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25 octobre 2018

The Art of Blogging

The Art of Blogging
George Siemens talks about blogging at the MADLat Conference, linking to this summary of his talk as well as to his notes on my talk from earlier in the day - nice. More...

25 octobre 2018

Projecting Quality

Projecting Quality
I am at the Manitoba Association for Distributed Learning and Training (MADLaT) Conference here in Winnipeg where I was able to catch up with my friends from the province. It's too bad this conference is so short - it would have been nice to spend more time with them. More...

25 octobre 2018

Record Labels Must Pay Shortchanged Performers

Record Labels Must Pay Shortchanged Performers
You know, it's pretty hard to take the music industry seriously when it complains about piracy after things like today's story. After years of investigation, the industry agreed to pay $50 million worth of royalties it had simply not paid artists. More...

25 octobre 2018

Free for Education Home Page

Free for Education Home Page
AEShareNet has launched a license called Free for Education. In essence, "The Free for Education mark indicates that material may be freely used for educational purposes. The mark may be applied by anyone to any material in which they own the copyright provided they agree with the conditions set out in these pages." Those of you who follow this stuff are aware that I have had a running dispute with Create Commons about exactly the same issue, as a Creative Commons 'education' license was being proposed. More...

25 octobre 2018

Computer Makers Adapt Laptops for Tough School Market

Computer Makers Adapt Laptops for Tough School Market
We are nearing the crossing point in the technology exchange between computers and textbooks (the crossing point is that point in the price or sales graph where a rising technology's line crosses that of a declining technology's). More...

25 octobre 2018

Wikis Described in Plain English

Wikis Described in Plain English
Someone yesterday wrote asking what a wiki is. Thanks to George Siemens (who must read the Stephen's Web discussion area) this account is a great introduction. More...

25 octobre 2018

Giving It Away (for Fun and Profit)

Giving It Away (for Fun and Profit)
Good introductory account to the idea of Creative Commons and especially the idea that sharing content does not mean giving up on any hope of an income. More...

25 octobre 2018

Translate This Blog

Translate This Blog
It was a nice idea, but based on the comments in my Discussion area (remember, you can always comment by clicking on the [Reflect] link after each post) as well as emails sent to me overnight I am declaring the translation experiment to be an unmitigated failure. More...

25 octobre 2018

The Internet's Wilder Side

The Internet's Wilder Side
Inter-Relay Chat, or IRC, is one of the internet's older services. At any given time, according to this article, about 500,000 people may be using it to exchange ideas or, in some cases, software, MP3s and video files. More...

25 octobre 2018

Analyst: Expect a 64-Bit Desktop by 2006

Analyst: Expect a 64-Bit Desktop by 2006
Every once in a while I write about 64-bit computing, a development that is taking much longer to roll out than I expected (my prediction in my 1998 paper was 'a few years' and I have since predicted 2004 or 2005). More...

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