A couple of things fit together from recent reading. Through the Financial Times I have found a research project into Second Life funded by IBM. There is a company website for www.seriosity.com, linked to research by Byron Reeves at Stanford and Thomas Malone at MIT. There is evidence of leadership development through online games, refencing a leadership model developed at MIT. I have now found three PDF files about this and they make a lot of sense.
Then earlier today I caught up with Buzzmachine, the blog from Jeff Jarvis. He mostly writes about media as changing with the web , but occasionally mentions education. He expacts a similar scale of change at some point to what he observes in news organisations. The universities he mentions as having content online already are Stanford and MIT. In the UK there is often mention of research and teaching universities as if there is a need to concentrate on a small number of research brands. As the effect of the web speeds up I am not sure why any research universities would be in the UK in terms of destination sites. It seems to me that the universities where there is most interest in the web are not the same ones that get research funding. Bit sweeping but something to come back to.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
I have put a comment on the blog for the New Sciences of Protection project. This is at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Lancaster, where I tried to link quality assurance and learning organisations at a previous conference on the knowledge economy. Not sure where this will go. They seem mostly interested in language, but documents can be a real cause of danger.
By the way, the Knowledge Economy will turn up again quite soon at the Work Foundation. This appears to be a study in government, not rhetoric, so could be a basis for credibility.
By the way, the Knowledge Economy will turn up again quite soon at the Work Foundation. This appears to be a study in government, not rhetoric, so could be a basis for credibility.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thinking about updating the learn9 website. I don't feel like insisting on definite statements. I think the search engine woreks well for people to find what they want or suits them.
i still think the ISO approach is useful, especially for print organisations but things are more in flux at the moment. Adobe are now promoting Flash and AIR so i think there is anew phase after Postscript and PDF. In some ways I find it hard to adjust to this but also things seem much more fluid that previously. I like Scribd for example and they could do well. The approach is fairly straightforward in using Flash to present documents online, including PDF. There are other products such as share that are still in beta on Adobe labs so I don't know what will happen eventually. Sevice providers that already do some combination of print and web design could go in various directions.
i still think the ISO approach is useful, especially for print organisations but things are more in flux at the moment. Adobe are now promoting Flash and AIR so i think there is anew phase after Postscript and PDF. In some ways I find it hard to adjust to this but also things seem much more fluid that previously. I like Scribd for example and they could do well. The approach is fairly straightforward in using Flash to present documents online, including PDF. There are other products such as share that are still in beta on Adobe labs so I don't know what will happen eventually. Sevice providers that already do some combination of print and web design could go in various directions.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Monday, February 04, 2008
Learning Technologies draft
This is a draft of a story for Ohmynews, probably to be finalised next weekend.
Adobe proposes Flash for learning
e-Skills Maturity Model continues to feature on business radar
Adobe emphasised a view of learning around Flash for video and an animated web at their stand during Learning Technologies, a show at Olympia in London last week. Although the word "Acrobat" is still used to describe a software product there was almost no mention for the Portable Document Format (PDF) widely assumed to be associated with a large proportion of current income. The implication is that Adobe anticipates a web based less on text and learning environments based less on paper. Acceptance for online learning was evidenced by e-Skills UK, featuring case studies linked to a maturity model launched at Learning Technologies last year.
The combination of Captivate and Connect allows for rapid creation of presentations starting from Powerpoint which is assumed to be familiar for most people working on training in organisations. Content is displayed through Flash whether it is video or a form of paper. Collaboration is possible through video conferencing or text chat. Connect Professional has administration features that are not available in the Acrobat Connect offer that is now part of Acrobat. Previously Acrobat was known as software relating to PDF, a format that put on screen a recognisable representation of design for a paper page. In 2005, Adobe appeared to buy Macromedia though the discussions at the time may have suggested some form of merger. Managers from Macromedia continue to be influential in several Adobe business units. When Acrobat 8 was released in 2006 it included a menu choice to launch Connect, formerly known as Breeze when part of Macromedia. Although Adobe claim there is integration between the Flash and PDF formats it is my impression that the Connect approach in Acrobat 8 has almost no relation to the rest of the PDF based part of the software that most people are familiar with. There is no way to save a record of text chat as a PDF though it can be saved as text from which a PDF could be created. There is no way to save a PDF version of slides unless the presenter chooses to offer this.If this sounds confused it is because I am confused. I am stuck on PDF as a normal route so suddenly having Flash all over the place needs some getting used to. -Will 2/3/08 1:15 PM
There were many other signs of support for video as a direction. datmedia showed how videos can be integrated with web pages through any browser. They support many channels from organisations, including the Learning Technologies event. A presentation from last year is on the datmedia website. Techsmith offer Snagit as a way to capture screen sequences as a Flash file and Camtasia Studio for related processes. Flash is assumed to be widely available or at least within the scope of software supported by a training department.
