After reading Scientific American for many years, and having added its web content to my mind diet a few years ago, I have gained a great appreciation for the incisive commentary of much of the readership. In keeping with informal observations and research on social conventions in various modes of communication, letters to the editor [...]

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Participate in Earth Hour, Saturday March 28, 2009, 8:30 to 9:30 pm, your local time. Be a part of something BIG. Technorati Tags: earth hour, social action

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After using Adobe Acrobat Connect lightly for a couple of years, I have always been impressed by its stability and by the quality of the screen visuals and the sound, even on dial-up connections. Now, Stephen Downes blog has passed along a link to a new online meeting and conferencing environment, Vyew. The biggest difference [...]

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Since the very promising startup, JotSpot was devoured and (in my opinion) made less approachable by Google (as Google Sites), I’ve been searching for a powerful, user-friendly, feature-rich wiki capability. I had hoped to find a product or service that, like JotSpot (R.I.P.), was open to a vibrant developer community, which would ensure a steady [...]

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