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Monthly Archives: September 2006

The Web is watching YOU!

Our privacy is under threat - CCTV cameras in public places, phones that take photos anytime anywhere. Google. We’ve all googled ourselves, probably some of our friends, relatives, old boyfriends just to stickynose into parts of their lives we don’t know about. Now there’s ZoomInfo.com.
It’s sticking its nose into your business anywhere that you’ve been […]

Webwag - the tail wagging the dog

Social networking sites like YouTube and myspace have changed perceptions of the web. The idea behind those services is nothing new - bulletin boards, web forums and email lists have helped people connect with each other over the internet since its beginning. Email has been the most successful invention because it comes to the user - […]

e-framework for education

A briefing paper for the e-framework for education has just been released. The e-framework is a joint initiative of the UK’s JISC and the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST). And an excellent initiative. An education.au educause paper in 2003 proposed something very similar - an interoperability framework for education and training.
Great to see […]

Innovative thinking - the role of the flaky weirdo

A lot of web time and meeting time goes into trying to be innovative. How can we come up with that new idea that will satisfy a need - be the need that of a student, teacher or education system? How will we come up with an idea that solves a problem in a new, […]

Are you paying attention?

If you are paying attention to me right now then that attention is worth something. And here I was thinking I was surfing the web and following my own interests? And that you were doing the same thing!
The idea of the Attention Trust is to propose that your attention has intrinsic value and that value […]

Social networking and metrics

The rise of social networking services such as myspace, YouTube, and de.lic.ious mean that we need to rethink how we determine a web service’s success. It used to be that success was measured according to hits - a blunt instrument at best. Then it was page views, unique visitors, links from other sites and other […]