There was some evidence in progress on establishing learning as a business priority. Last year e-Skills UK launched a report - "Towards Maturity" - showing how technology is adapted in organisations. Recently Laura Overton has reported on the e-Skills website about Online Educa Berlin where Sue Todd – President and CEO of corporate University exchange - who presented details of her recent benchmarking activity with her membership organisations around the globe.
Case studies from Towards Maturity site
So far I don't see much evidence of "leadership" or senior management as a driver for e-learning. Last year my impression was that technology was introduced by people in training or IT or because people found it useful at home. Senior managers got involved when given detailed training. conversation this year suggests things may be changing. Board approval is getting easier. I am still looking at the case studies.
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Above is news, comment and quotes can follow. It strikes me that "social networking" is much discussed but academic theory around this is not connected.
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From Information World Review blog, based on Stephen Downes at Learntech Conference
I think the CoP discussion started as an academic way to describe something. It became a practical aim later. Now seen as from the past because I think the academic discussion is not connected with the blogs. I may be wrong but the people who are published in journals seem to be in a parallel world. "Networked Learning" has a critique of the idea of community but I can't find anything recent online for free. There may be something in journals but it is expensive to find out.
Ideas of Community and Implications for Theorising Networked Learning
My impression so far is that "leadership" is not a way to explain how organisations take on e-learning, and "distributed leadership" drifts back to organisation.
Back to News
From the Houston Chronicle
So what will Acrobat 9 be like? There is almost no publicity for MARS, an XML rewrite of the PDF format. I still think the hard copy aspects of communication have some sort of base. But the Adobe push on Flash and AIR (integrated runtime) mark a significant break away from page based design.
This is a draft of a story for Ohmynews, probably to be finalised next weekend.
Adobe proposes Flash for learning
e-Skills Maturity Model continues to feature on business radar
Adobe emphasised a view of learning around Flash for video and an animated web at their stand during Learning Technologies, a show at Olympia in London last week. Although the word "Acrobat" is still used to describe a software product there was almost no mention for the Portable Document Format (PDF) widely assumed to be associated with a large proportion of current income. The implication is that Adobe anticipates a web based less on text and learning environments based less on paper. Acceptance for online learning was evidenced by e-Skills UK, featuring case studies linked to a maturity model launched at Learning Technologies last year.
The combination of Captivate and Connect allows for rapid creation of presentations starting from Powerpoint which is assumed to be familiar for most people working on training in organisations. Content is displayed through Flash whether it is video or a form of paper. Collaboration is possible through video conferencing or text chat. Connect Professional has administration features that are not available in the Acrobat Connect offer that is now part of Acrobat. Previously Acrobat was known as software relating to PDF, a format that put on screen a recognisable representation of design for a paper page. In 2005, Adobe appeared to buy Macromedia though the discussions at the time may have suggested some form of merger. Managers from Macromedia continue to be influential in several Adobe business units. When Acrobat 8 was released in 2006 it included a menu choice to launch Connect, formerly known as Breeze when part of Macromedia. Although Adobe claim there is integration between the Flash and PDF formats it is my impression that the Connect approach in Acrobat 8 has almost no relation to the rest of the PDF based part of the software that most people are familiar with. There is no way to save a record of text chat as a PDF though it can be saved as text from which a PDF could be created. There is no way to save a PDF version of slides unless the presenter chooses to offer this.If this sounds confused it is because I am confused. I am stuck on PDF as a normal route so suddenly having Flash all over the place needs some getting used to. -Will 2/3/08 1:15 PM
There were many other signs of support for video as a direction. datmedia showed how videos can be integrated with web pages through any browser. They support many channels from organisations, including the Learning Technologies event. A presentation from last year is on the datmedia website. Techsmith offer Snagit as a way to capture screen sequences as a Flash file and Camtasia Studio for related processes. Flash is assumed to be widely available or at least within the scope of software supported by a training department.
