• "Welcome to LibraryQuest?" » "Self-plagiarism is style" - The more I thought about it, the more it started to dove-tail with store loyalty/reward cards ? we often penalise "bad" library behaviour (e.g. through fines) but rarely reward "good" behaviour. I always feel sorry for students who never been fined before and then genuinely forget to bring some books back ? maybe they could "cash in" some of their well earned points to offset a fine?
  • Soundstream: sound-responsive screen saver -
  • Copyright Navigator -
  • Six cool things you can build with OpenID - Apart from explaining what OpenID is and how it works, the key point I was trying to get across in the talk was that OpenID is a simple piece of infrastructure on which smart applications can be built?applications that may not have been possible prior to the adoption of OpenID.
  • ongoing · OpenID - As it?s used now (unless I?m missing something) OpenID seems pretty useless, but with only a little work (unless I?m missing something) it could be very useful indeed.
  • Anil Dash: The Old Boys Club is for Losers - "Women aren't in these disciplines because they aren't interested?" Really? There's a simpler explanation, which falls under the heading of "I know where I'm not welcome." This kind of bias isn't new; Guys are almost always unable to see the barriers they construct.
  • unconference the book - This book is a collaborative project. It aims to pick the best minds around the word from people who have helped organize unconferences or attended one. It's a book entirely authored on a wiki.
  • O'Reilly Radar > Pros and Cons of OpenID - Note in that flurry of announcement there was only one new big acceptor - DIgg. AOL, Microsoft are not accepting OpenID. Why not? What are the Pros and Cons of OpenID currently?
  • My Scrotum Week « educating alice - After a few more paragraphs I stopped. Eager hands went up. ?It is about the drinking, right??