e-Clippings 12.5.01

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world."
"What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester
Viereck," for the October 26, 1929 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

"Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a
valuable gift and not as a hard duty ."
Albert Einstein
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**Alright – let's hear some clicking going on out there!
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O.K. so hopefully we are back on the regular Wednesday schedule now.
I know this next statement will land me firmly in the ranks of the
VERY geek BUT I am actually excited that my favorite browser, Opera
(www.opera.com), is out with version 6.0 and it appears to be MUCH
more stable than version 5.*. I mean, have you ever gotten an upgrade
for a product and you can't even tell that anything has changed
except that it now runs slower and occupies more space on your hard
drive? With Opera, you can smell the intellectual fires burning.

For those of you not in the know, Opera is a free browser (one, small
ad window in the upper right corner will go away for $35 USD). It is
fast. Very fast. And it has great features like the ability to open
multiple windows within one application (MDI Multiple Document
Interface as opposed to IE or NS's SDI Single Document
Interface). My own personal favorite feature is the ability to save
entire sets of windows and then reopen the entire set whenever
you'd like to.

If you missed it, here is a recent story that discusses some of the
drama around Opera and why it is rapidly gaining not only users but
market influence as well.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22618.html

Since this issue is also a smidge shorter than the normal issue, I
wanted to take the opportunity to include some links to articles and
book reviews that are longer than the normal news item found here in
e-Clippings. While time is tight for all of us, some of these items
push us to think more broadly than we normally do and for me at
least, usually spawn some new lateral thinking. I have included this
section at the very end of the newsltter.

Enjoy,
Mark Oehlert, Editor
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NEWS

BUSINESS WEEK: E-LEARNING VENTURES FLOURISHING
E-learning ventures are flourishing amid the dot-com bust.
International Data (IDC) estimates that almost 50 percent of the
4,000 major American institutions offer Web-based courses or augment
their classes with the Internet. John G. Flores, head of the U.S.
Distance Learning Association, predicts that the number of students
taking online courses from such institutions could skyrocket from
about 2 million to 6 million between now and 2006. Perhaps the
greatest market for e-learning will be developing nations that lack
the facilities needed to educate their burgeoning college-age
populations.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_49/b3760072.htm

CUVIELLO: NO MORE ISLANDS OF ENTERPRISES
An Army executive CIO board has been visiting different commands over
recent months to learn and share best business practices, said Army
CIO Lt. Gen. Peter M. Cuviello, in an effort to take the service from
information hoarding to knowledge sharing.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17543-1.html

Breaking down data-sharing barriers
A State Department plan to tighten the nation's borders by
pooling data across 40 federal agencies is emerging as a model
for breaking down barriers to governmentwide collaboration.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/1203/pol-state-12-03-01.asp


TRENDS SECTION

Sun CEO Scott McNealy talks about his vision of IT for the
21st century, the WebTone concept, and more, in an exclusive
interview with David Berlind.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=3b-XhmVINdfJvjnL2i5PcusrA4WXRRR

ARE YOU THERE GOD? (IT'S ME HAL): Techies and theologians are
talking about the spiritual implications of the Web, robots and
virtual reality—and they think business leaders should too.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeGEaaQH81a9n1Ozb/

**You know, its just like putting out Christmas displays in September
– it seems every year the "prediction" bandwagon just
starts rolling earlier and earlier.*
TECH GURUS PREDICT WHAT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER: Darwin asked a
group of business and technology visionaries what we need from
technology in the coming year and what we're likely to get.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeGvaaQH0ua9nkbob/

PREDICTION 2002: 8 TOP TRENDS FOR WIRELESS COMPUTING: Sept. 11 set
the stage. It demonstrated the crucial capabilities of wireless
communications and mobile computing. Now 2002 is shaping up as a
watershed year for wireless. But don't take my word for it. Take
Martin Dunsby's. Let him tell you how and why wireless will play a
major role in your life next year.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt1205/2829795:9649913

NOBEL FOUNDATION DEBUTS LEARNING-CENTERED E-MUSEUM
The Nobel Foundation's six-year-old Web site has been transformed
into a virtual museum, featuring interactive content on science and
culture. Visitors to the Nobel e-Museum can access games, animation,
demonstrations, audio, and video content. The Wallenberg Foundation
provided funding for the educational content, and Cisco Systems
supplied the networking infrastructure.
http://www.ciscoworldmagazine.com/monthly/2001/11/nobel.shtml


EMERGING TECH SECTION

Sharp Linux PDA needs apps now! Fabulous prizes to be won!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23185.html

SHARP OFFERS A PEEK AT LINUX-BASED PDA: Zaurus handheld will be
available early next year, but it may cost more than the competition.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,74023,tk,dn120401X,00.asp


SECURITY SECTION

'Pentagone' worm spreading fast
A mass-mailing e-mail worm started to spread quickly Tuesday,
prompting antivirus software makers to advise their customers
to upgrade their virus definitions. Dubbed Pentagone, Goner or
Gone, the Visual Basic Script program spreads via e-mail and
the messaging system ICQ.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=65-K83zIDPGMglrRDhe700OmapXEsRR

**This one really gets me! M$ Outlook has so many security holes in
it that the best solution M$ can come up with is to issue a patch
which, with Draconian impartiality, lops off the heads of almost all
incoming attachments. No wonder nobody is using this patch.*
The Great MS Patch Nobody Uses (Technology 2:00 a.m. PST)
The flurry of virulent e-mail worms that attack Outlook users can be
prevented by a free patch on Microsoft's website. The problem: It's
impossible to find and cumbersome to install. By Michelle Delio.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48756,
00.html?tw=wn20011203


HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION

'GINGER' REVEALED AS PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION DEVICE
(Source: ITworld.com) After nearly a year of speculation and
waiting, inventor Dean Kamen Monday unveiled the product formerly
known as 'Ginger' -- the Segway personal transportation device.
http://click.idg.email-publisher.com/maaaeGvaaQH0ya9nkbob/

**Please insert your own punch line here:
Investigative Techniques: Federal Agency Views on the Potential
Application of "Brain Fingerprinting." GAO-02-22, October 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-02-22

Reviews and Monographs

David Bell and Barbara M. Kennedy, eds., The Cybercultures Reader.
Routledge, 2000. Reviewed by Aimee Morrison and Kate O'Riordan.
http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/bell/index2.html

Networks, Netwars, and the Fight for the Future
by David Ronfeldt and John Arquilla
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/ronfeldt/index.html

Christine Hine, Virtual Ethnography. London: Sage, 2000. Reviewed by
Julie Mactaggart and Nils Zurawski with a response from Christine
Hine.
http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/hine/index0.html

Changes in Metatag Descriptions Over Time
by Timothy C. Craven
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/craven/index.html

Amy Jo Kim, Community Building on the Web. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit
Press, 2000. Reviewed by Stine Gotved.
http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/kim.html

Computer-Mediated School Education and the Web
by Glenn Russell
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_11/russell/index.html

Scott McCloud, Zot!: Hearts and Minds. Published Online. Reviewed by
Matt Wolf-Meyer.
http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/mccloud.html

The fourth monograph from the Pew Symposia on Learning and
Technology, Innovations in Online Learning: Moving Beyond No
Significant Difference, is now available on our Web site
(including a downloadable PDF version) at
http://www.center.rpi.edu/PewSym/mono4.html.

Andrew Herman & Thomas Swiss, eds., The World Wide Web and
Contemporary Cultural Theory. Routledge, 2000. Reviewed by Barbara
Warnick and Jonathan J. Lillie with a response from Thom Swiss.
http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/herman/index.html
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