Author: fioritto

The myths of web accessibility…

The myths of web accessibility. Slashdot reviews Constructing Accessible Web Sites, by Jim Thatcher et al. I have personally read this book, and recommend it to everyone. The review is well-done (by Slashdot standards anyway), and very positive. As usual, the comments are filled with people who just don’t get it, but I am heartened to see so many highly-rated…

Blogging in the classroom, Part…

Blogging in the classroom, Part 2. Forced blogging = flogging?. Creating bloggers by fiat   Although I decided early on in the design of TEC924 to require students to maintain a weblog as part of their individual course work I elected to be fairly non-directive about how and when to use the weblogs in the context of the course.  …

Toward a theory of klognets….

Toward a theory of klognets.. CommonMe bloggrolled Denmark’s own Hoejberg. Hoejberg posted: Andy Chen talks about his company’s product called RabbleRouser. The approach, Four Dimensions of Collaboration, taken to design the product looks interesting. hmmm. The 4d: The Connected Worker Provisioned with tools for connection. Supported by incentives and moderation. The Evolution of the Community Begin dialog. Include people inside…

Yes To School Blogs [1].

Yes To School Blogs. David Carter-Tod found a very interesting blog called School Blog or Not. Its author, Bill, is trying to answer the question “should Bryant Elementary implement its new web presence using Web log tools?” by examining school web sites, reviewing them, and exploring the issues that surround such a decision. Reading through Bill’s thoughts, it’s obvious how…

An Interview With Douglas Bowman…

An Interview With Douglas Bowman of Wired News. One of the Web’s oldest news sites, Wired News draws between 20 and 25 million page views every month. On October 11, 2002, Wired launched a brand-new site design that uses validating XHTML for its structure and a small collection of CSS files for its layout… [xBlog: The visual thinking weblog |…

John Patrick [1] from Agenda…

John Patrick from Agenda 2003: “Robert [Morris of IBM Research] made the point that blogging is not going to replace publishing as we know it any more than the web replaced newspapers. A blog is yet another component of the portfolio that we will all have at our disposal.” Of course blogs won’t replace newspapers.  The fact that people are…