Comments for Nick @ Education.au http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian Nick's Education.au Weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:58:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on More OpenDSM pointers by Simon http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/21/more-opendsm-pointers/#comment-57246 Tue, 27 May 2008 02:24:49 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/21/more-opendsm-pointers/#comment-57246 Nice description of the 'wait' strategies there, Nick. A new one currently being added to the mix is the "waitfor" strategy which instructs openDSM to wait for nominated repositories before showing any results (there is of course a max-time-to-wait param with that). So if you have key repositories then you can be sure they are shown on first view, without having to still wait for the slower ones. This will be released in the next couple weeks. Nice description of the ‘wait’ strategies there, Nick. A new one currently being added to the mix is the “waitfor” strategy which instructs openDSM to wait for nominated repositories before showing any results (there is of course a max-time-to-wait param with that). So if you have key repositories then you can be sure they are shown on first view, without having to still wait for the slower ones. This will be released in the next couple weeks.

]]> Comment on Taxonomy directed folksonomies by Tagging and Taxonomy Exploration (Part-2) at Sims Learning Connections http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2006/12/13/taxonomy-directed-folksonomies/#comment-48261 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:35:06 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2006/12/13/taxonomy-directed-folksonomies/#comment-48261 [...] Or, coming more “top-down” into either del.icio.us or LearningLinks with an existing authoritative taxonomy — if such exists in the learning area (note to self: dig into this more, the only thing even close to this that I am aware is the Learning Circuits glossary) — to guide the vocabulary and structure to more the ’standard’. This thought then takes me to this Taxonomy directed folksonomies blog post from December, which a colleague at Novell passed along: I’ve been exploring how to combine [taxonomy and folksonomy] into something I’ve named a taxonomy directed folksonomy (TDF). Basically we use a taxonomy (in this case ScOT) to suggest terms a user could in a tagging-type interface. I’s our hope that this interface will allow us to use the formally organized taxonomy at the back end to find related resources, while not intimidating users on the front end. [...] […] Or, coming more “top-down” into either del.icio.us or LearningLinks with an existing authoritative taxonomy — if such exists in the learning area (note to self: dig into this more, the only thing even close to this that I am aware is the Learning Circuits glossary) — to guide the vocabulary and structure to more the ’standard’. This thought then takes me to this Taxonomy directed folksonomies blog post from December, which a colleague at Novell passed along: I’ve been exploring how to combine [taxonomy and folksonomy] into something I’ve named a taxonomy directed folksonomy (TDF). Basically we use a taxonomy (in this case ScOT) to suggest terms a user could in a tagging-type interface. I’s our hope that this interface will allow us to use the formally organized taxonomy at the back end to find related resources, while not intimidating users on the front end. […]

]]> Comment on Open DSM by Tech-Ed Collisions » Great discussion on openDSM and open source http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/20/open-dsm/#comment-47692 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:23:06 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/20/open-dsm/#comment-47692 [...] A couple of us at education.au have blogged previously on openDSM, our distributed search manager software that was released recently as open source and is housed on Google Code. If you would like to know more about this software, the problem areas that it addresses and the philosophy behind it and some of the work that we do, here is a really interesting podcast with the lead developer/architect, Nick Lothian. There is a great discussion on open source more generally too. [...] […] A couple of us at education.au have blogged previously on openDSM, our distributed search manager software that was released recently as open source and is housed on Google Code. If you would like to know more about this software, the problem areas that it addresses and the philosophy behind it and some of the work that we do, here is a really interesting podcast with the lead developer/architect, Nick Lothian. There is a great discussion on open source more generally too. […]

]]> Comment on Taxonomy directed folksonomies by Q http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2006/12/13/taxonomy-directed-folksonomies/#comment-45724 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:37:10 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2006/12/13/taxonomy-directed-folksonomies/#comment-45724 I think this is great, but there is still the underlying problem of needing a full taxonomy to feed the potential foksonomy. Isn´t that double mantainance work? I mean, with enough resources (human and eco) then no problem but for a small budget and a need for specialisation it seems just too much. Although I wish this could be exportable! Thanks for the news! I think this is great, but there is still the underlying problem of needing a full taxonomy to feed the potential foksonomy. Isn´t that double mantainance work?
I mean, with enough resources (human and eco) then no problem but for a small budget and a need for specialisation it seems just too much. Although I wish this could be exportable!

Thanks for the news!

]]> Comment on The social graph: claims and verfication by Nick Lothian http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/14/the-social-graph-claims-and-verfication/#comment-43085 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:56:24 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/14/the-social-graph-claims-and-verfication/#comment-43085 Yes. In wordpress, add a link back to your profile and use the "Link Relationship (XFN)" section to set the relationship to "me". Yes. In wordpress, add a link back to your profile and use the “Link Relationship (XFN)” section to set the relationship to “me”.

