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Adobe is trying to get its Flash player installed on more mobile devices.

Adobe will stop charging licencing fees for mobile versions of Flash and plans to publish information about the inner workings of the code. Wikinomics concept: The move is the latest in a series that are aiming to open up Flash and get MORE devleopers working with it.

Technology can link a kettle to a mobile phone, so every time an elderly person boils water for their morning cup of tea a message is sent to a family member letting them know their relative is up and well. (Australia)

This is an excellent article that has been reposted. It includes a lot of the information that outlines WHAT web 2.0 is. This includes videos and many important hyperlinks. Excellent article for newcomers to web 2.0 to pick up on.

Excellent article outlining what is happening in Web 2.0 and education. This includes many important videos as well.

His suspicions grew further when he noticed a small, flat, circular object hidden under the rim of his new bin. About the size of a 10-cent coin, it had the letters "TI-RFid" embossed on it.

RFid technology attached to garbage bins to collect data about home owners re-cycling efforts or lack of. (Australia)

MessageLabs commissioned Dragulescu to visualize the threats the company finds in the 3 million messages it scans daily.

Virus, spyware code patterns translated to visual representations. May be 3d computing, a type of mashup.

Yahoo is opening up its applications for others to modify. This concept was emphasised in Wikinomics.

We don't think of social as a destination but as a dimension

A humanoid robot will conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra next month

The film will have three acts, each three to five minutes long, with the theme loosely based on the concept of humanity.

Mr. Lee is to direct a short film comprising of videos created using their mobile phones.

An "assignment" for each act will be announced online and people will then have four weeks to produce their submission.

Spike Lee has linked up with Nokia to direct a movie made with cell phone footage from everyday people in what he calls the democratization of film.

The Internet is the platform - a tool for harnessing collective intelligence. Data has become the "Intel Inside" and software is above being written for just a single device, meaning desktops, laptops and mobile devices.

Some good trends identified, some sites listed where they are working for 'a higher purpose'; the value grows based on the number of participants. Could have some ideas for a mulit-media artifact.

How twitter was used to backchannel a conference.

Excellent overview from Jeremiah about the use of twiter to backchannel at a conference. Backchanneling is something I think that is very important, but there is very definitely a best practice. Here were my comments to Jeremiah: "I am a classroom teacher and LOVE the backchannel (they are great for test reviews -- like group notes and more) and won't do a conference presentation without one, that being said, I wouldn't use twitter for it. Like you said, many people don't use twitter or get it. I like to create a "backchannel room" so that it is archived and recruit ahead of time at least two people: 1) A backchannel "moderator" - they answer questions and I call on them several times to ask for their summary of what is going on in the backchannel (this is when I'm the main presenter) 2) A google jockey -- they drop the links I'm talking about in the backchannel chat. I also like to ask the people in the backchannel to share best practice and what they are doing. I've had people comment that the one hour with a backchannel and me presenting was more meaningful than a whole day at a conference. (More compliments to the backchannel, I'm sure.) I've seen backchannels handled very poorly and it was TERRIBLE. It was chaos. And actually downright rude to the speaker. (More like backstabbing than backchanneling.) I've also seen it used well and it was incredible! The archiving of the backchannel gave me rich links as a presenter and participant AND also feedback on the session which I referred to later as the presenter. The backchannel is great -- I just like to use a backchannel ROOM especially for the session (inviting "friends" from around the world who are also watching on ustream) -- and then creating an archived copy of it. I think backchannels are very important and you've hit on the core of what is happening in the evolution of professional development and conferences. "

Business people and management should read this article about the transformation of business by using workplace communities. "Workplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges" -- they focus on tasks. I would find it interesting to see a business REALLY use technology to change things. Having the business in a business network (OK a NING) and let people tag their posts with the business related PROBLEMS they are having and blog, video, or photograph it-- the tag cloud would tell the business IMMEDIATELY what the problems are in the company. The problem with this model is that there are few corporate executives who REALLY want to know the problems within their organizations. They don't want to be problem solvers, just opportunity creators. However, when managers open their eyes (and I'm a former General Manager myself) and see that two things give business opportunity: problem solving and innovation. And they are directly related. True innovation solves problems. Read this article and think about how you may solve problems using the networks you may now create. If you don't want everyone to know, keep it private and only allow people in your company in.

Important article about why businesses need to change.

Juggling spreadsheets, music, and reports between PCs may get a lot easier with a new Microsoft service called Live Mesh.

The service allows you to create a Web-based Live Desktop complete with Windows-like folders that can be shared with others and can be synched to multiple PCs. Can be extended to cell phones.

I'm reading some great posts from students about the keynote. This one in particular was very captivating. In the digital age, we do not have to strike in front of the White House. We effect change by telling the world the truth from the comfort of our own homes using the Internet with facebook, myspace, blogger, and so much more."

Clearflow is an ambitious effort to add AI machine-learning techniques to the complex problem of predicting traffic congestion.

MySpace hopes to provide an alternative pilot process. Rather than spend millions of dollars on a test TV episode that might never receive a series order, the company hopes to use its social network as a test bed.

Great website using Geocaching and ARG's.

We talked about Alternate Reality and a wealth of gaming tonight on Wow2 (a show the gaming as pedagogical platform group is going to need to listen to.) This is an online ARG (alternate reality game) for educators and uses Geocaching -- we're planning an upcoming show on geocaching on Wow2 -- if you know of any educators doing great work, let me know.

This short insightful article from Alan Levine with the new media consortium explains wikis beautifully. I love it!

This view on wikis is very accurate. Alan Levine is the VP of the new media consortium that wrote the horizon report.

A webcast with Diane Hammond, organizer of Yes I Can Science about her experiences organizing a blogging project between middle school science students and an astronaut on the space station. She has some interesting insights on the importance of active teacher involvement and engagement of the classroom.

This project is a great one to look at and Diane Hammond from Yes I Can Science is a wonderful resource!