Saturday, July 02, 2005

The Semantic Web: an Interview with Tim Berners-Lee. The Semantic Web: an Interview with Tim Berners-Lee (PDF), Andrew Updegrove. Our interview was intended to help those that do not yet have the Semantic Web in focus gain an understanding of what the Semantic Web will (and will not) be, what we can look forward to using it for, ... [Raw] 10:55:22 PM

Talking about OneNote with Pratley and Braun. One of my favorite pieces of new software to come along in the past couple of years is OneNote (we're using OneNote in the development of our weblog book, Naked Conversations). Two of the guys who help run that team, Owen Braun and Chris Pratley, came over to meet me for a chat. If you haven't been following Chris' blog lately, he's been blogging a ton of OneNote tips too. Chris and Owen, in the interview, talk about the impact that blogs have had on their development process too. That part of the interview comes up at 22:40. [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger] 10:54:47 PM

Improving Asynchronous Discussions with Critical Thinking Strategies. Strategies for Using Critical Thinking in Asynchronous Discussions - Greg Walker, Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. Asynchronous discussions can be improved with the use of critical thinking strategies. Information needs to be clearly stated for learners to critically reflect upon, and review, at their own pace. Pre-established guidelines are needed to shape the use of [Online Learning Update] 9:54:20 AM

Tempel 1 and Deep Impact. For the other astronomy geek(s) that may be reading this. Deep Impact prepares for comet crash. Celestial display to arouse more wide-eyed wonder than Fourth of July fireworks, as spacecraft gets set to slam into Tempel 1. [CNET News.com] 9:53:00 AM

Definitions and disagreements. From Scoble: The podcasting vs videoblogging debate goes on.... Oh, great, Adam Curry called my video a podcast. Heh. Won't stop me. I call what I do a video blog. Does he have knowledge of a video iPod? Hmmm. On the other hand, Dave Winer says that podcasting is MP3 audio files only. Yet another place these two gurus disagree. Will this argument ever go away? [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger] 9:36:45 AM

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