There was some evidence in progress on establishing learning as a business priority. Last year e-Skills UK launched a report - "Towards Maturity" - showing how technology is adapted in organisations. Recently Laura Overton has reported on the e-Skills website about Online Educa Berlin where Sue Todd – President and CEO of corporate University exchange - who presented details of her recent benchmarking activity with her membership organisations around the globe.
Her research shows that businesses are waking up to the value of learning to the bottom line of their business. Sue believes this as potentially a great thing as learning success in the future will require training to be perceived as a core business process supporting business goals in the same way as marketing or manufacturing does.
Case studies from Towards Maturity site
So far I don't see much evidence of "leadership" or senior management as a driver for e-learning. Last year my impression was that technology was introduced by people in training or IT or because people found it useful at home. Senior managers got involved when given detailed training. conversation this year suggests things may be changing. Board approval is getting easier. I am still looking at the case studies.
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Above is news, comment and quotes can follow. It strikes me that "social networking" is much discussed but academic theory around this is not connected.
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The question for information professionals working across all types of sectors and organisations is what will the impact be on them and their work is learning 2.0 in all its proliferations does turn out to be something more than marketing hype. One cast-iron reason why it may stay the course is the simple reason that people (and especially younger learners) appear to enjoy the freedom, interconnection, and interactivity that is on offer. A few years ago one of the ways that the internet was fostering learning (especially informal learning and knowledge sharing) was through communities of practice (CoPs). These CoPs are individuals which technology could connect and bring together so that they could share knowledge and improve both individual and organisational performance through sharing of experience in an unstructured way. Just by belonging to the community your experience, knowledge and expertise was assumed and accepted. Learning 2.0 can be seen as the young cousin of CoPs. Learning 2.0 is social network transformed for a learning purpose.
From Information World Review blog, based on Stephen Downes at Learntech Conference
I think the CoP discussion started as an academic way to describe something. It became a practical aim later. Now seen as from the past because I think the academic discussion is not connected with the blogs. I may be wrong but the people who are published in journals seem to be in a parallel world. "Networked Learning" has a critique of the idea of community but I can't find anything recent online for free. There may be something in journals but it is expensive to find out.
Ideas of Community and Implications for Theorising Networked Learning
My impression so far is that "leadership" is not a way to explain how organisations take on e-learning, and "distributed leadership" drifts back to organisation.
Back to News
From the Houston Chronicle
"While Adobe will have new product releases this year (including Photoshop Express, Acrobat 9 and Creative Suite 4 in our view), we are concerned that these won't be strong enough to buck the picture of deteriorating demand," MacMillan said.analyst Ross MacMillan said in a client note. He also cut his price target to $30 from $50.
So what will Acrobat 9 be like? There is almost no publicity for MARS, an XML rewrite of the PDF format. I still think the hard copy aspects of communication have some sort of base. But the Adobe push on Flash and AIR (integrated runtime) mark a significant break away from page based design.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Friday, January 04, 2008
BETT story for MyNews India
A revised version will be sent to OhmyNews after the event
Schools Minister suggests parents can solve UK bandwidth problems
BETT chance to compare rich internet applications
Jim Knight, UK Schools Minister, has told The Guardian that parents should now assume responsibility for providing IT resources at home, including web access. "We need to get to a point where in the same way when they start school the expectation is you've [the parent] got to find a school uniform, provide them with something to write with and probably these days a calculator, and in secondary school some sports gear - well, you add to that some IT." The statement came in an interview with Will Woodward who reports that "parents could be required to provide their children with high-speed internet access under plans being drawn up by ministers in partnership with some of the country's leading IT firms."
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2235303,00.html
Talks continue with companies such as Microsoft, BT, Sky, Virgin and RM to help close the widening achievement gap between pupils from the richest and poorest families. More than one million UK children have no access to a computer at home. The issues will be discussed at next week's BETT show on educational technology at Olympia. Last year Jim Knight announced at BETT a Home Access Taskforce following a study by Intel. Dell and RM on "universal home access".
The implication is that access to the web is now accepted as part of a learning environment. Jim Knight made the case for better web access-
"Obviously you need to make that affordable, you need to make that universal otherwise you just advantage those who can afford it. To some extent that's the case at the moment, where 50% of homes have got IT broadband, but they are hugely powerful educational tools ... we know from the research evidence the difference that information technology can make."
