Robin Good Archive Of Latest News
April 2003

Translation Tools and Online Resources Reviewed By Translators   ... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good - Master New Media -- April 30

Secrecy Out Of Date   Don't I need to be secretive to get an edge over competition? Too many companies are overly secretive, protecting information that all their customers and competitors already know. What is the advantage of making a product inaccessible to potential customers in fear of losing competitive ideas when... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

US Enterprise Web Conferencing Companies Overlook International Customers   I am more and more frequently invited to attend so-called webinars, Internet presentations, online showcases and demonstrations, all geared at providing useful content on a selected topic while effectively demonstrating the value and effectiveness of some of today's Web conferencing systems. As I am actively following the... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Breakthrough Digital DJ Mixing Toolkit Does The Job Right While Providing New eMarketing Opportunity For Independent Artists and Labels   EZ DJ http://www.simplestar.com/ = breakthrough tool Software Tool (Win) Online Free Limited Version (Full USD 29.99) This is the best amateur DJ toolkit that I have ever played with. As a former DJ myself, I can assure that if you are into mixing, adding percussions, scratching and adding fx... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

The Great Equalizer   Kiss Your Internet Good-bye by Servando González = must read Article FREE "...as media critic A.J. Liebling rightly expressed, freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. Though in theory the opportunity to own his own printing press was open to every American citizen, in... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

A critical commentary of Blogging and the eCommunication Paradigm   by Jose Luis Orihuela University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain) http://mccd.udc.es/orihuela/ blogtalk/ Professor Orihuela provides a very interesting and valuable paper on the new universe of communication created by independent individuals around the world, who by way of a precise social and cultural need have chosen to become the... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

SPAM Blocking Networked P2P Tool Provides Effective Shield   Spamnet http://www.cloudmark.com/ = breakthrough tool Software Tool + Network (Win) FREE (30 days) "Imagine, a spam message lands in your email, you click delete and it disappears from your Inbox - and the Inbox of millions of other people around the world. With SpamNet this becomes a reality, especially... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

How To Remotely Track Usage Of Your PC   iSpyNOW http://www.ispynow.com/ = breakthrough tool Software Tool (Win) USD $ 79 A new powerful utility provides complete stealth facilities to remotely monitor and track usage of any PC via a web interface (and without ever having physical access to that PC). iSpyNOW was developed to assist home users and administrators... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Translation Tools and Online Resources Reviewed By Translators   Translation Journal http://www.accurapid.com/ journal/index.html = worth knowing Software FREE "A Publication for Translators by Translators about Translators and Translation", the Translation Journal is a unique one-stop resource for anyone dealing with translation in a wired universe. The Journal offers a large set of valuable articles and reviews on a number... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Unofficial Directory Of Online Dictionary Resources   1000 Dictionaries - An Internet Directory http://www.1000dictionaries.com = must have Online Resource FREE 1000Dictionaries is an online resource that offers a tremendous amount of resources well organized in different categories. Though the look and design of the site leave something to be desired, the sheer amount of information selected... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

How Do You Read Foreign Language Blogs?   Weblog and Community Of International Communications Activists Blogalization http://blogalization.org/ = must have Online Resource FREE Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it. Blogalization is a multilingual project in development, looking for collaborators - and multilingual translations of the pun on the word "globalization." "If, as Ross Mayfield observes, "social capital"... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Alternatives to Microsoft Windows Operating System   "The Quest for the Perfect Linux System..." by Anthony Hicks http://www.osnews.com/ story.php?news_id=3229 = worth knowing Online Article FREE Anthony Hicks provides a valuable personal review and analysis of the major commercial operating systems out there, to evaluate plus and minuses of each as its ideal dekstop companion. OSes reviewed are: 1) Microsoft... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

How To Manage And Optimize Dirty, Long, Dynamic Web URL Addresses The Ones That Are Difficult To Type, Remember And Preserve   by Thomas A. Powell and Joe Lima http://www.port80software.com/ support/articles/nextgenerationurls = must read Mini-Guide FREE This article provides straightforward tips and technologies to create cleaned URLs that are short, understandable and devoid of risky implementation details. "Towards Next Generation URLs" For many years we have heard about the impending death of URLs... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Gallery of Data Visualization - The Best and the Worst   http://www.math.yorku.ca/ SCS/Gallery/ = worth knowing Online Visual resource FREE "This Gallery of Data Visualization displays some examples of the Best and Worst of Statistical Graphics, with the view that the contrast may be useful, inform current practice, and provide some pointers to both historical and current work. We... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

