Learning with the Fang

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Entries from November 2006

Disruptive

November 30th, 2006 · No Comments

Tee Hee - just got off the phone where Dave (LifeKludger) Wallace was bitching and moaning that he couldnt upload our podcast. Looks like it might have something to do with digg picking up THIS:
Apple Writes Podcaster A Letter Authorizing “Podcast”
http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Writes_Podcaster_A_Letter_Authorizing_Podcast/blog
Dave Gray, one of the hosts of TPN
’s GlobalGeek podcast, sent a letter to [...]

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CreativeCommonsDRM - pushing the boundaries video mashup

November 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The response to my call for some conversation around my earlier CreativeCommonsDRM post has been so great that I have decided to bring a little video mashup I made (but was afraid to publish) out into the open as a way of moving the debate forward and perhaps testing some of the boundaries.

My little 3:12 [...]

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Dr Karls [literally rocket-powered] book launch

November 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Gotta love Dr Karl. Not only does he:
- have a cool science show on tripleJ radio every Thursday
- podcast that show so we can time (and space) shift our listening
- write a lot of cool books
But, as I heard today on the most recent podcast episode (bike, beautiful weather, by the beach), his latest [...]

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My daughter went to TSOF last week

November 27th, 2006 · No Comments

As suggested by CEGSA, I plan to share some of the stories of the experience my family and I have had with regard to Technology School of the Future (TSOF).
While asking my kids for stories my youngest daughter said ‘I went to TSOF on Thursday and it certainly isn’t closing down’.  It turns out her [...]

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CreativeCommonsDRM-Stephen Downes gets us talking

November 24th, 2006 · 8 Comments

UPDATE: Summary of responses so far:
Tarmo Toikkanen - ‘the non-commercial clause is considered harmful (google for it)’
Stephen Downes - ‘ The reason I use the non-commercial license is that I believe that allowing commercial use will reduce and restrict future use. In other words, I believe that the non-commercial license is the most open. Why? [...]

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