Much educational design has been intended to restrict access to unreliable information and to avoid time wasting through networking. Products at the 2008 BETT will include Autology, based on corporate technology from Autonomy, which is limited to 12,000 websites believed to be "credible". As reported in Personal Computer World, Bloxx will demonstrate how to "block bandwidth-hogging social-networking sites" and also block "proxy servers that allow crafty students to get on the web."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6245899.stm
www.bloxx.com
www.autology.com
http://www.pcw.co.uk/crn/analysis/2206425/safe-bett-innovation-3724662
There has yet to be any official statement in 2008 about the future use of open source software in UK schools. Many people at home are using Firefox and Open Office even if Linux is rare on the desktop. This is one way that web access is easier to afford. The statement from Jim Knight seems still mainly concerned with negotiating for discounts from existing sources, suggesting that "the government could in effect procure millions of new customers for them".
Last year BECTA, an advisory body, suggested delay in accepting Windows Vista and new versions of Office. There was also some support for Open Source. Asked by ZD NET about alternatives to Microsoft, Stephen Lucey said "The majority of functionality is not used in schools' typical use. But if schools make use of the additional functionality in Office 2007 then it is a decision for them".
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285734,00.htm
However, in October 2007 BECTA complained about Microsoft to the Office of Fair Trading claiming "alleged anti-competitive practices by Microsoft in the schools software marketplace and in relation to Microsoft's approach to document interoperability." The licences available sometimes have the effect that cost differences are not easy to identify when considering choices. "Document Interoperability" is probably a reference to the Open Document Format used in Open Office and supported as an international standard by ISO. However there is no apparent change in approach to open source. "Open source is a separate issue, and schools can make their own decision," said a Becta spokesman to ZD Net.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39290148,00.htm
"This is a mini-step in the right direction, but what Becta is actually doing is keeping Microsoft in front of the market to the exclusion of alternatives," said Mark Taylor of the Open Source Consortium pressure group."They're in danger of looking a bit silly, giving the market a non-recommendation and showing a lack of direction."
There are critics of the BETT event who notice the costs involved for the major stands at Olympia. Graham Brown-Martin on Handheld Learning describes BETT as "an event where the combined investment of all the participating companies, attendees, etc could probably fund the provision of a million learners with a device and connectivity. Or even a couple of new schools." There is some enthusiasm for the event, but then Brown-Martin answers his own question. "Where would we be without the annual pilgrimage to Olympia following the holiday season?" Possibly at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, seen as a bit more "glamorous". The Handheld Learning article continues to make a case that it is consumer electronics driving the home adoption of ICT as the Web is known in education.
http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/content/view/43/2/
I would certainly agree that the most interesting stands are not always the largest. Open Source software will probably be on the balcony of the smaller hall, somewhere near Open Forum Europe. But BETT is now the only UK computer event that fills most of the space at Olympia. There is now a trend for companies to organise their own events that sometimes appear to be a closed world. BETT may be the only chance in 2008 to compare the new approaches to "Rich Internet Applications" from Adobe and Microsoft. Both are moving away from a web based on text. Video and animation are seen as a way forward. Computerworld has reported that during 2008 Microsoft will compete with Flash through Silverlight.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9053739&pageNumber=2
At BETT 2007 Microsoft announced Grava, for creating content. My impression was that this was a sort of bundle of Expression tools adjusted for education. There has not been much news since that I can find.
http://connect.microsoft.com/Grava/content/content.aspx?ContentID=4256
Adobe are promoting Creative Suite so there will be some familiarity in schools. There may be more emphasis on coding at BETT as the future of applications depends on support from developers.
Moodle and other open source developers will be there. My guess is that a high proportion of developers will be considering open source options. the BECTA concern with "Document Interoperability" is only part of this discussion.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/27/broadband_summit_berr/
Jim Knight is not the only UK government minister concerned about bandwidth. Chris Williams in The Register reported a "next generation broadband summit" hosted by Stephen Timms, Competitiveness Minister at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). Knight takes the view that the meeting decided "that they definitely need to start thinking around what to do about the UK's creaking internet infrastructure at some unspecified point in the future (perhaps)." There will be a vision statement and a further meeting later in 2008. Ofcom chief Ed Richards made it clear that the regulator won't be intervening to encourage early investment. He said: "Ofcom's role is to deliver a robust regulatory framework allowing industry to deploy when there is a clear business case for doing so."
