Saturday, December 7, 2002

Interesting that this wasn't published here in the local Denver papers. Taking pictures of hotels is terrorism [bOing bOing] 10:52:34 PM    comment []

Book Review: Human Factors and Web Development, 2nd ed.. A collection of sixteen chapters from leading experts in the field this book provides a fascinating glimpse into current and future HCI research into man-machine interaction on the web. By Andy King. 1205 [WebReference News] 10:45:23 PM    comment []

The Art of Blogging. George Siemens writes insightfully about blogging. I am looking forward to Part 2 on the 6th. Thanks to Doc for the link. The Art of Blogging-Part 1 Overview, Definitions, Uses, and Implications Blogging is using a new medium for what it is good for - connecting and interacting. Blogging is a first generation tool built on, and taking advantage of, the unique attributes of the Internet. It has been dismissed as a self-centered passing fad...and as the new model of interactive journalism, communication, and learning. This article explores the the uses, benefits, implications, and art of blogging.   [Craig Burton: logs, links, life, and lexicon] 10:41:05 PM    comment []

Frontier News: "New beta releases of both Frontier and Radio UserLand for Mac OS X are now available."  [Scripting News] 10:37:17 PM    comment []

Practice & Theory of Blogs, cont'd. tSuibhne begs to differ a bit with George Siemens about blogs being a New Thing: I see blogs as a continuation of the zine culutre. The next logical step. Not as something that is completly new. To simply view blogs as an isolated incident that has no predecessors is to ignore its past. [The Doc Searls Weblog] 10:31:03 PM    comment []

Good mindless fun for a few minutes. 404 Fun. The Campinguys found another great 404 page (requires the Flash plug-in). [The Shifted Librarian] 10:27:52 PM    comment []

The ResourceShelf "Gary price has officially changed the name of his fabulous weblog to The Resource Shelf, plus he has a new URL : www.resourceshelf.com. Congrats Gary!!" [Library Stuff] [The Shifted Librarian] 10:22:53 PM    comment []

Interesting, but It Just Illustrates The Supremacy of Librarians. GooglePeople "Welcome to GooglePeople! Try one of the example questions, or let your imagination go wild! GooglePeople shows that with simple, yet effective, text mining techniques, answers to specific questions can be extracted from the vast data repository. GooglePeople is surprisingly accurate, but in some cases it will not be able to find your answer. It will have trouble if the answer is: not on the Web - for example, "Who was the assistant grip for Terms of Endearment?" subjective - for example, "Who is the smartest person in the world?" an unusual or non-Anglo name - for example, "Who is the King of Thailand?" " [via JD on MX, via GoogleBlog] [The Shifted Librarian] 10:21:25 PM    comment []

Just in time for Christmas. New Segway site: book of seg. Name explained here. [The Doc Searls Weblog] 10:18:59 PM    comment []

ISP's Slapping Techs For Lending A Hand [Slashdot] 10:07:02 PM    comment []

Another good use for Radio. Sam Ruby reports on RSS in the world of night clubs.  [Scripting News] 9:51:12 PM    comment []

Tech titans launch Wi-Fi company. "Intel, IBM and ATT announce a new company that combines technologies from the trio to provide wireless broadband Internet access nationwide."... [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes] 6:17:12 AM    comment []

SBC's Information Sharing Trickery [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 6:10:21 AM    comment []

Jerry Seinfeld. "It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper." [Quotes of the Day] 6:07:22 AM    comment []

Surcharge-free ATMs. You don't have to pay $2 to access your own cash. [The Motley Fool] 6:04:59 AM    comment []

Maurice Maeterlinck. "We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us." [Quotes of the Day] 6:03:54 AM    comment []

Lots going on up here. We've bought a new vehicle, at least new to us and are going to be moving into a house. Seems that our 950sq. ft. apt isn't big enough with 4 adults and the coming arrival of our 18 mo. old grandson. We're going to miss living downtown and will now become commuters on the excellent public transportation system here in Denver. 5:58:51 AM    comment []

QuickTime 6 Used To Deliver Industry's First MPEG-4 Radio Webcast : Radioio, one of the largest Internet-only radio stations in the world, and Limelight Networks, a leader in IP transport services, today announced that they have teamed up with Apple to launch a new Internet radio station based on MPEG-4. (MacMinute via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu] 5:54:55 AM    comment []