Monday, January 31, 2005

SmarterChild...Your IM Buddy. The importance of this item isn't the cute toy, it is, as Marc Oehlert observes, "the integration into workflow." he writes, "People are already using IM (Instant Messaging) more and more in their daily routine so the idea of making automated knowledge bases available via a well done chat bot is dead on." Along these lines, James Farmer explores several multiple-Account IM clients. By Marc Oehlert, e-Clippings, January 31, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] eliza plus a database of answers is what the lobner prize is about -- ALICE is the current leader with its own XML style -- BL 7:50:23 PM      Google It!.

Infrae 'Railroad Repository' for Plone or Zope. Scott Leslie writes, "I am really not sure why I haven't seen more of this, as the longer I look at the LOR problem the more sense it makes to me that 'conventional' repositories can be reasonably easily built on the back of existing (large and relatively stable) open source Content Management Systems." Gosh yes. I don't know why I haven't seen more of this either. By Scott Leslie, Ed Tech Post, January 31, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily] 7:47:10 PM      Google It!.

Wellesley College breaks ground, offering free blogs to all alumni. Harvard did this first, but doesn't make such a big deal about it. [Scripting News] this makes better strategic sense than free email because it provides the college a greater public presence as well a facilitates learning communities around the college. -- BL 11:05:55 AM      Google It!.

Home PCs Predict Hotter Earth. British scientists use the distributed computing power of 90,000 PCs to run the biggest climate simulation ever. Results show a greater greenhouse effect than expected, resulting in dramatic temperature increases. By Stephen Leahy. [Wired News] 8:15:33 AM      Google It!.

Firefox Developer on Recruitment Policy [Slashdot:] 8:14:00 AM      Google It!.

Resuable Learning Objects site [Edubloggers Links Feed] 8:12:38 AM      Google It!.