Monthly Archives: January 2002

Radio Userland

Posted on January 30, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

Radio Userland, or Radio, as it’s being called, is . . . huge. It’s more than a blog tool—because of the syndication, or “broadcast” features it offers, and the “news” database, which allows you to quickly, easily see headlines from … Continue reading →

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Yet More Blogs—And some Perls

Posted on January 29, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

So in my frenzied selfless search for blog tools, in between writing my diss, I took a look at Radio Userland. Cool. I think. Yeah, cool, but I think it’s more than it seems. It lets you automatically fetch “headlines” … Continue reading →

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Usability Heuristics and Interface Design

Posted on January 27, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

I used to have hard copies of these two lists taped to the wall: Jakob Nielsen’s Usability Heuristics, and Tog’s Interface First Principles checklist. It’s kinda neat to see them on the web. //

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More Open Source for Education

Posted on January 26, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

Yes, I’m still looking. I’ve found a couple more sites that are collecting information about open source projects of interest to education. There’s an article in NewsForge about SchoolForge, but the stuff that looks viable to me is mostly at … Continue reading →

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CMS Crises, or Opportunity?

Posted on January 24, 2002 by Lisa Spangenberg

Yesterday, my interest in blogs and CMSs got a lot sharper; WebCT announced a deadline for ending licensing for 3.1x, the version we use on E-Campus. We’re going to have to decide what to do. We do have lots of … Continue reading →

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