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A "New" Type of Wiki to Advance the Common Good
by Jeff Mascornick 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

Hello,   The Meyer Memorial Trust  in Portland, OR has taken advantage of the fact that the Portland area is a computer geek nexus and has worked to help create connec+ipedia – http://connectipedia.org - which is “a shared learning community for anyone interested in advancing the knowledge and efforts of those working for the common good.” It is like a wiki because all members can contribute to the content, but it goes beyond a wiki by providing a dynamic and revolutionary way to create connections toward advancing the “common good.”   The (open-source) software used to create it – Wagn – is describe on the Wagn website - http://wagn.org/wagn/Wagn.org - as “a wiki you query, an on-the-fly community database, a templating system, an application platform, and a playground .... all in one.”   This resource has a tremendous amount of potential – but that potential can only be realized by the degree that people working toward the common good use it. So, I hope you will check out http://connectipedia.org and pass the information on to others who may be interested. Jeff Mascornick

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ResearchGATE Scientific Network
by Gerry Mckiernan 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

Friends/ A Progressive Development /Gerry ResearchGATE is a new free of charge web 2.0 platform designed for the need of researchers. With this new platform we want to change the world of science by providing a global and powerful scientific web-based environment, in which scientists can interact, exchange knowledge and collaborate with researchers of different fields. Sign up and be part of the first scientific network. present yourself and your research projects enroll, expand, and broaden your science network globally exchange know-how and expertise initiate collaboration discuss your research limitation and get positive feedback use our innovative tools and work environments for online collaboration >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A vision of Science 2.0 is promising: Instead of disseminating scientific results in regularly scheduled and printed journal issues, now a continuous release of articles in online format will change and expedite the way new results are spread. Without anonymous review processes, open access journals or wiki-like concepts will assure the quality of science. Hidden conglomerates of various interests will give way to transparent and traceable new concepts of scientific impact measurements. Science is collaboration, so scientific social networks, wikis and other means of collaboration will facilitate and improve the way scientists collaborate [more] Links to Demo, Blog, and Global Network Available At [ http://scitechnet.blogspot.com/2008/06/researchgate-scientific-network.html ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/5w7dcf ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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Is Google making us stupid?
by Katy E. Pearce 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200807/google Does the way that the Internet delivers information to us destroy our attention spans? Interesting Atlantic article. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.2.0/1494 - Release Date: 6/10/2008 7:22 AM

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Re: [Air-L] Email Analysis Software
by gus andrews 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Derek, have you tried Atlas TI? I have just started tinkering with it on the advice of a colleague who's used it pretty happily for analyzing conversations. I personally am working on blog comment threads with it. So far it's been a little frustrating -- there's some massaging of text files needed to get the comment threads into the program, and then tagging is a little difficult -- but I think it's more because I am not well-practiced with the software yet. All in all it seems to have a hugely rich ability to create tags and themes, and to display these in a variety of ways. The big benefit of Atlas TI is that once you've run out your 30-day trial period, a grad student license for the software is only something like $100. Not sure what it runs for professors, but for me, this is a pretty big help. I'd be interested to hear from anyone else who's used Atlas TI as well. Gus

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Re: [Air-L] Is Google making us stupid?
by Mark Chen 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Don't forget the seven word emails. mark On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote: > At 22:44 +0500 10/6/08, Katy E. Pearce wrote: > >> http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200807/google >> >> Does the way that the Internet delivers information to us destroy our >> attention spans? >> >> Interesting Atlantic article. >> >> > More than TV (from the 1950s onwards)? > > And three minute pop songs? > > Gordo > > -- > "Think Feynman"///////// > http://pobox.com/~gordo/ <http://pobox.com/%7Egordo/> > gordon.joly(a)pobox.com/// > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- Mark Chen | PhD Candidate | Games researcher/designer | Tech instructor College of Education - Ed Tech | University of Washington - Seattle My games research and life in academia blog: markdangerchen.net

