Ed Vielmetti has some interesting bits and pieces on voice over IP.
Kevin Kelly -- Powering Virtuous Circles
c/o < a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">BoingBoing a pointer to thoughtful info from Kevin Kelly.
There's no shortage of opportunities to support important causes. Lots of charities are local and community based. Some are more internationally and future-oriented such as Amnesty International, EFF, Long Now Fondation, World Vision, the ACLU, and Oxfam to name just a few. Everyone can add their favorite.
But let's say you were interested in a "tool" to leverage the least amount of money into the largest measurable effect over time. For that I'd like to recommend a type of giving that multiplies itself. Over the years, these are the criteria I've adopted for this challenge:
1) The help is aimed at the lowest, those with the least, where small makes a huge difference.
2) The gift expands itself, gaining amplitude with each cycle.
3) The range is global.
Harold Jarche makes some interesting points in this editorial. Here's a teaser:
One of the reasons for the recent crash of the e-learning industry sector was that it was fueled by the hype that e-learning was the solution to everything. This inflated expectations and drew investors who knew little about learning, and even less about technology-based learning. The same cycle has affected TQM, Quality Circles, CBT and other solutions. Each of these was based on a good premise, but taken to its extreme by an excited market, flipped into just the opposite. Read Eric & Marshall McLuhan'sbook “The Laws of Media”, if you really want to examine how this phenomenon happens.
Historic Tale Construction Kit
Here's a flash app to draw your own Bayeux Tapestry. Pretty nifty.
Using your GPS gizmo to create drawing of a scale that even the folks in Peru ever dreamed of. How about a ship drawn on bike through the streets and parks of Brighton, England?
I stumbled on this site from a NT Times article: G.P.S Art (note: registration required for NY Times.)
Here's a nifty project they're doing in the UK. The Big Draw is a national project to get everyone drawing - check out this site for info about who, what, where, when and why. There is info about the next Big Draw in Oct 2004.
I don't know much about Barry, but I'll spend some time at this site to learn more. He wrote only three books, but they are each wonderful. Right now I have two at home and am working on getting number three.
What is fun about this site is an original draft of "Bridge of Birds" found on teh features page of the site.
Enjoy.
Apple - Higher Education - Special Offers
Hmmm, so you get 19 friends together and buy as a block?? Well who knows. Creative purchasing.
This software was recently used in a demo during the 2003 Internet2 Fall Member Meeting.
Bryan Alexander's extensive list of URLs nicely alphabetised and categorised.
Here's just a couple:
Learning Objects
Comics for Miss Megan
Content Management Systems
Wiki
Take SlashDot and make it work for Higher Ed Academic Technology. What does that mean, exactly? An Early SlashDotEdu Mockup suggests what the broader idea is.
Who is behind this, anyway?
Michael Roy, Director of Academic Computing Services at Wesleyan
Interesting idea. Topical categories include: "Born Digital Scholarship," Gadgets, Games, Information Literacy, Learning Objects, New Models for Collaboration, "None of the the above (but interesting!)."
Heres a link to my explorations with a wiki.
What makes a wiki interesting is that you don't leave comments by filling out a form. You actually can edit the page to add information, leave comments, or just say hello.
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