Author Archives: Marion Jensen

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 →

Microsoft has also entered the wiki waters. You can see their wiki here. Looks like they want their user base to add to/help out with their documentation?

Ebay is getting into blogs and wikis. Not sure why they would want to, but there you have it.

I went out to the farm again, yesterday. It was a lot of fun. The last time I went we were fixing an old mower (everything out there is circa 1917), and this week they had already cut the alfalfa. … Continue reading →