Sunday, October 19, 2003

Global pushback against 'Titanic' culture. A proposed UN treaty would protect nations' arts. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] 10:30:46 PM    comment []

Red Sox Haiku Dot Com. "Going, going, gone. In the eleventh inning. Winter has begun." [Scripting News] 3:30:02 PM    comment []

Three from BoingBoing: What's Radical About the Weblog Form in Journalism? (Cory's recommendation: I don't often link to stuff like this, since it's so often either wrongheaded polyannish nonsense or utterly obvious, but this piece manages to explore the possible wihtout losing sight of the probable. Internet Security Model debunked (Sez in part: SSL was put together as a "perfect" protocol to solve a "convenient" threat model . . . .) Social Hygeine posters through history at the University of Minnesota Cory 12:13:43 PM    comment []

The Market Crash of '87 - Rare but Hardly Unique. New research has found that one-day price swings as big as the one in 1987 are not extraordinary. By Mark Hulbert. [New York Times: Business] 7:01:34 AM    comment []

Alex Halderman MediaMax CD3 paper legal threats, personal wrap-up. To conclude the series, I want to focus on a certain unintended consequence I know it'll have for me. In a paradoxical outcome, I suspect I'll get more grief, rather than less, for my own legal risks ... [Infothought] 7:00:42 AM    comment []

The Rush of the New Rat Pack. In countenancing pill popping, gambling, boorish womanizing and the Kennedy mythos, conservatives are embracing the Rat Pack spirit. By Frank Rich. [New York Times: Opinion] 6:58:10 AM    comment []

elearnspace blog with some good thoughts on classrooms, communities, and effective learning cultures, in a post titled Benefits of communities and courses. It's perplexing to listen to the discussion of "learner-centered"...and "life-long learning", and then see learning institutions give learners courses that only last 12 weeks and are delivered using instructor-centric tools. In my opinion, the solution lies in well-designed communities and networks. (Via incorporated subversion.) 6:54:55 AM    comment []

Smart Mobs on Checking traffic by the web. The Internet brims with traffic information based on everything from police video cameras to toll booth networks. Reuters reviews some of the best US sites displaying traffic conditions nationwide. 6:50:32 AM    comment []

First the Dilemma, Now the Solution. Clayton M. Christensen has coaxed an entire theory out of the insight that products can fail by being too good as well as by being not good enough. By Fred Andrews. [New York Times: Business] 6:47:04 AM    comment []