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ViewPlus: Feeling is More Than Seeing
by Gerry Mckiernan 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Friends/ A Most Remarkable Development! /Gerry Not As Crazy As Some Say [:-) [snip] What the ViewPlus technology does is to create image files that can be rendered in tactile form (via a tactile touchpad or printed out with an embossing printer) and also in audio (via text-to-speech technology). At the core of this technology is an image format known as SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). Unlike bitmapped image formats like TIFF and JPEG, SVG is an XML-based format that provides the images as vector graphics (the core of PostScript and PDF) with text and metadata in XML. [snip] The benefits to the print-disabled user are obvious. Dr. Gardner demonstrated how a graph that was otherwise inaccessible to a print-disabled user was made meaningful: He could feel the slopes of the various lines on the graph, and as he did so, the software read labels describing the lines, including the values of datapoints, as he touched them. [snip] What the ViewPlus software had done with that image was nothing less than adding the semantics that takes it from being "dumb" to dynamic data. Imagine a whole collection of such images in which a researcher could use a computer to search for certain patterns, values, and features and do comparisons or calculations on them. This is Tim Berners-Lee*s vision of the Semantic Web: information that a computer can understand. Not just store, find, and deliver, but understand. Your Thoughts? Please Comment On The Blog Post on Scholarship 2.0 At [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/06/viewplus-feeling-is-more-than-see… ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/65bvhe ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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SIN: The Next Stage Of Web Evolution = Web 3.0
by Gerry Mckiernan 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Colleagues/ For Your Consideration ... Is Sensory Information Navigation (SIN) [:-)] The Next Stage of Web Evolution = Web 3.0? [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_3 ] /Gerry ________________________________________________________ The Big Picture(sm): Visual Browsing in Web and non-Web Databases The Big Picture(sm): Visual Browsing in Web and non-Web Databases is a clearinghouse of projects, research, products and services that describe or apply information visualization technologies for enhancing use and access to Web and selected non-Web databases, notably MARC and bibliographic records. Selected significant reports, papers, and articles are also provided for each profiled activity. The clearinghouse is arranged by the name of the university, corporation, or other organization with which the principal investigator of a project is affiliated. A general bibliography of applicable works is also provided. [Suspended] ________________________________________________________ The Magic Touch(sm): Haptic Interaction in Web and non-Web Databases The Magic Touch(sm): Haptic Interaction in Web and non-Web Databases is a clearinghouse of projects, research, products and services that describe or apply Haptic, Tactile, or Kinaesthetic interfaces, displays, or interactive technologies to enhance use and access to Web and selected non-Web databases. Selected significant reports, papers, and articles are also provided for each profiled activity. The clearinghouse is arranged by the name of the university, corporation, or other organization with which the principal investigator of a project is currently, or was formerly, affiliated. A general bibliography of applicable works is also provided. [Suspended] _________________________________________________________ The Next WAVe(sm): Auditory Browsing in Web and non-Web Databases The Next WAVe(sm): Auditory Browsing in Web and non-Web Databases is a clearinghouse of projects, research, products and services that describe or apply auditory interfaces, displays or interactive technologies to enhance use and access to Web and selected non-Web databases. Selected significant reports, papers, and articles are also provided for each profiled activity. The clearinghouse is arranged by the name of the university, corporation, or other organization with which the principal investigator of a project is currently, or was formerly, affiliated. A general bibliography of applicable works is also provided. [Suspended] _______________________________________________________ Text~Tone(sm): Auditory Highlighting/Rating of Text Text~Touch(sm): Haptic Highlighting/Rating of Text _________________________________________________________ See Also: _Morning Becomes Electric: Post-Modern Scholarly Information Access, Organization, and Navigation_ _New Age Navigation: Innovative Information Interfaces for Electronic Journals_ Article / PPT __________________________________________________________ BTW: I have created a Facebook Global group for Sensory Information Navigation at [ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15798543757 ] Sensory Information Navigation (SIN) is devoted to documenting, discussing, and disseminating information about multi-modal technologies (auditory, haptic, visual, etc.) for accessing and navigating any and all information spaces. Please Consider Joining ... _________________________________________________________ Your Thoughts? Please Post As Comments To This Blog Entry At [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/06/colleagues-for-your-consideration… ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/5rgff6 ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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Re: [Air-L] [Web4lib] Text~Tone(sm): Auditory Highlighting/Rating of Text (UNCLASSIFIED)
by Gerry Mckiernan 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Mike/ Wait To You See My Next Posting ... [:-) /Gerry c: Lists, Holly >>> "Mike McDermott" <mcmikedermott(a)gmail.com> 6/10/2008 10:58 AM >>> You obviously didn't lick the e-mail to get full content on olfactory integration as well... "The weblinks taste like snozberries!" :-) On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Hill, Holly K Ms CIV USA IMCOM < holly.k.hill(a)us.army.mil> wrote: > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > The color one was beyond strange. The haptic one went way over that > border into WTF territory. Now auditory? This has to be a joke, right? > Were these postings just delayed from April? This is scholarship now? > Has publish or perish reached its limit? > > Just colour me perplexed. > > > _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib(a)webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/

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Re: [Air-L] Metaphors in Technology
by Cameron Adams 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Gordon, Metaphors in technology go way back. One very important one is William Harvey describing the heart as a pump. This was not only the first sense of what the heart was actually doing, but could only be done through metaphor (ok, its backwards, tech metaphor for non-tech) . Then an interesting one is that the radio project was almost scrapped by Marconi because it was a lousy wireless telegraph (no one to one communication). Then someone came up with the broadcast metaphor (from agriculture). In terms of computer tech, how about the information superhighway. This leads to more effort being done to make modems (the cars) faster and the lines (roads) smoother and more efficient. This is at the expense (to some degree) of other possibilities such as information packaging and network structure. I really don't think you can really do justice to the metaphor stuff by focussing on describing various metaphors and how they manifest, though. There is a huge literature on metaphor theory and cognition. If you want a slice of it, I can give you a pretty good biblio, drop me a line off-group and I'll send you one. I am an anthropologist so the focus is there, but there is a lot of stuff that should be useful to you (ie where do specific metaphors come from, and why, what is going on in the brain, how it affects how we perceive stuff post-metaphor, etc). Also, you may be interested in http://creet.open.ac.uk/projects/metaphor-analysis/index.cfm (metaphor analysis website), and Researching and Applying Metaphor International Association (RaAM) at http://raam.org.uk/Home.html Best, Cameron

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Fostering Creativity in Higher Education - A Study by the European University Association
by scbr 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

I know this is slightly off topic but I am pretty sure this study may be interesting for some in the group. I have a summary in my blog (with some of my own views on the issue) http://www.uglydoggy.com/2008/06/fostering-creativity-in-higher.html . You can find there the link to the original PDF too. . I am very interested in your comments/thoughts about the study and their recommendations. Also if someone is specifically interested in the issue of creativity in education and would like to exchange ideas and bibliography off list, please feel free to email me. Thanks and best regards, Sandra :)

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