This is the same sort of approach that minimises a role for government as such in providing a web environment for learning. My own opinion is that statements such as "the UK will be not too far behind in the knowledge economy by such a such a date" are actually to be welcomed as something relevant might then happen. At least UK parents have been warned about the dangers of the digital divide. They have only themselves to blame.
A revised version will be sent to OhmyNews after the event
Schools Minister suggests parents can solve UK bandwidth problems
BETT chance to compare rich internet applications
Jim Knight, UK Schools Minister, has told The Guardian that parents should now assume responsibility for providing IT resources at home, including web access. "We need to get to a point where in the same way when they start school the expectation is you've [the parent] got to find a school uniform, provide them with something to write with and probably these days a calculator, and in secondary school some sports gear - well, you add to that some IT." The statement came in an interview with Will Woodward who reports that "parents could be required to provide their children with high-speed internet access under plans being drawn up by ministers in partnership with some of the country's leading IT firms."
http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2235303,00.html
Talks continue with companies such as Microsoft, BT, Sky, Virgin and RM to help close the widening achievement gap between pupils from the richest and poorest families. More than one million UK children have no access to a computer at home. The issues will be discussed at next week's BETT show on educational technology at Olympia. Last year Jim Knight announced at BETT a Home Access Taskforce following a study by Intel. Dell and RM on "universal home access".
The implication is that access to the web is now accepted as part of a learning environment. Jim Knight made the case for better web access-
"Obviously you need to make that affordable, you need to make that universal otherwise you just advantage those who can afford it. To some extent that's the case at the moment, where 50% of homes have got IT broadband, but they are hugely powerful educational tools ... we know from the research evidence the difference that information technology can make."
Much educational design has been intended to restrict access to unreliable information and to avoid time wasting through networking. Products at the 2008 BETT will include Autology, based on corporate technology from Autonomy, which is limited to 12,000 websites believed to be "credible". As reported in Personal Computer World, Bloxx will demonstrate how to "block bandwidth-hogging social-networking sites" and also block "proxy servers that allow crafty students to get on the web."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6245899.stm
www.bloxx.com
www.autology.com
http://www.pcw.co.uk/crn/analysis/2206425/safe-bett-innovation-3724662
There has yet to be any official statement in 2008 about the future use of open source software in UK schools. Many people at home are using Firefox and Open Office even if Linux is rare on the desktop. This is one way that web access is easier to afford. The statement from Jim Knight seems still mainly concerned with negotiating for discounts from existing sources, suggesting that "the government could in effect procure millions of new customers for them".
Last year BECTA, an advisory body, suggested delay in accepting Windows Vista and new versions of Office. There was also some support for Open Source. Asked by ZD NET about alternatives to Microsoft, Stephen Lucey said "The majority of functionality is not used in schools' typical use. But if schools make use of the additional functionality in Office 2007 then it is a decision for them".
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285734,00.htm
However, in October 2007 BECTA complained about Microsoft to the Office of Fair Trading claiming "alleged anti-competitive practices by Microsoft in the schools software marketplace and in relation to Microsoft's approach to document interoperability." The licences available sometimes have the effect that cost differences are not easy to identify when considering choices. "Document Interoperability" is probably a reference to the Open Document Format used in Open Office and supported as an international standard by ISO. However there is no apparent change in approach to open source. "Open source is a separate issue, and schools can make their own decision," said a Becta spokesman to ZD Net.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39290148,00.htm
"This is a mini-step in the right direction, but what Becta is actually doing is keeping Microsoft in front of the market to the exclusion of alternatives," said Mark Taylor of the Open Source Consortium pressure group."They're in danger of looking a bit silly, giving the market a non-recommendation and showing a lack of direction."
