is for reasons of security and privacy (80 percent); enhanced services comes second (60 percent). Another bit: the typical userid and password combination far outranks other technologies being used and even considered for use ( From OLDaily on December 13, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Harrison (Lee) Rainie - Life Online: When Everyone Connects to Everyone and Everything Connects to Everything - ECAR / EDUCAUSE
Good crisp presentation looking yet again at traits of the net generation (in this paper styled as 'the millennials') but backed with some actual research and drawing out the implications for educators, a list of which should be posted on the wall of every school. [ From OLDaily on December 13, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

David Jennings - E-learning 2.0, Whatever That Is - DJ Alchemi
Seb Schmoller sends along this link from a new (to me) blog decribing the various descriptions of e-learning 2.0 (or learning 2.0, or variants). Good survey, a bit on the cynical side (though he's nice to me, which makes me happy ;)). [ From OLDaily on December 13, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

JoAnn Hackos - Is DITA Going to Tip? - Center for Information Development Management
This is new to me, so I thought I'd pass it along (it never ceases to amaze me how much is new to me). JoAnn Hackos writes, "Obviously, something else must influence XML authoring if it is to move past the tipping point. That 'something else' is arguably DITA.... it provides us with an informational architecture standard around topic-based authoring that is unique to technical information." Learn From OLDaily on December 13, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Brian Lamb - OK, OK, I Finally Get It... - Abject learning
Yahoo! announces a partnership with Moveable Type. Linking to the story and elsewhere, Brian Lamb comments, "It will be interesting to see how well these apps are integrated into the interface, and if being under the same roof means these toys will play better with each other as tent-poles under the Yahoo Hosting Big Top than they do out in the world wild web... Interesting that it's a hosting arrangement, not an acquisition. Whither Typepad? And I wonder if Yahoo tried to buy out Six Apart the way they did Flickr and del.icio.us." I wonder whether we'll see movement from Yahoo! on s From OLDaily on December 13, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Dean Shareski - Wayne Gretzky on Educational Reform - Ideas and thoughts from an EdTech
"Michael Jordan didn't become the greatest basketball player but going to the basketball lab for 45 minutes a week". Seems kind of obvious, when you put it like that. [ From OLDaily on December 13, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

roseg - Would You Like Freedom Fries With That? - randomselections
The point of this item - with which I am in sympathy - is that not only is copyright expanding, but its increasingly pervasive nature is becoming a medium for social control. To think of where copyright has gone in the last decade or so, "Imagine buying a bed and being told that you were only licensed to use it for yourself..." And to imagine the future: "While we're all doing the chicken dance at weddings, playing World of Warcraft in secret and trying to lose the 'love handles' we acquired over the winter, the so-called entertainment companies are in the process of stitching u From OLDaily on December 13, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Rob Wall - EdTech Posse Podcast #010 - Breakfast Chat from SACE with Rob, Dean and Stephen - EdTech Posse
In another installment of the longest breakfast ever, Ed Tech Posse runs part two of my conversation with Dean and Rob in Regina. We look at the nature of popular phenomena and popular culture (and share some of our most embarassing album purchases). [ From OLDaily on December 13, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Symposium on Technology, Knowledge and Society
SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIETY McGill University, Montréal, Canada 9-10 June 2006 http://www.Technology-Conference.com The symposium will take a broad and cross-disciplinary approach to technology in society. Participants will include researchers, teachers and practitioners whose interests are either technical or humanistic, or whose work crosses over between the applied technological and social sciences. A special theme of this symposium [...] From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on December 13, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

After-school programs invade Britain
Some wonder if the policy is aimed to help children or meet the needs of working parents. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 13, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

The mystery of teaching science ... solved!
Hands-on learning is key to engaging middle-schoolers in math and science - and filling careers in related fields. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 13, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Backstory: Einsteins at five
The 'new' kindergarten is no longer just about learning shapes and how to tie shoes. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 13, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

City schools bring home better report cards
Since 2003, many large city school districts have outpaced the national average in improving students' math and reading skills. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 13, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Schools build 'cultures of excellence'
Experts say bold, systematic leadership is key to success. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 13, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Article on university blogging
My article on roles blogs sometimes play in a college or university's non-teaching work has appeared on the web site of University Business, and the print version is in the mail to subscribers. The article discusses some ways that schools currently use diary-like student blogs in recruiting students,... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 13, 2005 at 5:52 p.m..

