Saturday, November 26, 2005

Innovation and risk taking. Innovation and risk-taking: "I want to define educational technologists or educators that are willing to use technology in their classrooms as “risk-takers” or “innovators.” These are people who are willing to try something new without worrying if it will be a success or failure. They derive pleasure from playing with both new and old ideas and employing them in a variety of ways. These people are natural problem solvers." Comment: From my experience with learners in a laptop program, I believe risk-taking is the most important skill in using technology. Those students who are willing to play and experiment consistently end up as the most capable learners (at least when learning with technology). To a degree, we should be fostering the willingness for learners to experiment and fail during the learning process. [elearnspace] 3:16:23 PM

New Companies Will Be Built with SSE. Wow, am I excited this morning to see Microsoft announce Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE), which turns RSS bidirectional and which is released under the Creative Commons License. I wrote more about this at CrunchNotes, but I want to mention it here because this is an incredibly important technology that will allow entirely new classes of [...] [TechCrunch] 3:13:48 PM

Windows Live Email Service: Very Cool...if it Works.   Microsoft has introduced a new email service called Custom Domains. More at SMB IT, because it's really aimed at small businesses. Also check out the Custom Domain blog on Spaces. [technology filter] 3:12:03 PM

Google links publishers directly with advertisers. Goolge's advertising folks have announced the ability for publishers to sign up advertisers directly. The company said the new feature, known as Onsite Advertiser Sign-up, will help Web site... [Lifehacker] 3:08:22 PM

Podcast and wiki resources. "These little gems can help you better understand and utilize the independent publishing revolution." Robin Good's New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic n. 27. Direct and Related Links for 'Robin Good’s New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic n. 27' By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Robin Good). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips] 3:01:53 PM

"How are most blogs generating regular readership?" What Can Seth Godin Do To Increase His RSS Readership. By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Rok Hrastnik). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips] 2:56:53 PM

"you might also attract people that aren’t even using Google’s RSS reader, but will just want to “add your site to Google”. But don’t forget about some enticing copy …" The Add To Google RSS Subscribe Button. By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Rok Hrastnik). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips] 2:53:51 PM

Greg Yardley/Greg Yardley's ...: Google tests out Click-to-Call AdWords. Google tests out Click-to-Call AdWords  —  Google is apparently testing out click-to-call AdWords - I can't see it myself, but Seth just searched for 'refinance' and spotted some phone icons alongside the AdWords listings.  He entered his phone number and within five seconds received an automated phone call … Source:   Greg Yardley's Internet Blog Author:   Greg Yardley Link:   http://www.yardley.ca/blog/index.php/archives/2005/11/23/google-tests-out-click-to-call-adwords/ View discussion [tech.memeorandum] 2:50:31 PM

Google Separates AdSense, AdWords Bidding. In other words, you can now bid just for Google.com ads, or for content-driven ads from AdSense. There was a lot of confusion in the marketplace prior to this, now we'll see the two products really evolve independently. MediaPost coverage.... [John Battelle's Searchblog] 2:50:07 PM

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