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by jeremy hunsinger 14 Jun '04

14 Jun '04

due to the large number of spam and virus's that we receive on the list which require moderation, i have turned on an auto-rejection for posts of unsubscribed addresses. this is currently experimental, i want to see whether it is tenable for a list like ours. let me know if you run into problems. Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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RE: [Air-l] Internet Surveys: One or Many?
by Ec.Deutskens＠MW.unimaas.nl 14 Jun '04

14 Jun '04

Dear Kyle, Of course it depends on what you define as 'very long' and 'small'. We have done an experiment where group 1 received a 'very long version' (about 30-45 minutes; it was basically the traditional mail survey with 19 product categories), and group 2 received a shorter version (~15 minutes; the traditional questionnaire split into 2, so 9 product categories). The results showed that short questionnaires have a higher response rate, although long questionnaires still generate a surprisingly high response. Furthermore, there were interesting interaction effects with the type of incentive (see Deutskens, E.C., J.C. de Ruyter, M.G.M. Wetzels, and P. Oosterveld (2004), "Response Rate and Response Quality of Internet-based Surveys: An Experimental Study". Marketing Letters 15 (1), 21-36 for more information) I hope this helped! Success with your study, Lisa > -------------------------------------------------- > > Drs. Elisabeth Deutskens > > PhD Student > Universiteit Maastricht > Faculty of Economics and Business Administration > Department of Marketing > > Tel: +31 (-43) -3883716 > Fax: +31 (-43) -3884918 > E-mail: ec.deutskens(a)mw.unimaas.nl > > website: http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/ec.deutskens/ > > -----Original Message----- From: Kylie Veale [mailto:kylie@veale.com.au] Sent: zondag 13 juni 2004 7:06 To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Internet Surveys: One or Many? Folks, I have a quick question (I think) for the group with regard to internet surveys. Does anyone have an opinion and/or references to literature about whether the implementation of several small surveys is better that one very long survey? When I say 'better', I mean a positive effect on survey responses? Thanks Kylie ------------------------------------------ Kylie J. Veale | Brisbane, Australia GradDipInvEnv, MInetStds(Design) PhD student email: kylie(a)veale.com.au www: http://www.veale.com.au/kylie _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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A couple of questions about IR 5.0
by Sarah Michele Ford 14 Jun '04

14 Jun '04

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out if my grad student budget can handle the trip to Sussex in September, and I had a handful of questions: 1) Will there be any opportunities to volunteer in exchange for a reduced registration fee? There's a "volunteers" tab on the conference webpage, but no information is there yet. 2) Will there be any opportunity to apply for travel assistance funding through AoIR? 3) How practical would it be to stay in Brighton proper and travel by bus to the University each day? 4) Will there be any organized way to connect attendees with possible hotel/hostel roommates? Thanks, Sarah Sarah Michele Ford Department of Sociology / University of Massachusetts, Amherst ************************************************************************ Illusion is the general rule of the universe; reality is but an exception. --Jean Baudrillard Sarah Michele Ford ************************************************ Illusion is the general rule of the universe; reality is but an exception. --Jean Baudrillard ************************************************

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4 new papers + 2 MS Thesis + 1 Book on opensource.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 13 Jun '04

