Financing Firefox.

Mozilla Goes Corporate (PC World). PC World - Foundation's corporate arm will fund Firefox development and promote open source. [Yahoo! News: Technology News]

11:38:56 AM    

Are your readers deleting cookies?

According to this article, 60 percent of internet users delete cookies from their primary computers. Since cookies are a common means of tracking e-Learning progress, how can you be sure that your application will still work? If part of your marketing strategy relies on cookies, might you want to re-think how you are marketing?

[Globe and Mail]

11:36:15 AM    

The Semantic Web.

"Whereas the web is now set up to help users find documents that may have the information you want, the Semantic Web would catalogue important data indicating the type of information, enabling a new dimension of archiving and search."

Inventor of the Web Explains Next-Gen 'Semantic Web'. Tim Berners-Lee, "inventor of the World Wide Web," speaks about the launch of the next generation of his creation, the Semantic Web, in an interview run by MarketingProfs. Whereas the web is now set... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing]

11:19:00 AM    

Video game technology in education.

Note: the focus here is on K-12 education.

Innovate.

The August/September issue of Innovate focuses on "the role of video game technology in current and future educational settings."

11:16:21 AM    

Getting past ROI.

Godfrey Parkin makes a number of excellent points in this post. Unfortunately, he doesn't say much about solutions. My own bias is to use the Balanced Scorecard approach, which is a well-accepted means of justifying projects in many companies. Even CFOs understand the Balanced Scorecard.

"One of my frequent recommendations is that training departments learn something about data collection from their marketing colleagues, and set up the ability to run surveys and focus groups, to investigate learner satisfaction, customer attitudes, job impacts, attitudes, and manager perceptions. This skill is often absent in training departments, which is a pity because these methods can produce great insights and save money and time."

[Parkin's Lot]

11:04:54 AM    

Critical thinking tools.

'... much of the current interest in teaching thinking skills is prompted by technology-driven changes in the nature of work'. - Rupert Wegerif

Critical Thinking.

Useful listing of critical thinking resources. I find that it's increasingly important to acknowledge not only the construct of logical/critical thinking...but to provide a balancing anchor that reflects the influence of emotions on creating cognitive constructs.

10:57:34 AM    

Podcast marketing.

PodCast Radio Show - Tuesday, August 2, 2005.

In today's PodCast Radio Show, Live from the PodCast Marketing Promenade we look deeper into PodCast Marketing and today's Internet Marketing Tip, Workplace and Workspace Disillusionment' with our guest, 'The Vocational Shrink', John Schaefer.  We enjoy another 97 Second Internet Marketers Marketing Update, 'Sending Press Releases To Wrong Person and Place' with Randall Blaum.

[PodCast Radio Show - PodCast Marketing from the PodCast Promenade]

10:55:37 AM    

Apple's new mouse.

"The design itself is similar to that of the current Mac mouse, with the white plastic case not immediately revealing itself to have multiple buttons. Touch sensors, rather than actual buttons, can detect a right or left click. As for the other changes, the small trackball peeks out the top, and two other, slightly grayish buttons can be squeezed on the side of the mouse. The side buttons can be programmed to get one-click access to 10.4.2 Tiger operating system features such as Spotlight and Dashboard, the company said."

Apple's mouse goes Mighty. New device lets people scroll vertically, horizontally and even diagonally, and has four programmable buttons.
Photos: Mighty Mouse [CNET News.com]

10:52:50 AM    

Robin Good's Official Guide to Web Conferencing and Live Presentation Tools.

Online Version - updated to June 2005. Free access to preview, guide access provided for a fee.

10:30:04 AM    

Best screen sharing tools.

Another great review by Robin Good.

[Kolabora]

10:23:44 AM    

Another great resource for tool information.

Online Powerpoint Presentation Tools - Best of Class: June 2005 by Robin Good. Link is to Kolabora.

"To effectively deliver a PowerPoint presentation or screen recording on the Web, the traditional means of converting individual slides to GIF and JPG image files is not effective anymore.

In about 35 mins. of effective audio visual show, I can give you a good roundup of the best rich-media web presentation tools that are available out there."

10:20:37 AM    

Macromedia Captivate vs. Qarbon Viewletbuilder Pro.

Everyone is always interested in comparisons between functionally similar products. This comparison was published in January 2005, but I've just come across it.

Comparison is in [The Distant Librarian], which has a category on tutorials that you should take a look at as well.

10:14:45 AM