Susanne Nyrop :: FeedsSeptember 04, 2008Top Ten Online Psychology ExperimentsSo if you take a psychology test and put it on the web and make it a game, is it still research? Via JT Cobb. I should note that I'm a big fan of Casual Fridays at Cognitive Daily and often take part in these light-hearted trials. Sandra Kiume, PsychCentral, September 4, 2008 [Tags: Research] [Link] [Comment] Quick Introduction to Connectivism CourseGeorge Siemens has created a short video introduction to our online Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course. Also, our MOOC will be the subject of a Fringe Alt discussion (see here and here). George Siemens, elearnspace, September 4, 2008 [Tags: Connectivism, Video] [Link] [Comment] Chrome Is a Desktop Web Application PlatformI think this is exactly what Google has in mind: "It comes dressed as a web browser but is actually a Desktop Web Application platform. It facilitates the creation of Web Applications that are desktop like in functionality." See also Tony Hirst. And Seb Schmoller runs a quick review of Google Chrome as a guest Contribution from Dick Moore. Ben Emson, Weblog, September 4, 2008 [Tags: Google, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] When Corrupting the Youth Is GoodFrom time to time people raise the question of ethics - what ought to guide our posts? What ought to guide our teaching? And it has seemed to me over time that the principles of ethics and the principles of reason converge - that what is ethical is to write and teach in accord with the principles of good reason (sometimes called 'critical thinking', though I need to talk about this separately some time). Because the only way youth can be 'corrupted' (in any meaningful sense of the term) is when they read uncritically, and when teaching contravenes the ethic and spirit of critical enquiry. Clay Burell, Beyond School, September 4, 2008 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment] Third Life - Auricle: the Next GenerationAs Brian Kelly warns, "We should be aware of the dangers of associating services with departmental names and specific technologies. This has been well documented, including Tim Berners-Lee's article on Cool URIs Don't Change! - although this is clearly easy to say, but more difficult to implement in practice." That's why I use downes.ca and resist the efforts of companies like Google (or employers like NRC) to make me use corporate domains. Anyhow, as Derek Morrison writes here, Auricle is alive and well in its third (and, one hopes, final) incarnation. Derek Morrison, Auricle, September 4, 2008 [Tags: Online Learning, Google] [Link] [Comment] HP's Virtualization Honcho John Bennett: Rethinking VirtualizationVirtualization is something that will occupy more and more attention in the future. Why? "We see a large number of customers spending less than 30 percent of their IT budget on business priorities, and growth initiatives, and 70 percent or more on management and maintenance. With virtualization and with these broader transformational initiative, you can really flip the ratio around." Dana Gardner, E-Commerce Times, September 4, 2008 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment] Stephen Downes: Redes de AprendizajeDiego Leal has very graciously translated my paper Learning Networks (The Buntine Oration) into Spanish. I gave the talk in 2004, but is remains relevant today. Translation by Diego Leal, .Edu.Co.Blog, September 4, 2008 [Tags: none] [Link] [Comment] iLeonardoGiorgio Bertini writes, "iLeonardo is a Social Utility for connecting to people and their collections of relevant information on the web. People use iLeonardo to build digital notebooks of anything from the Internet. In return the utility displays similar notebooks that other people have created and made public." The idea has a lot of potential, however, right now it has been overwhelmed by someone doing 'voter information' for the U.S. election. Also, the forms to send feedback or request an account pop under the demo video, rendering them unusable. The idea is worth keeping an eye on, though. Various Authors, Website, September 4, 2008 [Tags: Networks, Video, Research] [Link] [Comment] EdmodoInes Pinto writes, Edmodo is a "microblogging platform just launched, specially designed for teachers and students, dailly life school management, creation of students or teachers groups in the same school or between teachers or students from different schools in different countries." It makes you log on before you get a glimpse (bleah). And I don't like the choice between 'guys' and 'ladies'. The tool itself is a bit like a structured instant messaging tool. Interesting, possibly worthwhile. Nicely coded. Various Authors, Website, September 4, 2008 [Tags: Schools, Instant Messaging, Online Learning] [Link] [Comment] September 03, 2008Google Chrome Now LiveGoogle's Chrome browser is now available. You can download it for free and install it on your Windows machine (Linux and Apple users won't even see the download link). Here's the Wikipedia page on Chrome. The open source project behind Chrome is called Chromium, and you can download the source for various systems and mess around with it. Here's the developer documentation. Google Chrome: Initial Reports Round-UpGood round-up of initial reactions to Chrome (I offer perspectives from the Ed Techish crowd below). "It is a lightweight, fast, and pretty stable browser, although perhaps not as smashingly great as Google had hoped." Thord Daniel Hedengren, The Blog Herald, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Google, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] 7 Really Awesome Things About Google ChromeI'll grant, Chrome is really fast. But you still end up waiting when the server at the other end grinds on... as it does, say, at Facebook. It's also easy to switch - I picked it up and started using it right away; I wasn't all confused the way I was (and still am) when I tried to use the latest Internet Explorer. Stan Schroeder, Mashable, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Google, Microsoft, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] Oooohh...Chrome Is Shiny....So?Mark Oehlert comments on the way Chrome was announced. "I think it becomes pretty apparent that we hunger for visual explanations. ..and since we're on this topic, you should all go to VizThink - that's a gimme. So the question then is why do we continue to bias text over images?" (p.s. Mark please get rid of those SnapShots previews - they bog down the page load and make it a paid to view... just sayin'...) Mark Oehlert, e-Clippings, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] A Bug in Google ChromePretty picky... but... "Google Chrome wrongly displays alternate styles as if active, thus "breaking" websites that use them." Well, ok, but that's for browser-specific code,m isn't it? But "To compete with Microsoft, the new browser must offer what other browsers do not." Well, is this so? Will we see Chrome-only features? Jeffrey Zeldman, Weblog, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Google, Microsoft, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] The Story Behind Google ChromeVideo from Google explaining why they developed Chrome. The Official Google Channel, YouTube, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Video, Google, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] Screencast Tour Of Google ChromeScreencast outlining major features of Google Chrome. Because screenshots are not enough, and people who have Apple and Linux want to be able to see too. You can also view a big version of the screencast. Via econtent. DemoGirl, Weblog, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Apple Inc., Google, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] First Impressions of Google ChromeInteresting comment: "The future for Chrome is difficult to predict. Some have said it is a potential Windows killer, and if you look at the comments for any of the coverage on Google Chrome there will be people saying that it is unlikely that Internet Explorer users will switch, as one comment stated: 'It's Firefox that will suffer, not IE. Many IE users wouldn't know how to change browser, nor why they might want to'." Liam Green-Hughes, Weblog, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Google, Microsoft, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] The Triwizard Tournament of BrowsersPost that compares how asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX) runs in Chrome. Though I should point out that AJAX works very differently depending on the operating system that is used as well - AJAX in Firefox on Windows works better than AJAX in Firefox on Ubuntu. Tamas Biro, Sense/Net Portal Engine Devblog, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Operating Systems, Microsoft, Google Chrome, XML, Metadata] [Link] [Comment] Google, Chrome, and Copyright Email This EntryOne of many posts to complain about Chrome's end user license agreement (EULA): "Google has applied the same EULA that it uses for Gmail to everything you put into the Chrome browser. What, you never read the gmail EULA? You do realize it gives Google copyrights in your email, right? Yeah, it does." He has a very good point - even more so when one considers that Chrome is being released as open source and shouldn't have any encumbrances on it at all! Alan Wexelblat, Copyfight, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Google, Open Source, Copyrights, Google Chrome, Patents] [Link] [Comment] Where Is the Aldus Pagemaker for the Cloud?I remember Aldus Pagemaker. It really did revolutionize publishing. It came out just as I was in my graphic design period (I was doing a lot of posters and things for people), so I learned a lot about it. Now Steve Borsch is right - there is no PageMaker for Chrome. Yet. But one of the things I tried to do yesterday (it didn't work) was to drag a tab right into a Blogger input field. You see, what should happen is that the entire tab - with all its functionality - should embed into my page. Now this I think will be enabled by Chrome, eventually. This will be a game-changer. Steve Borsch, Connecting the Dots, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Blogger, Books, Google, Paradigm Shift, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] The Killer Feature of Google's New Chrome Web Browser - Combined Search and Address Bar - Will Conquer IE.Well, I'm not so sure about that. I really found the combine search and address bar annoying - especially when thge browser did a search instead of giving me the URL (I don't always type 'http' - I shouldn't have to!). This author disagrees - see the comments for more opinions. Unattributed, Fast Company, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Google, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] 10 Scariest and Most Annoying Facts About Google ChromeYou have to wonder about some of the things Chrome is doing. Such as: registry updates on Windows, automatic imports, suspicious end user license agreement, poor privacy agreement, automatic updates, and more. Yes, this needs to be examined carefully. By the same author: 7 Reasons Why Google Chrome, the New Google Browser is a Bad Idea. Unattributed, SEO Blog, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Privacy Issues, Google, Microsoft, Google Chrome] [Link] [Comment] Serious Potential in Google's BrowserOverview of the new browser. "Chrome is, nonetheless, full of really smart features that seem to have been inspired by other browsers - or ripped off from them, depending on your level of cynicism... If you believe Google, though, the best stuff is all under the hood." Here is another review from CNN. David Pogue, New York Times, September 3, 2008 [Tags: Google] [Link] [Comment] September 02, 2008Google ChromeThe big announcement for today is the launch of Google Chrome - at least, it's supposed to happen today, though as of this writing I'm still waiting. I'll have much more coverage and commentary when it actually comes out. What we have in the meantime is this comic-style description of what Chrome will do, drawn by Scott McLeod. Here's Google's announcement of the comic, which was originally "leaked" to a few influential bloggers. Scott McLeod, Google, September 2, 2008 [Tags: Google] [Link] [Comment] Quebec Government Sued for Buying Microsoft SoftwareThe Quebec government has been sued for buying Microsoft software. "Government buyers are using an exception in provincial law that allows them to buy directly from a proprietary vendor when there are no options available, but Facil said that loophole is being abused..." 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