3-D Visual Navigation Of Information Spaces   If you are not familiar with navigating information spaces here are a few directions to see some interesting cyberspaces. These virtual 3-D maps allow full navigation of large information spaces through a three dimensional scenario. These 3-D spaces are based on the Antarctica Map.net visualization engine: 1) Visualize/Browse/Search the... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

How to Select Perfectly Matching Color Combinations   A Free Mini-Guide by Robin Good One of the most difficult tasks for visual communicators is selecting harmonious color combinations. Though we all feel we have the capability to select appropriate colors — in reality we've realized that's not true and it's difficult for those without a... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Rule Of Minimum Effort Makes Effective Interface Design Usable   Broadmoor Hotel https://reservations.ihotelier.com/ onescreen.cfm?hotelID=2054&languageID=1 = worth knowing Online Reservation System FREE The Broadmoor Hotel online reservation system. Though very simple and unspectacular this proves to be a very effective and pragmatical interface design. It offers the end user maximum comfort in her ability to select, schedule and estimate a room... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

"Formal" And "Passionate" Innovation In Interface Design Solutions   Mercedes Benz http://www.mercedes-benz.com/d/ about/mbspecial_sprache.htm The Tofte Project http://www.tofteproject.info/flash.html Here are two interesting and very different Web sites projects. Both offer innovative application of Flash-based technology to provide an audio-visual experience. While the first one is very traditional and approaches communication as traditional established companies have been used to, the second... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

How To Create A Personal Digital Noosphere   Creating Alternatives To Centralized Knowledge-Access Repositories "The noosphere represents a new global consciousness. Sort of a Gaia theory applied to memetics. In the world of the internet, memes aren't restricted to individuals and their creations. Memes now drift around in this giant collaborative environment." Is Google my only... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Is Google News Your Best Online News Service? 10 Questions To Verify Google News Credibility   Google News http://news.google.com/ Searching for reliable and objective news items is becoming more and more difficult as each days goes by. You either have to rely on independent news sources outside of the mainstream media, or you do risk of being flooded with a prep-packaged bulk of news... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Global Consciousness   "The noosphere represents a new global consciousness (http://www.technoetic.com/noosphere/). Sort of a Gaia theory applied to memetics. In the world of the Internet, memes aren't restricted to individuals and their creations. Memes now drift around in this giant collaborative environment." Memes.net In his book "The Global Brain Awakens: Our... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Will Quality Learning Become A Free Resource For All?   A Modest Manifesto by David Wiley http://www.reusability.org/blogs/ david/archives/000055.html#more = must have Online Article FREE David Wiley has recently posted an interesting manifesto calling for a growing development and distribution of free learning resources: A Modest Manifesto Here are a few inspiring excerpts from it: "It is high time for instructional technologists to... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Free Journalling Tool For Your e-Learning Projects   Project Steve Guttenberg http://www.projectsteveguttenberg.org/ downloads.php Server Application = worth knowing Free If you are looking for a journalling or weblog tool that can be utilized for e-Learning projects that require individual students to maintain their own online journal this can be an alternative option to consider. Project Steve Guttenberg (PSG)... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Side by Side   From Open Space Web Conferencing To Living And Collaborating Together In A "Private" Space I have been struck by one consideration. I talk so much about web conferencing, real-time collaboration tools, but do I really understand what is the future of online collaboration? Are we just going to have... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Effective P2P File Sharing Without Spyware   Overnet http://www.overnet.com/ = interesting, promising Open Source Software FREE Overnet is an open source, cross platform application (Win, Mac and Linux) that allows you to share files with millions of other people across the globe. According to InfoAnarchy, Overnet, the file sharing application based on the Kademlia algorithm*, has reached... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Best Online Resources For Web Conferencing, Live E-Learning, Real-Time Collaboration and Live Presentation Tools   a Mini-Guide by Robin Good When you are searching for information, reviews and tips about Web conferencing or real-time collaboration tools you there a few great online resources that you can reliably refer to. While preparing my Official Guide to SOHO Web Conferencing and Live Presentations Tools I had... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Online Collaboration At Its Best: Dig Your Groove And Start Creating Your Own Virtual Real Estate Spaces   Groove Workspace, version 2.5 http://www.groove.net/ = breakthrough tool P2P Software Tool FREE Preview Edition (90-days trial) If I had to draw a similarity to another product to make you understand what Groove is and why it is such a revolutionary tool, YahooGroups (formerly eGroups) would come again immediately to... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Create Your Virtual Classroom Online   by Robin Good Tim, a Professor at NorthWest University in Katmandu, told me some weeks ago that he fancies the idea of creating his own live classroom to complement and support his quality work in the classroom for quite some time. "It's an excellent idea, Tim", I told... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 30