There are critics of the BETT event who notice the costs involved for the major stands at Olympia. Graham Brown-Martin on Handheld Learning describes BETT as "an event where the combined investment of all the participating companies, attendees, etc could probably fund the provision of a million learners with a device and connectivity. Or even a couple of new schools." There is some enthusiasm for the event, but then Brown-Martin answers his own question. "Where would we be without the annual pilgrimage to Olympia following the holiday season?" Possibly at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, seen as a bit more "glamorous". The Handheld Learning article continues to make a case that it is consumer electronics driving the home adoption of ICT as the Web is known in education.
http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/content/view/43/2/
I would certainly agree that the most interesting stands are not always the largest. Open Source software will probably be on the balcony of the smaller hall, somewhere near Open Forum Europe. But BETT is now the only UK computer event that fills most of the space at Olympia. There is now a trend for companies to organise their own events that sometimes appear to be a closed world. BETT may be the only chance in 2008 to compare the new approaches to "Rich Internet Applications" from Adobe and Microsoft. Both are moving away from a web based on text. Video and animation are seen as a way forward. Computerworld has reported that during 2008 Microsoft will compete with Flash through Silverlight.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9053739&pageNumber=2
At BETT 2007 Microsoft announced Grava, for creating content. My impression was that this was a sort of bundle of Expression tools adjusted for education. There has not been much news since that I can find.
http://connect.microsoft.com/Grava/content/content.aspx?ContentID=4256
Adobe are promoting Creative Suite so there will be some familiarity in schools. There may be more emphasis on coding at BETT as the future of applications depends on support from developers.
Moodle and other open source developers will be there. My guess is that a high proportion of developers will be considering open source options. the BECTA concern with "Document Interoperability" is only part of this discussion.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/27/broadband_summit_berr/
Jim Knight is not the only UK government minister concerned about bandwidth. Chris Williams in The Register reported a "next generation broadband summit" hosted by Stephen Timms, Competitiveness Minister at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). Knight takes the view that the meeting decided "that they definitely need to start thinking around what to do about the UK's creaking internet infrastructure at some unspecified point in the future (perhaps)." There will be a vision statement and a further meeting later in 2008. Ofcom chief Ed Richards made it clear that the regulator won't be intervening to encourage early investment. He said: "Ofcom's role is to deliver a robust regulatory framework allowing industry to deploy when there is a clear business case for doing so."
This is the same sort of approach that minimises a role for government as such in providing a web environment for learning. My own opinion is that statements such as "the UK will be not too far behind in the knowledge economy by such a such a date" are actually to be welcomed as something relevant might then happen. At least UK parents have been warned about the dangers of the digital divide. They have only themselves to blame.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Saturday, December 08, 2007
At the Online Information show I was looking for a chance to photograph the book - Everything is Miscellaneous. The FT must have had one stand too many as this one was unattended.
More photos at Flickr
Thursday, December 06, 2007
There is a post about e-books on the InfoToday blog
I think e-books or access to content online has indeed made it for academics and related readers. More on this later.
I think e-books or access to content online has indeed made it for academics and related readers. More on this later.
I still can't find any London paper based reviews for 'Everything Is Miscellaneous' by David Weinberger. I realise I am repeating myself but I hope to raise this with the publishing panel around lunchtime. I asked the question on the Guardian Books Talk and the explanation so far is that London reviewers don't recognise hardbacks published in New York.
I think they should have a case by case sort of approach. This book in an earlier version was a keynote for this event. Now not much sign of interest in the book. Still on Amazon UK and video of similar content is on Youtube.
I think they should have a case by case sort of approach. This book in an earlier version was a keynote for this event. Now not much sign of interest in the book. Still on Amazon UK and video of similar content is on Youtube.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
There is web access in the press office. They have let me in as a blogger. Things are looking up.
Yesterday one of the free seminars close to the exhibition was about how to source business information from BRIC, Brazil India Russia China or emerging markets in general. It was seen as a problem that so much information is not originally in English.
As I understand it, the Wikipedia policy at the moment is to address the problem that not enough languages other than English are well represented. But here on the locally/globally blog it turns out that some people seek out English anyway.
There could still be symbiosis between various forms of structure and approach. The word "symbiosis" keeps turning up. No news yet on the voting for Japanese buzzwords.
Yesterday one of the free seminars close to the exhibition was about how to source business information from BRIC, Brazil India Russia China or emerging markets in general. It was seen as a problem that so much information is not originally in English.
As I understand it, the Wikipedia policy at the moment is to address the problem that not enough languages other than English are well represented. But here on the locally/globally blog it turns out that some people seek out English anyway.
There could still be symbiosis between various forms of structure and approach. The word "symbiosis" keeps turning up. No news yet on the voting for Japanese buzzwords.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
More Googling on "Jimmy Wales Wikipedia" finds this in the jamendo blog-
Breaking news: Wikipedia announces Creative Commons compatibility!
