6 septembre 2018

New Wave of Newsreader Software Makes Sense of the Web
Article describing and linking to news reader software. These are programs designed to read RSS files and which hence help headers 'make sense' of the web. More...

Webloggers Deal Harvard Blog-Bores a Black Eye
Dave Winer's efforts to organize a conference called BloggerCon at Harvard's Berkman Law School are attracting the attention - and ire - of some bloggers. This article, in typical Register, pulls no punches as it calls into question the political affiliations of the speakers, the conference fee, and the organization. More...

Aggregators Attack Info Overload
I'm going to stop running these 'intro to RSS' stories soon (obviously not today) because OLDaily reader will have had more than their fill. This item (and a second, see below) looks at the potential of RSS as a means to handle information overload. It's not quite so straightforward as the articles depict - how does one pick which of 30,000 feeds to subscribe to, for example. More...

Online Learning a Virtual Revolution
"I have to have a piece of chalk in my hand to make any sense, the way Thomas Aquinas did 800 years ago. If I can't see the faces, I can't know anything about them." So says a philosophy professor at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland who, despite his learning, does not yet fathom the many dimensions of knowledge. More...

Certainly Not Logic
If you don't write software you won't appreciate this article, but if you do you'll get some chuckles, and maybe some pointers. More...

Would You Like Wi-Fi With That?
This short article makes an important point. It is difficult to sell WiFi (wireless internet) connectivity; instead, many businesses are offering it for free. More...

TS Author Forum on Blogging
Short commentary on my online Technology Source webcast yesterday with Mary Hirrsh on the subjects of blogging and RSS (I would have run an advanced notice but jet lag got the better of me). More...

Changing Places: Instructional Designers Become Online Classroom Participants
Good article describing instructional designers' experiences as online students during a series of presentations hosted by e-Learning Guru (the eLearning Developers' Journal, in which this article appears, is usually a subscription-based journal, however, the author sent me this link, which works - for now, at least. More...

SCO Attorney Declares GPL Invalid
I can't see how a judge would favour the SCO interpretation, as it would be a major change to declare the concept of free software contrary to law. But that seems to be what SCO is urging, as their lawyers argue that GPL violates U.S. copyright law by allowing more than one copy to be copied, and is therefore invalid. More...

Google Ads a Threat to eBay Trademark?
I don't know where ebay would be if it couldn't use the brand names of other companies on its site, but the same logic doesn't appear to have occurred to its lawyers as it demands that Google cease allowing advertisers to use the eBay name in their ads. More...