02 November 2004

Tech Tonic: Towards a New Literacy of Technology Child Advocates Challenge Current Ed Tech Standards New report says government and high-tech industry foist expensive and unproven technology on schools, hurting children and undermining real technology literacy. 8:47:50 AM    comment ? []

Steve Talbott is back Stephen L. Talbott, the editor of Netfuture, has published issue #157 of his newsletter after a four-months break. I am glad that Steve has returned and is prepared to continue to share his insights, in times when they are needed. 8:02:38 AM    comment ? []

18 June 2004

Hixie's Thoughts on Web Applications Ian Hickson provides interesting insights into the W3C Workshop on Web Applications and Compound Documents, as well as his travel experiences. See also the  Position Paper for the W3C Workshop on Web Applications and Compound Documents, jointly authored with Mozilla. 8:35:52 AM    comment ? []

23 April 2004

MIT OpenCourseWare "MIT's OpenCourseWare: a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership. MIT OCW: Is a publication of MIT course materials Does not require any registration Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity Does not provide access to MIT faculty" Having had a peek at the Problem Solving materials, I am impressed by their choices, and somewhat depressed about the pdf format. When will the web be readied for Maths? 8:40:29 AM    comment ? []

18 March 2004

9rules Paul Scrivens, ninerules : Love what you do Never stop learning Form works with function, not against it Simple can be beautiful Work hard, play hard You get what you pay for When others talk, listen Always improve Respect your inspiration. 2:44:50 PM    comment ? []

13 February 2004

RadioUserland Documentation Grand Slam Marc Barrot has compiled useful ready reference pages for understanding and using RadioUserland, showcasing his widgetry in the process. 2:33:29 PM    comment ? []

03 February 2004

Marc Barrot releases activeRenderer v2 Marc has released version 2.0.3 of activeRenderer and updated and augmented his support site and documentation. Congratulations! 8:24:58 AM    comment ? []

09 January 2004

activeRenderer vs2 Testing Marc Barrot, Precision IT Management, Inc., has initiated a testing phase of activeRenderer vs2 just before Christmas. Among other things, activeRenderer sets out to be an outline publishing tool as well as an outline browser for Radio Userland, dealing with RSS feeds and OPML files, and providing a "GUBI" (Graphical User Browser Interface). 10:13:43 AM    comment ? []

19 December 2003

How big brother and big media can put the Internet genie back in the bottle John Walker: "Over the last two years I have become deeply and increasingly pessimistic about the future of liberty and freedom of speech, particularly in regard to the Internet."  >> The Digital Imprimatur Forum provides further discussion threads. 9:20:22 AM    comment ? []

09 December 2003

Marcia Stepanek Interviews John Patrick on Weblogs John Patrick shares his insight into the corporate use of blogs in an interview with CIO Insight Executive Editor Marcia Stepanek . " ... Blogs can potentially deliver the grassroots discussions and knowledge-sharing that top-down, corporate-sponsored efforts never could." 1:32:21 PM    comment ? []

03 December 2003

Open Office and Writer2LaTeX Open Source Maths Workflow Andreas Bovens outlines an interesting open source workflow for putting, among others, Maths on the web. A document is authored in Open Office and exported with the help of Henrik Just's Writer2LaTeX, utilised as an XHTML+MathML filter. Well worth investigating. NB: Who is  Henric  Just at openoffice,  or  otherwise? 8:50:55 AM    comment ? []

06 November 2003

Ode to the Radio Userland Discussion Group Attempting to get a handle on Outline Renderers , I once again turned in my hours of need to the Radio Userland's Discussion Group . And previous experiences were confirmed. Knowledge and expertise are being freely and promptly shared and exchanged. Thanks again to the Radio Userland Community. Long may it last. 8:24:14 AM    comment ? []

30 October 2003

Radio Userland Kick Start reaches Scotland I have just received an email from Strathclyde University Bookshop, my favourite local bookseller, informing me that my order from June, of Rogers Cadenhead's long awaited RUL Kick Start, has finally arrived. A quick spin on the bike after work today may well secure the eagerly awaited read for the weekend. What I have gleaned from Rogers Cadenhead's sample chapters, as well as from his prompt and generous scripting advise to one of my pupils, leads me to recommend that RadioUserland users may both benefit themselves as well as Rogers by buying his book. 8:30:06 AM    comment ? []