Thursday, July 14, 2005
Getting your feeds.RSS Readers: Narrowing Down Your Choices. The first thing in this article that really caught my eye was how Firefox has offered easy to use RSS aggregation since 2004. But moving on beyond that, I think it is interesting that My Yahoo is the number one way for people to get their feeds! Why? Simple. Ever since my first day at Lockergnome, I have been stating RSS will become mainstream once it is easy enough for anyone to use. It is… Direct and Related Links for 'RSS Readers: Narrowing Down Your Choices' By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Matt Hartley). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips]10:29:34 PM 
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YAPA (Yet Another Podcasting Article).Review: Podcasting Easy for Everyone (AP). AP - My introduction to podcasting — the convergence of iPods, broadcasting and the time-shifting that TiVo popularized — came when Apple's iTunes recently began making podcasts available for download. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 4:37:18 PM
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Java fragmentation issues and m-Learning.Cell phone manufacturers, in trying to get competitive devices to market quickly, have ensured that a Java application that runs on one cell phone probably won't run on others. Cellphones, from the developer's point of view, are like snowflakes -- no two are alike. This is yet another driving force working in favor of Macromedia's Flash Lite, at least with the new and coming generation of phones. 'Write once, run anywhere' not working for phones. Sun's Java for cell phones was supposed to let developers write a single program that could run on any handset. Wishful thinking? "Fragmentation is the one major roadblock that could mean the difference between success and failure for developers embracing this market," Allen Lau, the chief technology officer at Tira Wireless, wrote in an article in the trade publication Java World. 4:13:47 PM
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Privacy: A graphic model.While searching for materials on accountability matrices for a project management article, I came across this.
Pretty cool idea, kind of like the Johari Window for business processes. I'm going to find a way to use this puppy, even though it doesn't have anything to do with my original search. The "Accountability Matrix" appears in The Transparent Society by David Brin, and I found it cited in [Phil Windley's Technometria] 4:02:05 PM
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Roadrunner culture.Maybe it's time to switch off and slow down. Maybe even in e-Learning. 2:34:47 PM
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Learning Objects: A Rose by Any Other Name . . . - Susan E. Metros, Educause Review. Over the last three years, the buzz in educational technology circles has shifted from “What are learning objects?” to “Whatever happened to learning objects?” Learning objects evolved out of the object-oriented, reusable code protocols of computer scienc [Online Learning Update] 9:42:17 AM
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Trend: Podcasting in Academic and Corporate Learning - Learning Circuits. Podcasting. You may have heard the term and wondered what it meant. Or you may already be listening to podcasts and pondering how they might be used with learners. This article will provide a basic explanation of podcasting, highlight some uses in learnin [Online Learning Update] 9:42:09 AM
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E-Learning Standards Update - Ryann K. Ellis, Learning Circuits. Here’s a non-technical look at evolving e-learning standards, what the standards intend to achieve, the key players involved in developing the standards, and some implications for the future. The e-learning industry continues to expand every day, and the [Online Learning Update] 9:41:58 AM
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