2,000 downloads of Intranet Review Toolkit
As of last night, we crossed the 2,000 download mark for the free Intranet Review Toolkit, which is very exciting! If you have used it on your intranet, don't forget to send in your feedback. I'd love to hear your... From Column Two on December 13, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

on feminist-IT
Had a customer talk today 'bout the roll-out of NEXTspace (t d f) our product. The setting is a research program on feminist IT (kind of affirmative action that should shift the attention to female IT- From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 13, 2005 at 5:46 p.m..

Roadside Link Jamboree
Accessible, reliable and valid Flash embedding. Mobile usability and user experience, blogged from mobile devices by gotomobile. Seed Magazine takes root. DropSend lets you share bigass files. Folksonomy makes The New York Times. Greg Storey makes a portfolio. Plazes is a new web app that knows where you are, man. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on December 13, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Authorities
I'm late in the game but sometimes that's an advantage. Reading through Peter Morville's article on authority it is quite clear what we as toolmakers (t d f) should consider. Instead of increasing the speed of creating new tools From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 13, 2005 at 4:46 p.m..

Blog Air--Episode #1
So I'm not sure if this is another podcast, but I'm putting up an interview I did with John Hendron from Goochland, Va. a couple of nights ago. I did it to find out more about how he is implementing blogs at his school and to test out the Gizmo record feature a bit more. WARNING: This is not high quality audio, but hopefully it's fairly interesting content. Just as an aside, while I haven't been a big drinker of the podcasting Kool From weblogged News on December 13, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Hollywood turns a page
The movie company behind 'The Chronicles of Narnia' views films as a powerful tool for inspiring kids to read. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 13, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Global Voices in person
Rebecca MacKinnon reports on the recent Global Voices meetup. Fascinating and heartening. [Tags: GlobalVoices RebeccaMackinnon blogging]... From Joho the Blog on December 13, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

[Berkman] Derek Slater
Derek, the first Student Fellow at the Berkman Center, is giving a lunch time talk. He's leaving next month to work for the EFF.org. He's going to talk about the study he just released, written with Mike McGuire of the Gartner Group. The key findings: 1. People like talking about the music they listen to. They want to make recommendations, sometimes by sharing the music. 2. We should embrace consumers wanting to share their tastes in these ways because it's good for both business and culture. But (Derek says) we shouldn't think of music sharing only as the sharing of... From Joho the Blog on December 13, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

My First Review
Here's the first review of Get Back in the Box from the mainstream press. This, and the groundswell from my personal email list in response to my heartfelt request for people to support the book's publication, have really restored my faith in what I'm trying to do here. Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out by Douglas Rushkoff (Collins, 316 pages, $23.95). This book, says its author, is "aimed at business people." Which shouldn't stop a living soul from profitably eavesdropping on the thoughts of one of the most stimulating and brilliant "id From rushkoff.blog on December 13, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Curso de coolhunters
Curso Fcom Profesionales & Future Concept Lab: La profesión del coolhunter - Cómo aprender a seleccionar las “señales débiles” del mercado para interpretar las nuevas tendencias del consumo y comunicación (PDF) From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 13, 2005 at 1:50 p.m..

Why don't we know?
White House officials later said the 30,000 figure was not an official U.S. tally, but the best estimate available based on media reportsLA Times Why doesn't our government have its own estimate of how many Iraqis have died? Isn't that a key piece of information as you're assessing a war? Or do we really care so little that we don't bother tracking, counting or estimating dead Iraqi civilians? [Tags: iraq GeorgeBush]... From Joho the Blog on December 13, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

ID position at Mount Saint Vincent
MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY requires an INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER/COORDINATOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING (Full-time Administrative and Professional Association [APA] position) Recognized as a leader in innovative education, Mount Saint Vincent University is a dynamic, challenging and welcoming environment. Our reputation for academic excellence, personalized education and distinctive programs attracts outstanding faculty, staff, and more than 5,000 students from across Canada [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on December 13, 2005 at 11:54 a.m..

New instalment from the Posse
Podcast # 10 is posted up at the EdTech Posse site. In this segment, Rob and Dean continue their breakfast conversation with Stephen Downes. From Rick's Café Canadien on December 13, 2005 at 11:54 a.m..