Side by Side   Side by Side From Open Space Web Conferencing To Living And Collaborating Together In A "Private" Space I have been struck by one consideration. I talk so much about web conferencing, real-time collaboration tools, but do I really understand what is the future of online collaboration? Are we just going... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 29

Connected Specialization: The Importance of Networking   George Siemens, one of the most valuable explorers and communication agents opening new trails in this information jungle, writes his own thoughts, striking many similar chords in me about the ways we need to interconnect and share information among us. "When things change rapidly, people who are... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 29

One-Click Screen Sharing   Glance http://www.glance.net/ = interesting, promising Online Service starts at $ 19.95/month Here is an online service that claims to be the simplest and most straightforward way to show live what is on your screen with others, remote colleagues, staff, friends or customers. For example let's say you are a software company... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 28

"Formal" And "Passionate" Innovation In Interface Design Solutions   Here are two interesting and very different Web sites projects. Both offer innovative application of Flash-based technology to provide an audio-visual experience. While the first one is very traditional and approaches communication as traditional established companies have been used to, the second one is extremely innovative... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 27

Effective Online Hotel Reservation Interface   How To Design With Simplicity And Usability In Mind The Broadmoor Hotel online reservation system. Though very simple and unspectacular this proves to be a very effective and pragmatical interface design. It offers the end user maximum comfort in her ability to select, schedule and estimate a room... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 27

Individual Property And Cooperation At The Heart Of Effective Economic Systems   Interesting commentary on issues we take too frequently for granted and that are hardly questioned by anyone. "Do you really own yourself?" asks the author of this interesting law article to his University students. Once you transpose these issues to the virtual world we are gradually moving... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 26

SPAM Blocking Networked P2P Tool Provides Effective Shield   Spamnet http://www.cloudmark.com/ = breakthrough tool Software Tool + Network (Win) FREE (30 days) "Imagine, a spam message lands in your email, you click delete and it disappears from your Inbox - and the Inbox of millions of other people around the world. With SpamNet this becomes a reality, especially with... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 25

SARS: Separating Fact From Fiction   by Michael Justice The global SARS pandemic has surpassed the US invasion of Iraq as the leading news of the day. The war is over, the evil empire has been crushed, and the reconstruction efforts are underway. The latest SARS threat instinctively pulls our attention toward our... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 24

SARS - Treatments Available And Cost-Effective   Some Good news. Chris Gupta writes: "There are indeed available and cost effective treatments for SARS are not being used while an unnecessary death toll however, small or large shamelessly continues." "Generally disregarded by Ontario health officials was the fact that the threat posed by SARS paled... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 23

Secrecy Out Of Date   Don’t I need to be secretive to get an edge over competition? Too many companies are overly secretive, protecting information that all their customers and competitors already know. What is the advantage of making a product inaccessible to potential customers in fear of losing competitive ideas... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 22

Free Journalling Tool For Your e-Learning Projects   Project Steve Guttenberg http://www.projectsteveguttenberg.org/downloads.php Server Application = worth knowing Free If you are looking for a journalling or weblog tool that can be utilized for e-Learning projects that require individual students to maintain their own online journal this can be an altrnative option to consider. Project Steve Guttenberg (PSG) is a... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 21

Breakthrough DJ Mixing Toolkit Does The Job Right   Breakthrough Digital DJ Mixing Toolkit Does The Job Right While Providing New eMarketing Opportunity For Independent Artists and Labels EZ DJ http://www.simplestar.com/ = breakthrough tool Software Tool (Win) Online Free Limited Version (Full 29.99) This is the best amateur DJ toolkit that I have ever played with. As a former DJ myself, I... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 19

US Web Conferencing Companies Diplomatically Shun International Customers   I am more and more frequently invited to attend so-called webinars, Internet presentations, online showcases and demonstrations, all geared at providing useful content on a selected topic while effectively demonstrating the value and effectiveness of some of today's Web conferencing systems. As I am actively following the... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 18

Online Collaboration At Its Best   Dig Your Groove And Start Creating Your Own Virtual Real Estate Spaces If I had to draw a similarity to another product to make you understand what Groove is and why it is such a revolutionary tool, YahooGroups (formerly eGroups) would come again immediately to mind. If you... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 17