13 Jun '04

Hello Air-Lers, Hope everyone is doing well. Please find below the following new papers, thesis and a book on opensource.mit.edu|freesoftware.mit.edu. Thanks to all the authors for their submissions. Please provide feedback to the authors directly. Until next time - best wishes -- Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan | The Boston Consulting Group Mobile: +1 (617) 851-1224 http://spoudaiospaizen.net http://web.mit.edu/lakhani/www | http://opensource.mit.edu Paper 1 Authors: Elliott, Margret & Walter Scacchi Title: Mobilization of Software Developers: The Free Software Movement http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/elliottscacchi2.pdf Abstract: Free/open source software (F/OSS) development projects are growing at a rapid rate. Globally dispersed virtual communities with large groups of software developers contribute time and effort often without pay. One force behind this phenomenon is the Free Software Movement (FSM), a 20 year-old social movement whose purpose is to promote the use of free software instead of proprietary software. We show how the ideology of the FSM influences software development work practices in F/OSS communities and how an occupational community of F/OSS developers has emerged from this movement. We present results from an empirical study of a F/OSS development community, GNUenterprise (GNUe) whose purpose is to build an Enterprise Resource Planning system. We show how the beliefs in freedom and freedom of choice, and the values of cooperative work and community building are manifested in the GNUe norms of informal self-management, immediate acceptance of fellow contributors, and open disclos ure. Paper 2 Author: Henkel, Joachim Title: The Jukebox Mode of Innovation: a Model of Commercial Open Source Development http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/henkel.pdf Abstract: In this paper, I explore the circumstances under which innovation processes without secrecy or intellectual property protection are viable, and where free revealing of innovations is a profit-maximizing strategy. Motivated by an empirical study of embedded Linux, I develop a duopoly model of quality competition. Firms require two complementary technologies as inputs, but differ with respect to the relative importance of these technologies. I find that a regime with compulsory revealing can lead to higher product qualities and higher profits than a proprietary regime. When the decision to reveal is endogenized, equilibria with voluntary revealing arise, again superior to the proprietary outcome. Paper 3 Author: Lin, Yuwei Title: Epistemologically Multiple Actor-Centred System: or EMACS at Work! http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/lin.pdf Abstract: This paper analyses the innovation process of EMACS (short for Editing MACroS) from a socio-technical perspective. I investigates how actors from different backgrounds contribute multiple ways of knowing, understanding and resolving problems that arise in the innovation process. The analysis of EMACS is especially useful since it spans the period that saw the origins of the free software movement and the subsequent development of a broader free/libre open source software (FLOSS) social world. Paper 4 Suzor, Nic, Brian Fitzgerald & Graham Bassett Title: Legal Issues for the Use of Free and Open Source Software in Government http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/suzorfitzgeraldbasset.pdf Abstract: This paper examines some of the legal issues that face the uptake of free and open source software in government in Australia. This paper was presented at the 'Linux and Open Source in Government' conference, part of Linux.Conf.Au 2004 in Adelaide, Australia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MS Thesis 1 Author: Peng, Zheshi Title: Linux Adoption by Firms http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/peng.pdf Abstract: The objective of this study is to examine the evolution of the market for Linux based products for the 1993-2003 period. Using data on 317 Linux suppliers available online, the differences in firms’ size and in their first products were explored across the adoption stages of the Linux life cycle. Then two temporal patterns of the Linux-market were identified: changes in the entry rate of new Linux suppliers and changes in product diversity. Finally, the attributes of the partnerships formed by four major Linux distributors were examined. The study determined whether the number of partnerships formed by Linux distributors was related to the number of new entrants, whether the motives for partnerships formed by Linux distributors varied over adoption stages, and whether the type of partner selected by Linux distributors was a function of partnership motive. This study builds on the literature on open source software and traditional theories of technology adoption to make three important contributions. First, it develops a method to identify the stages of the life of a new technology. Secondly, it provides a way to measure the temporal patterns of the evolution of a new market. Finally, it validates the density dependence model using data on open source. MS Thesis 2 Author: Matuska, Martin Title: Kategorisierung von Open Source Projekten: Aufbau- und Ablauforganisation (in german) - Categorization of Open Source Projects: Operational and Organizational Structure http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/matuska.pdf Abstract: The number of open source projects is growing. The largest part can be found on large develompent portals. But open source is not open source, each project has unique characteristics. This paper examines operational and organizational characteristics, licencing, communication and documentation specifications of open source projects and explains the trove categorization model introduced by SourceForge.net. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book Editors: Fitzgerald, Brian & Bassett Graham Title: Legal Issues Relating to Free and Open Source Software http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/opensourcelawbook.pdf Abstract: This is the publication that follows the 'Legal Issues Relating to Free and Open Source Software Conference' that was held in Brisbane, Australia on 3 July 2002. The conference examined legal and business issues facing the development and implementation of free and open source software. The presenters were lawyers, academics and software developers expert in the area drawn from Australia and the USA.

