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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Google does it again

December 17, 2007 – 7:56 am

Yet another interesting announcement from Google. It seems they are about to launch a new tool called knol. A knol is a ‘unit of knowledge’ and the service aims to encourage anyone who is ‘expert’ in something to write an article about it. According to Google the service aims to highlight authors […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, google, knol | Comments (0)

‘Canon’ fodder and remix

December 7, 2007 – 10:18 am

There are some brilliant examples on the Web illustrating just how important the read/write web is and the culture of remix. Along with these examples are also some really interesting stories. Take for example, the story behind the funtwo “Canon Rock” video on YouTube. This video was put up on YouTube about […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, YouTube, read-write web | Comments (0)

They are TV!

December 1, 2007 – 3:37 pm

Following on from Garry’s post, ‘We watched TV … they make TV’, this isn’t exactly about remixing and publishing content, its about publishing yourself. Interesting post from Greg Sterlings Screenwerk blog looks at the diminished view of privacy that is emerging in today’s web generation. Shameless promotion or just emergent behaviour? Make […]

By Jerry Leeson | Posted in Educationau, privacy | Comments (0)