Effective P2P File Sharing Without Spyware   Overnet is an open source, cross platform application (Win, Mac and Linux) that allows you to share files with millions of other people across the globe. According to InfoAnarchy , Overnet, the file sharing application based on the Kademlia algorithm (http://kademlia.scs.cs.nyu.edu/), has reached a number of... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 17

How can waste materials be converted into fuel?   How come we never hear of these items in the mainstream news? Ever wondered? "The process is designed to handle almost any waste product imaginable, including turkey offal, tires, plastic bottles, harbor-dredged muck, old computers, municipal garbage, cornstalks, paper-pulp effluent, infectious medical waste, oil-refinery residues, even biological weapons... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 17

SARS PANIC UNWARRANTED   Dr Leo Rebello from India brings forward an alternative and independent point of view of SARS. Read what he wrote today: How can SARS be called an epidemic, if it causes less than 5 deaths per day? What about 250,000 deaths that occur daily due... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 15

How To Remotely Track Usage Of Your PC   iSpyNOW http://www.ispynow.com/ = breakthrough tool Software Tool (Win) USD $ 79 A new powerful utility provides complete stealth facilities to remotely monitor and track usage of any PC via a web interface (and without ever having physical access to that PC). . iSpyNOW was developed to assist home users... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 15

Is Google News Your Best Online New Service?   10 Questions To Verify Google News Credibility Searching for reliable and objective news items is becoming more and more difficult as each days goes by. You either have to rely on independent news sources outside of the mainstream media, or you do risk of being flooded with a... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 13

SARS Patient Zero: Chinese Doctor's Research Causes Epidemic   A Possible Alternative Face Of The Truth Behind How The SARS Virus Spread Long nights in a research laboratory, to manipulate a new virus Then the travel to Hong Kong for a wedding From super scientist to great untore and "patient zero" of the new SARS virus killer An alternative... read more | cat.: | Link | Comment Robin Good -- April 12

3-D Visual Navigation Of Information Spaces   If you are not familar with navigating information spaces here are a few directions to see some interesting cyberspaces. These virtual 3-D maps allow full navigation of large information spaces through a three dimensional scenario. These 3-D spaces are based on the Antarctica Map.net visualization engine: 1) Visualize/Browse/Search the... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 10

Alternatives to Microsoft Windows   Anthony Hicks provides a valuable personal review and analysis of the major commercial operating systems out there, to evaluate plus and minuses of each as its ideal dekstop companion. OSes reviewed are: Microsoft Windows BeOS Mac OS X Linux Further Mr Hicks reviews some of the most popular Linux distributions (Yoper,... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 9

Will Quality Learning Become A Free Resource For All?   David Wiley has recently posted an interesting manifesto calling for a growing development and distribution of free learning resources: A Modest Manifesto Here are a few inspiring excerpts from it: "It is high time for instructional technologists to get serious about extending free, high quality educational opportunities to everyone.... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 7

How Does the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) Affect Computer Hardware?   As companies like Lexmark have been suing other companies for DMCA violations (like the manufacturing and sale of compatible ink-cartridges for their printers) concerns have been raised about where the boundaries of what is good for all should be drawn. So far Lexmark has been granted an... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 6

How to Record, Save And Restore Your Windows Desktop Icons Layout   It's Sunday, and you will pardon me if I dwell on the apparently superficial and light stuff, but I have been looking for a tool like this for a very, very long time. As a heavy user of PC technology I continually need to test new software... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 6

How To Sell Your Music Or Data CD-ROM Online   CafePress www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/audio.aspx = breakthrough tool Online Service FREE CafePress.com is a company that has been known for first allowing many individuals and small companies to create merchandising products to sell on their Web sites. CafePress.com provides the blank merchandise which can be stamped on demand with your logo, banner or tagline.... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 3

Alternative and Independent New Sources About The Iraqi War   A mini-guide containing links to over 200 alternative and independent news online resources reporting about the Iraqi war will be available to my MasterMind Explorer subscribers. I have finished writing the content one hour ago and I am about to release the final copy. This new... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 2

New Breed Of Collaboration Tools Provides Cost-Effective Alternative To WebEx   While, WebEx Bundles Its Applications for Enterprise Edition a whole new set of highly cost-effective conferencing tools for the individual has become available. The latest WebEx addition is the "WebEx Enterprise Edition, and it's not so much a new service as a new way of organizing... read more | cat.: | Link Robin Good -- April 1

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