By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Times Company to Buy About.com for $410 Million
I remember considering way back when whether it would be worth my while to become an About.com 'guide'. I launched this newsletter instead. More...
1 mars 2019
1 mars 2019
Take Back the Web
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Take Back the Web
Discussion of the theme from yesterday. Will Richardson recounts this story of a principal's response to the suggestion that students be taught how to reserach on the web. "Oh, no," the principal said. More...
1 mars 2019
EU Software Patent Law Faces Axe
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. EU Software Patent Law Faces Axe
We will probably see this surface again, attached to a regulation on dog licensing or something, but for now the European Parliament has given the idea of software patents the boot. More...
1 mars 2019
Would an Infinitely Rational Pirate Play Soccer?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Would an Infinitely Rational Pirate Play Soccer?
Subtitled "A Geek's Guide to Gaming the College Admissions Process" this article is a lighthearted look at the use of sports by geeks to ease their way into college admissions. More...
1 mars 2019
Real Software Slams Microsoft's Patent Effort
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Real Software Slams Microsoft's Patent Effort
Presumably unaware of Aristotle, Microsoft is attempting to patent the 'ISNOT' construction in basic. More...
1 mars 2019
Guru of the Obvious
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Guru of the Obvious
Preparing to rule us all with an iron fist in a velvet glove, the king of the long tail, Leon Ipglips is coming to get us. More...
1 mars 2019
Multi User Weblogging
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Multi User Weblogging
A number of people have asked me about multi-user weblogging (that is, setting up a single installation to support multiple writers, as a teacher might do for a class). I guess they have been asking other people, and it's James Farmer who comes through with the goods, a really nice overview of options for people who want to support multiuser weblogging. More...
1 mars 2019
Community Blogging
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Community Blogging
Text of the talk delivered to the Northern Voice conference. There is no centralized place that constitutes community, there are only people, and resources, that are distributed. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, February 19, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...
1 mars 2019
New Web Site for Academics Roils Education Journalism
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. New Web Site for Academics Roils Education Journalism
The Chronicle of Higher Education - in this article accurately described as "stodgy and resistant to change" - has been shaken up and now faces new competition as two former senior staff - Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman, the editor and managing editor of The Chronicle - left after 20 years to form their own online publishing venture, Inside Higher Ed. More...
1 mars 2019
Downloading Service Offered by University Failing to Entice Students
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Downloading Service Offered by University Failing to Entice Students
Experiences elsewhere vary, but this report indicates a very slow start to legal music downloading at Tufts. More...
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