]]> Comment on The social graph: claims and verfication by Mike Seyfang http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/14/the-social-graph-claims-and-verfication/#comment-43080 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:01:51 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/14/the-social-graph-claims-and-verfication/#comment-43080 OK, so Ive added a bunch of RSS feeds to my me.edu profile and the sites they come from show up nicely as claims. So, If I add a link back to http://me.edu.au/p/fang (say as a blogroll link in wordpress) will that serve to verify the claim? (and if so how do I show this). http://me.edu.au/p/fang claims: http://del.icio.us/mseyfang/education claims: http://learndog.typepad.com/learndogpup claims: http://mseyfang.edublogs.org claims: http://mseyfang.wordpress.com claims: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=IM3vY_cW3BGo95LNl7okhQ claims: http://spaces.msn.com/members/mikese claims: http://www.flickr.com/people/mikeblogs claims: http://www.flickr.com/people/mikeblogs/contacts claims: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblogs Fang - Mike Seyfang OK, so Ive added a bunch of RSS feeds to my me.edu profile and the sites they come from show up nicely as claims. So, If I add a link back to http://me.edu.au/p/fang (say as a blogroll link in wordpress) will that serve to verify the claim? (and if so how do I show this).

http://me.edu.au/p/fang
claims: http://del.icio.us/mseyfang/education
claims: http://learndog.typepad.com/learndogpup
claims: http://mseyfang.edublogs.org
claims: http://mseyfang.wordpress.com
claims: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=IM3vY_cW3BGo95LNl7okhQ
claims: http://spaces.msn.com/members/mikese
claims: http://www.flickr.com/people/mikeblogs
claims: http://www.flickr.com/people/mikeblogs/contacts
claims: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblogs

Fang - Mike Seyfang

]]> Comment on The social graph: claims and verfication by Nick Lothian http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/14/the-social-graph-claims-and-verfication/#comment-42939 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:41:47 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/14/the-social-graph-claims-and-verfication/#comment-42939 Hi Mike, Yes, that's pretty much right - the more stuff you add the more claims you make. This doesn't really link in with the OpenID stuff at the moment, because it is all about *public* information. DataPortability.org is looking at the issues surrounding portable *private* social data, which ties into OpenID and OAuth. But don't tell anyone I'm to blame for your valentine's day plans! Hi Mike,

Yes, that’s pretty much right - the more stuff you add the more claims you make.

This doesn’t really link in with the OpenID stuff at the moment, because it is all about *public* information. DataPortability.org is looking at the issues surrounding portable *private* social data, which ties into OpenID and OAuth.

But don’t tell anyone I’m to blame for your valentine’s day plans!

]]> Comment on The social graph: claims and verfication by Mike Seyfang http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/14/the-social-graph-claims-and-verfication/#comment-42912 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:13:53 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/02/14/the-social-graph-claims-and-verfication/#comment-42912 You absolute legend! So, the more RSS feeds I pour into me.edu, the stronger my identity appears? Wonder how I can leverage my OpenID (http://mseyfang.wordpress.com) ? Can I add that to my current profile of: http://me.edu.au/p/fang claims: http://del.icio.us/mseyfang/education claims: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=IM3vY_cW3BGo95LNl7okhQ Why did you have to talk about this on Valentines day?? I'm torn, start hacking in me.edu or do something more romantic... Fang - Mike Seyfang You absolute legend!
So, the more RSS feeds I pour into me.edu, the stronger my identity appears?

Wonder how I can leverage my OpenID (http://mseyfang.wordpress.com) ?
Can I add that to my current profile of:

http://me.edu.au/p/fang
claims: http://del.icio.us/mseyfang/education
claims: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=IM3vY_cW3BGo95LNl7okhQ

Why did you have to talk about this on Valentines day??
I’m torn, start hacking in me.edu or do something more romantic…

Fang - Mike Seyfang

]]> Comment on Accessibility Toolbar demo by Mark Picker http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2007/06/08/accessibility-toolbar-demo/#comment-37040 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:53:33 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2007/06/08/accessibility-toolbar-demo/#comment-37040 Hi Samantha, I realise you wrote your reply 7 months ago, but Netscape is now not only considered a dead product by many, but is now officially dead. http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/ If the Accessibility Toolbar won't work in Netscape for you, maybe try the HTML validator Firefox plugin: http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/ Cheers Mark Hi Samantha,

I realise you wrote your reply 7 months ago, but Netscape is now not only considered a dead product by many, but is now officially dead.

http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/

If the Accessibility Toolbar won’t work in Netscape for you, maybe try the HTML validator Firefox plugin:

http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/

Cheers
Mark

]]> Comment on New me.edu.au release by Nick Lothian http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/01/11/new-meeduau-release/#comment-36508 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:56:47 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/nlothian/2008/01/11/new-meeduau-release/#comment-36508 No, people shouldn't need to upload new photos. No, people shouldn’t need to upload new photos.

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