The 6th incarnation of Elmer's blog
John Robb’s Weblog: Distributed Directories and OPML aggregators
It would probably be better off living as a widget on my desktop.
I get the usefulness of OPML and the directories it can create and the amazing nesting that can be accomplished, but John is right, this would really work as a desktop widget that puts the info right in my hands. I wonder how hard itwould be to do in Kapsules
Collaborative writing software online with Writeboard. Write, share, revise, compare.
Picked this up via Ehub. From the folks who brought us Backpack comes a shared collaborative space. It looks like a basic text box, but contains some neat features that remind me of a basic wiki. In fact it shares a lot in common with a wiki, but it is more focused on text and collaboration.
Update: There is a pretty good review of Writeboard at Soultion Watch.
Fine, but what about stuff that has a finite audience, that exist way down the long tail? If time and energy is put into building Web 2.0 apps around this data, is anyone better served, especially if the current web app is more than sufficient? The promise here is that Web 2.0 apps will find new and previu\ously unconsdidered audiences for the material and the open access to the data will somehow attract remixers.
O’Reilly Radar > Web 2.0: Compact Definition?
Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an “architecture of participation,” and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.
This may be true, but keep in mind that there is only one pie and no matter how many ways you slice it, it won’t become a cake. I think that some data on the web has, by its very definition, a finite audience and little value in a remix sort of way. Now the data may not be reaching all of its finite audience and the technologies of Web 2.0 may increase the ability to reach its audience, but there is still a limit.
COnsumers can upload directly from the camera for free from home wifi or use T-Mobile for $4.99/mo. It is easy to imagine T-Mobile adding hotspots at Disneyworld and folks can upload pics directly from the hapiest place on earth.
BetaNews | Kodak Unveils PC-Free Digital Camera
Kodak earlier this week unveiled a wireless digital camera, and announced a partnership with T-Mobile Hotspot that would allow the unit to e-mail pictures without the need for a computer.
OK, this is just funny. West labels this casebook ‘revolutionary’ because it is just like other traditional casebooks. Apparently other casebooks in Law and Accounting are not traditional in the sense that they feature a lot more narrative than one normally finds in a casebook. So creating a traditional casebook becomes a revolutionary act. Man, it makes my head spin.
Cunningham’s Latest Casebook Released – Boston College
In a recent press release, West calls the book “revolutionary,” in that it uses primary materials instead of author narrative, presenting a comprehensive selection and organization of original accounting pronouncements and legal cases applying them. The book is also highly-traditional: primary materials are the dominant textual vehicle used in virtually all other law school courses. By adopting this traditional approach for law and accounting, Cunningham’s new book puts the subject on par with other law school courses.
AMD brings bare-bones PC to consumers – Yahoo! News
Radio Shack plans to start selling a low-cost alternative to the personal computer starting Sunday.The $299 machine, dubbed the Personal Internet Communicator, was designed by Advanced Micro Devices to access the Internet and perform basic computing tasks.
This is interesting. basically the author(s) setup a post for each circuit and are allowing anonymous posters to comment with information about each circuit as it becomes available. Currently, posts most list which judges are scheduling interviews, but we should expect ot see info about hiring soon enough. This is a nexcellent example of leveraging the power of a blog to gather and disseminate information. It would be cooler if there were RSS feeds for the comments.
North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!
When Travis Misurell arrived for freshman orientation at Montclair State University last month, he received the ultimate welcome gift.School officials handed him a $250 Motorola cellphone – and told him to use it.
Not for phone calls, but to tap into a multitude of “channels” packed with news and updates on campus happenings.
This is intersting. Great potential.
O’Reilly Radar > Rollyo: Roll Your Own Search Engine
Rollyo affords anyone the ability to roll their own Yahoo!-powered search engine, attenuating results to a set of up to 25 sites. And while the searchrolls (as they’re called) you create are around a particular topic (e.g. Food and Dining), they are also attached to a real person (e.g. Food and Dining is by Jason Kottke). The result is a topic-specific search created and maintained by a trusted source.
NASA World Wind
World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.