Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards. Instead of throwing away what works today, microformats intend to solve simpler problems first by adapting to current behaviors and usage patterns (e.g. XHTML, blogging).
microformats, design principles for formats
Information Management Weblog
The Information Management Weblog, maintained by Karl Nelson, covers a variety of information related topics, including content management, knowledge management, web development, and anything else that looks interesting.
User Interface the New Focus in Digital Music Player Design
As more and more MP3 player makers improve their devices’ external design, the user interface is becoming an important differentiating factor, the chief executive officer of one of the world’s biggest MP3 player makers said Wednesday.
PCWorld.com - User Interface the New Focus in Digital Music Player Design
Vimeo, Share Your Video Clips
Vimeo is a site for organizing and sharing video clips. Several clips can be played together to create a movie.
The beta version of this site launched in mid February, 2005. We are very serious about continually improving this site.
Collaborative filtering with del.icio.us
John Udell experiments with del.icio.us and a recommendation engine. The prototype of this software captures tags form users having the most link affinity with the author’s bookmarks then filters the ones having the most commonality.
I’m still playing with the two thresholds — personal affinity and link commonality — but the first cut at a synthesized recommendation feed looks like a promising way to identify an implicit community of interest and tap into its emergent group mind.
Read the full article: Jon Udell: Collaborative filtering with del.icio.us
David Suzuki Foundation
Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, forests and wild lands, climate change and clean energy, and the web of life - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that help conserve nature.
20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have
Laura Turner writes:
a comprehensive listing of the technology skills that every educator should have. Because as computer and associated technologies continue to change and evolve, educators must continue to strive for excellence in their work.
- Word Processing Skills
- Spreadsheets Skills
- Database Skills
- Electronic Presentation Skills
- Web Navigation Skills
- Web Site Design Skills
- E-Mail Management Skills
- Digital Cameras
- Computer Network Knowledge Applicable to your School System
- File Management & Windows Explorer Skills
- Downloading Software From the Web (Knowledge including eBooks)
- Installing Computer Software onto a Computer System
- WebCT or Blackboard Teaching Skills
- Videoconferencing skills
- Computer-Related Storage Devices (Knowledge: disks, CDs, USB drives, zip disks, DVDs, etc.)
- Scanner Knowledge
- Knowledge of PDAs
- Deep Web Knowledge
- Educational Copyright Knowledge
- Computer Security Knowledge
20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have
Via Paul Allison