Reclaiming Sharing
Today, I will be publishing a paper entitled, "Consumer Taste Sharing is Driving The Online Music Business and Democratizing Culture," which I co-authored with Gartner researcher and Berkman Center collaborator Mike McGuire. The paper was originally published in slightly different form by Gartner. I will also be giving a talk about th From A Copyfighter's Musings on December 13, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

Top 50 Advertisers by Media Value in October, 2005
Top 50 Advertisers by Media Value in October, 2005 From ClickZ Stats on December 13, 2005 at 11:45 a.m..

Tagged bibliography
Livia Labate has taken Ambient Findability's bibliography (Ambient Findability is Peter Morville's highly readable and provocative book on, well, findability), entered the URL of each entry into her page at del.icio.us, and tagged each "ambientfindability," thus making the bibliography entries more ambiently findable. For example, you'll notice that 13 other people have bookmarked Gene Smith's "Beyond the Page," making it a good jumping off point to amble findably through related works. [Tags: tagging taxonomy PeterMorville AmbientFindability EverythingIsMiscellaneous]... From Joho the Blog on December 13, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Identity 2.0
Nach der Konferenz ist vor der Konferenz: Für all die, die sich bereits Gedanken machen (müssen), mit welchen neuen Namen und Gesichtern sie ihre nächste Konferenz einleiten können, gibt es hier einen ganz heißen Kandidaten: Dick Hardt, Kanadier, Founder... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 13, 2005 at 9:49 a.m..

Skype Recording
Could it be? A free add on to Skype that lets you record your conversations? It's an early Christmas present. Only $19.95 to upgrade to the power version which allows you to record conference calls. Hmmm... I just tried this with a friend and I am now officially one happy camper. I just haven't been satisfied with the quality of Gizmo and have already removed it from my already cluttered hard drive. And I've been thinking about doing more interview type podcasting a la weblogged News on December 13, 2005 at 9:45 a.m..

Beers & Blogs en A Coruña
Tal como acordamos en la anterior edición y ante lo inminente de las fechas entrañables, reincidimos: Beers & Blogs en A Coruña Qué: una reunión informal de bloguers Cuándo: el martes 20 de diciembre a las 22:30 hs. Dónde: en la Cafetería Bitácora, Avda. Las Américas, nro.: 55 (Santa Cristina) Oleiros, tel.: 981 638 ... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 13, 2005 at 3:50 a.m..

Google Maps News Associated Press Mashup....
Google Maps News Mashups: Washington Post, AP, bird flu: Over at the GoogleMaps Mania, they point to an interesting tool from 81nassau.com that combines information from Google Maps, Yahoo and the Associated Press to create an interactive news maps that plots the ten latest stories from the AP RSS feed. Associated Press (AP) News Mashup takes the current stories from the AP' national RSS feed and plots them on Google Maps. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 13, 2005 at 2:49 a.m..

Teacher Who Submitted a False Order Faces Firing
A city special education teacher who was also a chaplain in the Air National Guard told officials at his Bronx high school admitted to submitting false military orders. From New York Times: Education on December 13, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Colgate Gains Ground in Legal Battle With Fraternities
Colgate University has won its first legal skirmishes in its effort to assert control over the school's raucous fraternities after nearly a year of court battles. From New York Times: Education on December 13, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Saudi Prince Gives Millions to Harvard and Georgetown
Harvard and Georgetown Universities have received $20 million donations and will use them to finance Islamic studies. From New York Times: Education on December 13, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

New IM worm chats with intended victims - Joris Evers, CNet News
You can now instant message with a worm. A new worm that targets users of America Online's AOL Instant Messenger is believed to be the first that actually chats with the intended victim to dupe the target into activating a malicious payload, IM security v From Techno-News Blog on December 13, 2005 at 1:49 a.m..

Study Predicts 100 Million India Web Users - Associated Press
The number of Internet users in India will shoot to 100 million in two years from the current 38.5 million, an industry study said. The number of Internet users has soared 54 percent from 25 million users in 2004-2005. The catalyst for this growth was the From Techno-News Blog on December 13, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..

Doctors warn of 'iPod Finger' - Iain Thomson, Vnunet
The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) has warned that a form of repetitive strain injury could be hitting UK users of Apple's iPod and other similar media players. Dubbed 'iPod Finger' the problem affects the fingers of "music-mad consumers who are From Techno-News Blog on December 13, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..

The Age of Point-at-Things
My phrase 'before we had language, we had pointing' in my article on The Year of Unique IDs" reminded Matt Jones of Tom Coates' wonderful post "The Age of Point at Things" from last April. Brilliant stuff from Monsieur Coates. [Tags: TomCoates]... From Joho the Blog on December 12, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..