Monthly Archives: June 2006

I’ve been spending a lot of time on a review of the literature on wiki technology. I just finished it last night. It seemed a waste not to put a paper on wikis in anything other than a wiki, so … Continue reading →

OK, so I usually don’t toot my own horn, but that is because I rarely have anything to toot about. But 6 months ago I mentioned in a blog post that it would be a good idea for directors to … Continue reading →

Interesting article over in Computer and Compsition on open content and open source software. “The use, development, and dissemination of open-source software (OSS) appears to be more in line with the liberatory, collaborative, epistemological ideals of institutions of higher learning … Continue reading →

Digg has come out with it’s latest version. You can now surf more topics. I love digg, but I also like what John C. Dvorak has to say about it in his most recent article. “Meanwhile this democratization of the … Continue reading →

Interesting article on the semantic web and wikipedia. “The problem with the Semantic Web, besides that researchers are still debating which design and implementation of the ontology language model (and associated technologies) is the best and most usable, is that … Continue reading →

I’ve been doing a literature review on wikis, and while most of the articles have heaped on the praise for the potential of wikis. In on eof the articles, however, one of the teachers using a wikis said that “wiki … Continue reading →

I’ve been using Picasa to manage my photos for at least a year now. Now they have an online feature to it. I just got an invitation, and it pretty slick. I’m off to write them and request that they … Continue reading →

A friend of mine is working on some social software, and of course the problem of moderation (some would call it censorship) has come up. I’m reminded of the classic film 12 Angry Men. There is a great scene where … Continue reading →

South America’s indigenous Aymara people consider time in a different manner than the rest of the world. “Contrary to what had been thought a cognitive universal among humans – a spatial metaphor for chronology, based partly on our bodies’ orientation … Continue reading →

A friend sent me a link to this. Ink is a self-described PAW, or “persistant alternate world.” It’s designed to teach writing and foster a community. Similar to MUD or MOOS, Ink says they are different because “Whereas other games … Continue reading →