Posted 11:18 PM by George Siemens
The Blog Realm: RSS, Aggregators, and Reading the Blog Fantastic

Quote: "But for every blogger out there, there are probably a dozen or more others who prefer reading to writing. With the explosion of Weblogs come new ways of reading them.
The solutions used to keep up with blogs are often called news aggregators. Much of the current software is still buggy and imperfect. It is in some ways like the early days of the Web when many issues were still being resolved, but these approaches may well become more integrated into e-mail, Web browsing, and stand-alone software in the next few years."
Comment: Just when you thought I'd babbled enough about blogs and syndication...:). Great article. If you are new to RSS and syndication...skim this article - quick read and provides a nice introduction...only problem - doesn't mention Aggie - my aggregator of choice (takes 5 minutes to install).

Posted 11:10 PM by George Siemens
Harmonizing Search and Content Management via Column Two
Quote: "Content Management and site search represent different software families, but nonetheless have become increasingly related. Clearly, a good site search engine is essential to any high-quality Web publishing effort. Moreover, a CMS can significantly improve site searches by normalizing (and even automatically generating) Meta information such as key words, page titles, content descriptions, structured asset descriptors, categories, and so forth. The result is improved site searches for your visitors, potentially improved Internet search engine rankings (Search Engine Optimization), and reduced cost and effort on your part to add these features to your site.
Comment: Nice overview of searching - spidering vs. dynamic. In elearning, knowledge discovery (KD) will play a more prominent role as content and knowledge management continue to grow. In some ways, the industry moved so quickly, that it is now retreating and backfilling basics like content management.

Posted 10:59 PM by George Siemens
GLUEwiki
Comment: Neat tool...can be used to set up discussions on blogs/web sites.

Posted 10:56 PM by George Siemens
Napster Co-Founder's New Venture
Quote: "Billed as a consumer-oriented tool to help end users "securely update, maintain and access" their contact lists, the free beta version of Plaxo integrates with Microsoft Outlook for Windows."
Comment: Looks interesting...process is simple - "Those who download the software stay in sync with each other automatically through a Plaxo update center that runs behind the scenes, updating users' address books when members change their information."

Posted 10:52 PM by George Siemens
DARE
Quote: "DARE (Digital Academic Repositories) is a collective initiative by the Dutch universities to make all their research results digitally accessible."