Sylvain (Jamendo’s CTO) just got back from a Wikipedia/iCommons party in San Francisco where he taped a very exciting announcement from Jimmy Wales : Creative Commons, Wikimedia and the Free Software Foundation just agreed to make the current Wikipedia license (the GFDL) compatible with Creative Commons (CC BY-SA). As Jimbo puts it, “This is the party to celebrate the liberation of Wikipedia”.
There is some info from the Online Information conference keynote in the IWR blog.
The InfoToday blog will have more on this later.
Breaking news: Wikipedia announces Creative Commons compatibility!
Sylvain (Jamendo’s CTO) just got back from a Wikipedia/iCommons party in San Francisco where he taped a very exciting announcement from Jimmy Wales : Creative Commons, Wikimedia and the Free Software Foundation just agreed to make the current Wikipedia license (the GFDL) compatible with Creative Commons (CC BY-SA). As Jimbo puts it, “This is the party to celebrate the liberation of Wikipedia”.
There is some info from the Online Information conference keynote in the IWR blog.
The InfoToday blog will have more on this later.
Well the bad news is that Easy web access on Kensington High Street is about to become Easy something else. So I have gone back to Earl's Court where I know the deal is good. One Great British Pound then stay as long as you like. No return number though.
Link to Internet Lounge
There is a rumor that either Olympia or Earl's Court is about to become a giant Pizza Express with flats on the top. My vote would be to keep Earl's Court. It seems more like a high street.
Not much yet on Google searching with onlineinfo2007 . Karen Blakeman has a blog but only one post so far.
Link to Internet Lounge
There is a rumor that either Olympia or Earl's Court is about to become a giant Pizza Express with flats on the top. My vote would be to keep Earl's Court. It seems more like a high street.
Not much yet on Google searching with onlineinfo2007 . Karen Blakeman has a blog but only one post so far.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
MyNews India have published my story ahead of Online Information. I was invited to contribute following stories in OhmyNews. I tend to keep text in draft and am often not sure whether to send in something ahead of an event or to wait for more definite information. So I sent the slightly speculative version to MyNews India and probably the eventual version for OhmyNews will be much the same except for the direct quotes. But who can tell? And they may get some other stories from Olympia anyway. Do send them in and don't worry about a variet of points of view. The editors can cope.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
outline script bailrigg
This set of short YouTube videos shows the basis of a future video / chat show covering a conversation during a walk from Info21 to the Spicy Hut at Lancaster University. Further explanation later. Production standards to be improved if and when this can be explained to the resource controller.
Info 21 cafe, Lancaster University
Start of a journey to the Spicy Hut. Gather confidence in an IT project, supported through some vision of quality.
Route from Info 21, Lancaster University
Moves towards Alexander Square. Part of a journey to hold on to an IT vision.
Towards George Fox Building, Lancaster
Towards conference centre, and probably a critique of any project from many visiting directions.
Away from George Fox Building, Lancaster
Route returns towards Alexander Square. If it is not raining the tree could be a spot for some reflection.
Towards Management School, Lancaster
Further discussion may just make things more complicated. Look out for shape shifters.
Venue, towards Alexander Square. Lancaster
Another chance for reflection
Alexander Square, bookshop and library
Check out hard copy links
Leaving Alexander Square. Lancaster
From the newsagent in the opposite corner to the library. Another corridor, look out for sudden gusts of wind.
Institute for Advanced Studies, Lancaster
Could be a place to discuss language, or forms of realism.
Web and coffee at Institute for Advanced Studies
Almost like a proper cyber cafe. You may need a password. Wifi works ok at Info21.
Continuing Education
If there are still issues with the IT project, at least comparison with life long learning may reveal that someone is already doing something similar at home.
Towards the Spicy Hut, Lancaster
Shows the final corner. Can you still meet someone else and explain what the project is about? Don't worry about the food.
This set of short YouTube videos shows the basis of a future video / chat show covering a conversation during a walk from Info21 to the Spicy Hut at Lancaster University. Further explanation later. Production standards to be improved if and when this can be explained to the resource controller.
Info 21 cafe, Lancaster University
Start of a journey to the Spicy Hut. Gather confidence in an IT project, supported through some vision of quality.
Route from Info 21, Lancaster University
Moves towards Alexander Square. Part of a journey to hold on to an IT vision.
Towards George Fox Building, Lancaster
Towards conference centre, and probably a critique of any project from many visiting directions.
