e-Clippings 3.28.2004 *Not Latin for Fair and Balanced
"Legero. Cogito. Scribero."

"angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection
to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,"
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Friend Of A Friend (FOAF)
Social Network Systems (SNS)
Artificial Social Networks (ASN)
List Of All Friends (LOAF)
http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/entry/2127913924623224/
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NEWS

ONLINE EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONTINUE CLIMB
Eduventures reports that the number of online enrollments will reach
1 million by 2005. http://boston.bizjournals.
com/boston/stories/2004/03/08/daily22.html

(from InfoSyncWorld)
Consumers don't want it all, and they don't want it now
By: Anthony Newman, Wednesday 3rd March 2004, 09:03 GMT
New survey reveals that multi-function devices still losing out in
public opinion, but early-adopter niche growing. Many consumers are
not interested in handheld devices that offer multiple functions
beyond making phone calls or holding data, according to a survey by
Guideline Research, a custom market research firm. The survey of a
representative group of online consumers also found that 25% of
consumers think these multifunctional devices have limited
functionality.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4668.html

(from CETIS)
JISC programme to foster the pick 'n mix MLE: March 05, 2004
The concept of an institutional learning environment that provides
the information that people need, when and where they want it has
been around for a while, but has not been easy to realise. The JISC's
new e-learning programme includes the e-learning technical framework
strand, that is designed to make it more do-able. Now that the first
call for technical framework projects is out, we look at what the
framework sets out to achieve and how it intends to get there.
http://www.cetis.ac.uk/content2/20040305162217

CONVERGYS BUYS DIGITALTHINK: Consolidation moves forward: Convergys,
which provides billing and other outsourced services, on Thursday
said it signed an agreement to buy learning services company
DigitalThink for about $120 million.
http://news.com.com/2110-1011-5179528.html?tag=nefd_hed

IM Spam Expected to Triple
[March 26, 2004] As if spam wasn't annoying enough, unwanted messages
are popping up on instant messaging screens too.
http://nl.internet.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=1,sxb,1,izdk,iez7,kdcl,8t40

University Hits PeopleSoft With $510M Lawsuit: Claiming that student
administration applications from PeopleSoft were "vaporware" when
they first shipped and continued to have serious problems in later
releases, Cleveland State University is seeking a total of $510
million in damages.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,91669,00.html?nlid=AM

Labor releases free e-learning app
By Joab Jackson, GCN Staff, 03/24/04
The Labor Department is offering agencies a free version of an
application it created to build multimedia training sessions.
http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25392-1.html


EMERGING TECH SECTION

Macromedia announce FlashCast
By: Anthony Newman, Wednesday 3rd March 2004, 09:57 GMT
Mobile version of popular web tool allows Flash to be viewed on
handheld devices running Symbian - and soon Windows Mobile.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4086.html


TRENDS AND RESEARCH SECTION

(found at InternetTime.com)
Measurement Counts! Metrics, ROI, and Accomplishments (the missing
element)by Carl Binder, CPT: "A recent publication, Metrics, by
Jay Cross of the Internet Time Group, presents an opportunity to
comment on some current issues in measurement and evaluation. The
author, who happens to be an old friend, is an entertaining and
wide-ranging thinker(some might say Renaissance Man), and his book is
noteworthy in part because of its unconventional form: a constantly
updated eBook available for purchase online. Jay's history in
financial services, training, marketing, and a whole host of cerebral
pursuits has left him most recently in the world of e-Learning, where
he has become something of a pundit. While I don't agree with
everything in Metrics, I recommend it because it's a quick and
enjoyable read, because it contains valuable references and links,
and
mostly because it challenges us to think outside many of the current
ruts in measurement and evaluation.
http://www.internettime.com/blog/archives/001281.html#001281

Found at elearningpost and too damn right!
THE HUMAN FACTOR: Kim Vicente, author of The Human Factor:
Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology gets this
absolutely right: "One reason is that technology [is difficult to use
is that it] overrides ease of use. Another is that the motivation is
on the organizational side, rather than the customer side. A
technology like voicemail makes things easier for the organization,
but sometimes makes life more difficult for the consumer. There's an
enormous, untouched market out there for things that are simple and
streamlined." http://www.optimizemag.com/article/showArticle.jhtml;
jsessionid=VVMUG3KVVDWTMQSNDBGCKHQ?articleId=18201708

KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES IN JAPAN: A CASE STUDY: There is an interesting
revelation in this case-study: the Japanese believe more in online
knowledge communities than in face-to-face knowledge communities.
There is also the story on how a single newsletter started a culture
of knowledge sharing in Ricoh.
(remember to cut & paste long URLs)
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?
id=124054&d=1&h=417&f=418&dateformat=%o%20%B%20%Y

MOBILE COMPUTING SECTION

Microsoft Updates PDA, Smartphone OS
Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition is a significant upgrade to
Microsoft.s platform for PDAs and smartphones. In addition to some
wireless enhancements, the most improved areas of the platform center
around the display with VGA and landscape support now native to
operating system.
http://nl.internet.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=1,sxq,1,cm3,b1no,kdcl,8t40

from Infosync
Preview: ASUS MyPal A730: First out of the block with Intel's new 520
MHz processor, ASUS' new MyPal A730 is a veritable powerhouse with
VGA resolution: Jørgen Sundgot has spent time with it at CeBIT.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4756.html

Macromedia announce FlashCast
By: Anthony Newman, Wednesday 3rd March 2004, 09:57 GMT
Mobile version of popular web tool allows Flash to be viewed on
handheld devices running Symbian - and soon Windows Mobile.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4670.html

Opie puts Linux in your hand
By: Larry Garfield, Tuesday 5th August 2003, 17:15 GMT
The Opie project has reached its 1.0 milestone, offering a
standardized Linux-based platform for a variety of handheld devices.
The Open Palmtop Integrated Environment (Opie) project has announced
that the Opie 1.0 milestone has been reached, and the system is
available now. OPIE is a GNU/Linux-based software package designed
for portability across a large number of handheld devices from
multiple manufacturers.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3922.html

A new breed of wireless headset
By: Jørgen Sundgot, Friday 19th September 2003, 16:03 GMT
Based on magnetic communications, a new wireless headset from
foneGEAR looks set to give Bluetooth a run for its money.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4086.html

Sandisk bring 4 GB CF to everyone
By: Anthony Newman, Thursday 12th February 2004, 15:24 GMT
New high-capacity card eliminates need for a FAT32 camera and fits in
any CompactFlash Type I slot, offers 4 GB of storage.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4086.html

IDC labels mobile device users
By: Anthony Newman, Friday 5th December 2003, 13:21 GMT
A new study from research group IDC, entitled 'Exploring Usage Models
in Mobility: A Cluster Analysis of Mobile Users', aims to
compartmentalise users of mobile devices. Specifically, four types of
user were identified. The first they dubbed 'Display Mavens', who
primarily use their devices to deliver presentations and fill
downtime with entertainment applications.These would be the
stereotypical road warrior, formerly carrying laptops for their
PowerPoint duties, but now favouring the lightweight solution of
Pocket PC with foldable keyboard and VGA-out card.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4384.html

Montana State University Signs with UsableNet
The university will use UsableNet's LIFT Text Transcoder to help
support alternative devices and PDAs specifically used for assistive
learning.
http://www.usablenet.com/frontend/onenews.go?news_id=73


GAMING SECTION


COPYRIGHTS AND PATENTS SECTION

German company clogs SCO's legal machine: Posted March 26, 4:54 a.m.
Pacific Time: A tiny German software company has thrown some sand in
the gears of The SCO Group Inc.'s roaring legal machine.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=5B11C4:1F4D50E

SECURITY SECTION

Postini Antispam Patent Could Cause Headaches: If enforced, the
patent, which covers an e-mail "preprocessing service," could grant
Postini Inc. legal ownership of a wide range of antispam and e-mail
security methods.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,91685,00.html?nlid=PM

Worm Activates in Outlook Email Preview Pane
Some security vendors have issued alerts for Snapper.A, a worm that
spreads via e-mail and is automatically activated when the e-mail
message is viewed through Outlook's Preview Pane.
http://nl.internet.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=1,sxq,1,6787,7waj,kdcl,8t40


HUMOR AND MISC. SECTION



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