Monthly Archives: February 2005

Can we talk about my brain? It is taxed. It is experiencing information overload. It is tired and it wants to go to sleep. Some days it does just that–those are not usually my most productive days. I’m simply innundated … Continue reading →

There’s no precise definition of AI, but broadly, it’s a field that attempts to provide machines with humanlike reasoning and language-processing capabilities. Researchers now are emerging from what has been called an “AI winter” with renewed interest in the biology … Continue reading →

Traditional linguists fear the internet damages our ability to articulate properly, infusing language with LOLs, dorky emoticons and the gauche sharing personal information on blogs. But some researchers believe we have entered a new era of expression.

Google’s Blogger service is bypassing Really Simple Syndication in favor of an alternative technology, a move that has sparked more discord in a bitter dispute over Web log syndication formats. Old article about Google’s choice to go with Atom over … Continue reading →

ETS, the nonprofit group that created the SAT and a number of other standardized tests, has worked with educators, information technology experts, and other institutions to develop a new test designed to measure what it means to be literate in … Continue reading →

I’m not an expert on digital voice recorders, but given some recent conversations in DTLT, this seemed intriguing. . .

So according to an article in Salon, the social networking site “43 Things” is actually receiving funding from Amazon. (I actually came across this site a few months ago and thought, “Hmmm. . .I should come back and check this … Continue reading →

Apparently, the iPod is pretty popular among Microsoft staff at the corporate campus. Read the article–funny stuff.

I meant to blog about this topic last week; then I got distracted, closed my posting window, and thought “I’ll get back to it later.” Well, today Wired News ran this article on folksonomies and reminded me to get back … Continue reading →