Away from George Fox Building, Lancaster
Route returns towards Alexander Square. If it is not raining the tree could be a spot for some reflection.
Towards Management School, Lancaster
Further discussion may just make things more complicated. Look out for shape shifters.
Venue, towards Alexander Square. Lancaster
Another chance for reflection
Alexander Square, bookshop and library
Check out hard copy links
Leaving Alexander Square. Lancaster
From the newsagent in the opposite corner to the library. Another corridor, look out for sudden gusts of wind.
Institute for Advanced Studies, Lancaster
Could be a place to discuss language, or forms of realism.
Web and coffee at Institute for Advanced Studies
Almost like a proper cyber cafe. You may need a password. Wifi works ok at Info21.
Continuing Education
If there are still issues with the IT project, at least comparison with life long learning may reveal that someone is already doing something similar at home.
Towards the Spicy Hut, Lancaster
Shows the final corner. Can you still meet someone else and explain what the project is about? Don't worry about the food.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
OhmyNews has now published my story on the ISO survey. They dropped the words "Quality Management" from the headline but otherwise most of what i sent in has been accepted.
China Leads Continued Growth in ISO 9000
New developments in information security
Possibly last year's version was not as likely to be published as it was less definite.
Continued growth in China use of ISO 9000
Mixed sector pattern in USA and UK
I hope to find response and comment on this story and the survey. I think it is a significant stage when ISO 9000 has momentum outside the UK and the history of BS5750.
China Leads Continued Growth in ISO 9000
New developments in information security
Possibly last year's version was not as likely to be published as it was less definite.
Continued growth in China use of ISO 9000
Mixed sector pattern in USA and UK
I hope to find response and comment on this story and the survey. I think it is a significant stage when ISO 9000 has momentum outside the UK and the history of BS5750.
Monday, November 26, 2007
ISO publishes survey for 2006.
I have tried to do a story on this for OhmyNews. I am not sure who reads OhmyNews. It could be anyone in English speaking countries but I think it is people near Korea who want to expand on use of English. So the China and Japan aspects of the recent survey could be interesting for them.
I tried before with a story about the 2005 survey. The editors found it too hard to follow for a general audience and I could not work out how to explain it better. For the 2006 survey I have tried to stick more to hard facts and leave the opinions and speculation for later.
There could be several stories from different points of view. In the UK ISO9000 is clearly in decline and there are people who claim this is a good thing. But on a global basis it is still growing and the sector specific standards have a base in at least one major country. To establish how the basic management approach supports learning only requires a few case studies that can be followed.
More later when I hear from the editors. The survey free version itself is a PDF.
I have tried to do a story on this for OhmyNews. I am not sure who reads OhmyNews. It could be anyone in English speaking countries but I think it is people near Korea who want to expand on use of English. So the China and Japan aspects of the recent survey could be interesting for them.
I tried before with a story about the 2005 survey. The editors found it too hard to follow for a general audience and I could not work out how to explain it better. For the 2006 survey I have tried to stick more to hard facts and leave the opinions and speculation for later.
There could be several stories from different points of view. In the UK ISO9000 is clearly in decline and there are people who claim this is a good thing. But on a global basis it is still growing and the sector specific standards have a base in at least one major country. To establish how the basic management approach supports learning only requires a few case studies that can be followed.
More later when I hear from the editors. The survey free version itself is a PDF.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
OhmyNews have published my story on the LCC Futures Conference. David Penfold spoke about the Semantic Web as well as Web 2.0 and suggested ways to work with both. This is encouraging as to how the Online Information show may go. He chairs a panel discussion about publishing on the final day.
Apple was included in the discussion, mostly around the iTune University though there is no announced plan outside the USA and Canada. Deakin now teaches video editing as a standard part of journalism courses. Not very academic? Not in the newspaper recruitment spec? Maybe but surely they are correct. Check back next year for an update.
Apologies for the clumsy painting on the slide. Playing with the levels helped at first but it soon went adrift.
Apple was included in the discussion, mostly around the iTune University though there is no announced plan outside the USA and Canada. Deakin now teaches video editing as a standard part of journalism courses. Not very academic? Not in the newspaper recruitment spec? Maybe but surely they are correct. Check back next year for an update.
Apologies for the clumsy painting on the slide. Playing with the levels helped at first but it soon went adrift.
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