Archive for December, 2004

Brian's XServe is acting up, and we're trying to figure out wtf went wrong, and trying to work with his IT folks that are managing the box for him. In our quest for answers, I came across these resources (which have been dutifully bookmarked, delicioused, and added to my DevonThinkPE cache). I'm adding them here... »

Haven't tested it out, but the latest NetNewsWire beta now supports downloading enclosures (even automagically into iTunes). It didn't trigger on all of the old enclosures in my 300-odd feeds (I shudder to think about all of the bandwidth sucked up if I have to download all enclosures in all feeds...), and there haven't... »

I've heard from my brother, who is building a house in Phuket. He's fine, and his house is still there. Can't say the same for the waterfront, or the tourists that were going for a pleasant morning swim. An old friend of mine is from Sri Lanka, and his wife is from India. I wasn't... »

I just switched back from NotationalVelocity to DevonThink Personal Edition - the big reason? DTPE now has automatic (as well as explicit) linking between entries, in wiki style. And a whole bunch of new features, too. Sweet. Now, if only it would get the auto-find-on-keystroke interface (like Launchbar or Quicksilver, but just for the content... »

This is a brief article (Library Journal - Googlizers vs. Resistors) with discusson of ethnoclassification (bags-of-keywords) vs. controlled vocabularies to describe resources. Stephen Downes pointed out the article, with the insightful comment: In a world where tomorrow is different from yesterday, controlled vocabularies (are) not only inefficient, they're dangerous. In a controlled vocabulary, not only can... »

I've tried a bunch of iPodder aggregator programs. None have turned my crank. They've been quirky, unreliable, misbehaving beasts. All I want is a simple, faceless app that reliably sucks down the enclosures from a set of feeds. Bashpodder is perfect! It's a BASH script, with a grand total of 44 lines of code (many... »

I just deployed a new Wordpress weblog to manage the APOLLO Project Website. It's a Wordpress 1.3 Alpha site, which gives me a place to play around with the latest builds of WP, and it also gives us a nice and easy way to officially publish information about APOLLO and related activities. »

We were talking today about how to be more strategic with our various inter-related projects (and specifically with the communication of status and plans), and the idea of some form of blended learning strategic advisory council was raised. The theory would be to have representatives from various organizations (University of Calgary, University of Alberta,... »

He didn't freak out at all this year (like he did last year). Santa looks more nervous than Evan does... :-) We just put up the tree, and will be counting the days before it becomes an indoor jungle gym for the boy... »

The Speakers and Schedule for Northern Voice were just announced. That looks like a pretty full docket - and one heck of a fine bunch of speakers. The problem is going to be choosing which sessions to attend ;-) My day will look like this: Tim Bray's keynote Robert Scoble's session Tod Maffin on Podcasting Stephen Downes on Community... »