WordCamp(ED) in Washington DC, Nov. 22

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Oh To Be WordCamp(ed) in DC » CogDogBlog

Just got word via the tweetvine from Dave Lester that the first ever WordCamp Ed (WordCamp Education) is happening in Washington, DC, on November 22 at George Mason University.

I’m working a lot on WordPress these days, and the ways it can be used as a platform for courses. I’ve been developing a few course-related WP-portals: nuevosmediosdigitales, the Teaching Online course, and tecnoInfoZen as well, together with talented students, and I’ve been having a lot of fun.

Plus, I’m checking out new WP themes, especially those which are magazine-like (a post on this subject soon).

So, it’s really a pity I won’t be able to attend the WordCamp(ED) in Washington, DC, on Nov. 22!

Alan Levine says there is this initiative to develop WP plugins for educators! Wow! It’s named ScholarPress… I’m checking this out, now!

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Xtremely Drug Resistant TB

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

XDRTB.org

Xtremely Drug Resistant TB. Watch the video: it’s real. From photographer James Nachtwey the shocking story of a deadly new strain of TB, caused by untreatment.

XDRTB: TED Prize to photographer James Nachtwey

more about “2007 TED Prize Winner James Nachtwey“, posted with vodpod
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Extend Firefox!

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Mozilla Labs » Announcing the Extend Firefox 3 Contest Winners

Some exciting Firefox Extensions have been announced lately. Here are those coming from the FF3 Contest. My favorite is Read it Later, an add-on that lets me save pages of interest (those I don’t want to bookmark) and sync them with the computers I am using. Nice interface. I was using Instapaper, but Read It Later’s good integration with FF is making me change my mind. Instapaper has, however, a simplicity that captivates me. My next favorite is likely to be Fire.fm, the integration with last.fm’s services, which promises to have me listen to the music I loke most and share it as well as find friends’ selection.

Another good list is the FF Recommended Add-ons. Here, my favorite is the ScribeFire Blog Editor, which lets me post to blogs (like now)
from a Web page withing my browser. I can choose which blog to post to,
and it also lets me take and store notes. The other favorite is Cooliris, a photo 3D interface to view photos in a stunning way.

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Internet Cafés: A photo gallery

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

These are Internet years. The Internet and the Web are the new territory in which we all live. So, Internet Cafés are sprouting in every corner of the world, and are often the only way people in rural areas can connect and jump (albeit momentarily) the divide.

This gallery of photos (from repubblica.it) shows a few of them, in all sorts of environment.

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Foreign Policy: Los intelectuales + influyentes de iberoamérica

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Antonio Vantaggiato

LOS 50 INTELECTUALES MÁS INFLUYENTES DE IBEROAMÉRICA | Foreign Policy Edición Española

La edición española de Foreign Policy publica una lista de los 50 intelectuales de iberoamérica. Puedes votar por cinco intelectuales y hasta proponer tres candidatos. En la lista de los Top 50 están figuras como Almodóvar y Fidel Castro, García Márquez y Manuel Castells. Aparece una única bloguera, la activista cubana Yoani Sánchez.

Aunque los integrantes de esta lista son muy sabios, el criterio para hacerla ha sido simple: los candidatos deben estar en activo, intervenir en la vida pública e influir en España, Portugal y América Latina. Hemos elegido 50. La selección de los 10 finalistas se publicará en el número de diciembre.

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