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RE: [Air-l] Development of Skills for teachers to offer online co urses
by Matthew Allen 13 Jun '04

13 Jun '04

Research in this area is massive: the ERIC database would be a good starting place, also proquest education. The Educause website is handy too. A small contribution to the field of ideas, now a little dated, is my internet-based learning construction kit: http://lsn.curtin.edu.au/ibl/ Matt

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Internet Surveys: One or Many?
by Kylie Veale 13 Jun '04

13 Jun '04

Folks, I have a quick question (I think) for the group with regard to internet surveys. Does anyone have an opinion and/or references to literature about whether the implementation of several small surveys is better that one very long survey? When I say 'better', I mean a positive effect on survey responses? Thanks Kylie ------------------------------------------ Kylie J. Veale | Brisbane, Australia GradDipInvEnv, MInetStds(Design) PhD student email: kylie(a)veale.com.au www: http://www.veale.com.au/kylie

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Re: How Many Sites on Web?
by Bram Dov Abramson 12 Jun '04

12 Jun '04

> I'm looking for an up-to-date reference for how many sites are on the > Internet. I've tried Clickz, Pew Internet, etc., but with no success. I've > seen a figure of 1 billion Websites, but do not know where this figure came > from. Anybody got hard info.? I think the dispute about how to count what -- ie what? a Web site? what's that -- is long-running, but I guess that Netcraft has been at this while. They have apparently seen about 51m sites (http://www.netcraft.com/?host) What they mean by sites is not totally clear. They say that "the number of hosts found running internet web sites by the Web Server Survey is large [over 40 million in April 2003]". The 40m (now presumably 51m) could refer to the number of unique hosts (boxen), or to the number of unique IP addresses they host, or the number of "Internet Web sites" hosted on those -- each of which is presumably a larger figure than the previous one. Though the ISC Domain Survey's having found 250m live IP address with domain names attached probably helps figure it out. But perhaps the good folks at Netcraft would like to tell us... cheers Bram

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yesterday and today
by jeremy hunsinger 12 Jun '04

12 Jun '04

if you sent something yesterday or today that was held in queue for this list, please resubmit it, because sometimes following directions on an upgrade is not sufficient, this morning a bug popped up and it required me to clear the queue via command line. it should be resolved now. thanks, Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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mailman upgrade
by jeremy hunsinger 11 Jun '04

11 Jun '04

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Call for Papers: Interface Panel at CAA
by Alec MacLeod 11 Jun '04

11 Jun '04

Call for Papers New Media Caucus Open Session Panel at the 93rd Annual Conference of the College Art Association Atlanta, Georgia, February 16-19, 2005. INTERROGATING INTERFACES Alec MacLeod and Laurie Beth Clark, chairs Interface is the meeting place between human and computer. For this panel we wish to emphasize the notion of interface through graphics and the underlying structures through which we access and manipulate electronic media. How do interfaces structure and mediate our access to and experience of net browsers, portals & web sites, games, virtual communities, and other software applications? Designers emphasize transparency and the “intuitive” qualities of the interface. The implicit—and sometimes explicit—language employed is highly metaphoric. Initially concepts of “navigation” and “files and folders” pointed to familiar (to some people) “real world” references. Increasingly, there are emerging conventions for the interface which make use of now familiar, though arbitrary, symbolic iconography. In talking with designers and reading about interface design, we detect (or imagine) a longing for a universal visual language. That said, almost everyone seems to concede that verbal descriptions are necessary to make an interface usable. While icons may become conventional signs, there is no way to make one that is likely to evoke a widely shared intuitive comprehension on first sight. This panel will provide a much needed opportunity to interrogate the desire for and feasibility of transparency, universality, and the intuitive nature of interfaces, acknowledging the ways in which the designs of interfaces encode narrow (and dominant) modes of thought. An underlying issue is the role of the tools that create the interfaces. We encourage presentations that reveal the implicit assumptions that seem to make an interface transparent and intuitive. A discussion of possible tools and methods for deconstructing the cultural assumptions in interface design would be one approach. Alternatively, inquiry into the metaphors used in different interface conventions and designs might be a direction to go. We would like to see the panel include those who are actually involved in making interfaces not just deconstructing them. Questions to raise on this panel include: •Does the ubiquitous use of western perspectival representation reinscribe the problematics of the gaze? •What are the dominant and emerging metaphors and in what histories are they embedded? •What are the aesthetics and politics of normalized interface experiences such as those users have while reading email or generating documents using commercial operating systems and software? •How much of what gets created is the product of the logic of the team that designed the software that even high end designers use to create the interfaces? •To what extent does the nature of the code which is used determine the bias and premise of these visual products? •How do the logics used by design applications dictate linearity and menu orientation? •What different issues result from the extensive use of hyperlinks? •Has the wide dissemination of computer interface iconography initiated a true disjunct between earlier studies of iconographic systems such as those from the visual arts? How might it be read as in a continuum with these? Please submit proposals to lbclark(a)education.wisc.edu and amacleod(a)ciis.edu by August 1, 2004.

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