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A missed funding opportunity for Transport for London?
http://www.digitalhome.plus.com/tube/sponsors.pdf A groan-worthy tube map where every station name has been ever-so-slightly altered in order to attract a corporate sponsor.
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Microsoft enters the mobile telephony arena
Following on from my list of VoIP providers a while ago, I thought I'd better add that Microsoft are going to release a VoIP client for mobile phones this year. It's apparently going to be part of Microsoft Office Communicator, and it's a dead
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Web 2.0 is Marxism? Think again
Andrew Keen has an article about Web 2.0 on the CBS News website, posted with the inflammatory title Web 2.0 Is Reminiscent Of Marx. Although I'm certain it's been designed specifically to elicit a reply from the blogging community and thereby increase Google ranking,
Curverider and Aperto bring Elgg and WebCT together
If, back in 2004, you'd told me that Elgg would be compatible with WebCT, one of the most important elearning platforms out there, I would have laughed in your face. But today, this is a reality: Aperto eLearning Solutions and Curverider Ltd are working together to provide WebCT
The future of the book is online
The Institute for the Future of the Book has lots of interesting things, not least the coolest banner image I think I've ever seen. Further in, you'll see Next/Text, a blog that asks itself what happens when textbooks go digital and "seeks to encourage
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The brrreeeport report
http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/02/13/the-brrreeeport-report/ How do the blog search engines compare for accuracy and timeliness? This unscientific test aims to reveal the differences.
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EdTechUK: e-Portfolio roundup
http://fraser.typepad.com/edtechuk/2006/02/eportfolio_roun.html "The only product I'd currently recommend is the excellent Elgg ... suitable for use with all ages of learners which has a ton of unique and innovative features." High praise. Thanks, Josie!
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Mix 06: cynically monetising the web
I've got to admit to being a bit uneasy about Microsoft's upcoming conference in Las Vegas, Mix '06. Maybe it's the chummy way the website proclaims it's a "72 hour conversation". Maybe it's the friendly but oh-so-slightly
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Linkology - How the Most-Linked-To Blogs Relate
http://www.nymag.com/news/media/15972/ An interesting graph of how the 50 most popular weblogs out in the wild link to each other. Looking at this, one gets the feeling that a side effect of web-based social networking is cliques. How can we avoid it? How does someone
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Campfire
http://www.campfirenow.com/ "Easy group chat for business has arrived." Not just for business, I'd wager. I've set up a test chat room to try it out: http://benwerd.campfirenow.com/room/2905
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Importing external content into your blog
This is all a bit experimental, but I've just asked Elgg to post any new items from my del.icio.us feed with the keyword "linklog" to my main blog. When the RSS gets grabbed later on tonight, you should see a link to Wired News.
The perils of text-based communication
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70179-0.html "Those who sent the messages predicted that nearly 80 percent of the time their partners would correctly interpret the tone. In fact the recipients got it right just over 50 percent of the time."