We will be formally announcing the Edusim Lesson Ipod Nano Giveaway next week - but in a nutshell here are the terms.

(1) Create an Edusim lesson on a subject of your choice (view the quick start tutorials here - http://edusim3d.com/?page=parts.php&part=3)

(2) Save your lessons (view the quick start tutorials for instructions on saving your lesson)

(3) zip up the cache directory of the saved lesson

(4) Upload, link, and submit a blog post describing the lesson at the Edusim users forum here http://edusim.ning.com

(5) We will download it here at Greenbush

(6) Our 6th grade Middle school Edusim pilot group will load the lessons up, navigate, and vote for their favorites - winners announced March 28th! Cheers and good luck !

What do a commercial for Toyota, TV programs such as CSI: New York and The Office, film festivals, and an organization that works with urban youth all have in common? They are at the forefront of machinima, a filmmaking genre that is helping to shape video for the 21st century. Machinima, a contraction of the words machine and cinema, is a genre of filmmaking that was originally created by gamers in the 1990s. Over the past decade, machinima has gone more mainstream, and creativity has entered a whole new dimension.

Pink: Great point. I think we need a lot more “yes, but” teaching. You’ve also made a very strong and compelling argument that what might be most important is learning how to learn. How can schools equip more kids with this capacity?

Friedman: Ultimately that almost becomes a psychologist’s question: How do you stimulate curiosity? I will learn how to learn if I’m curious.

Pink: But if there’s a curiosity deficit, that’s peculiar. Kids seem hardwired to explore and investigate. Something happens to them along the way.

Friedman: We beat it out of them.

Pink: When you say “we,” whom do you mean? Teachers? Principals? Parents?

Friedman: Well, the system. I don’t want to blame anyone. Because of the walls and the silos we’ve built in, to be curious that means you’ve got to cut across them. Curiosity is all horizontal, but specialties are vertical. And specialties protect themselves. So if I can’t move horizontally to take me where my curiosity is taking me, I have got a real problem.

....

Friedman: We could be doing better.

As you know, my equation is CQ + PQ > IQ. Curiosity Quotient plus Passion Quotient is more important than Intelligence Quotient.

Pink: Amen. You show me a curious, intrinsically motivated kid — and I’ll show you someone who’ll leave the kid who merely complies with the rules and studies for the SAT in the dust.

The reserve price on a valuable sliver of spectrum was reached in the Federal Communications Commission's 700MHz auction on Thursday, triggering rules that would make the spectrum accessible to any device or software application.

... the company that eventually wins the spectrum license will have to make their network open to any devices and applications, which is exactly what Google wanted from the beginning.

Why are all these companies so excited? Because the 60 MHz of spectrum that’s about to be auctioned is the last prime real estate for mobile communications that will be available in the U.S. for decades to come. And it lies in the 700-MHz band substantially below the 800- to 850-MHz and 1900-MHz frequencies already used for U.S. mobile phones. In this case lower is better since 700-MHz signals propagate better, spreading farther and penetrating buildings more easily than higher frequencies. This greater range means that each 700-MHz cellular antenna can service a larger footprint, which means fewer cells (those interlocking service areas that a “cellular” network is made up of) will be required overall. That should, theoretically, make it cheaper—$5 billion cheaper according to some estimates—to build a national wireless network.

The "Getting Work Done in Virtual Worlds" report released by the IT research firm this week concludes that executives should begin investigating and experimenting with virtual worlds soon because of their promise for remote collaboration, training and the ability to build and share 3-D models.

The report said that today's collaboration tools offer far more limited benefits to companies. For example, the inability to see the gestures of fellow meeting goers causes problems for attendees in different offices, the report noted.

In a virtual world, people can have their name, job title and business unit associated with an avatar that can attend meetings and have access to virtual buildings, rooms, equipment and people, Forrester said. The avatar is controlled by information in an enterprise directory and access control system, it said.

“Get ready for total inundation,” said Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst at the research firm eMarketer, who estimates that 20 million children will be members of a virtual world by 2011, up from 8.2 million today.

Worlds like Webkinz, where children care for stuffed animals that come to life, have become some of the Web’s fastest-growing businesses. More than six million unique visitors logged on to Webkinz in November, up 342 percent from November 2006, according to ComScore Media Metrix, a research firm.

Research has been carried out to track the worldwide Interactive Whiteboard market by Decision Tree Consulting (DTC) a worldwide research company

* Interactive Whiteboards continue to be the biggest technology revolution in classrooms
* Across the world there are over 750,000 boards installed
* Over 3 million classrooms are forecast to have Interactive Whiteboards installed by 2010
* UK is the biggest market with annual sales of 100k and 300k boards installed in around 75% of classrooms
* Mexico’s Enciclomedia project to equip 145,000 classrooms is worth US$1.8 billion and is the largest education technology project in the world

What's Qik all about?
Go live with your life by streaming anytime, anywhere — right from your phone. Be an eyewitness, capture those first steps, or whip up your own streaming video blog.

Gibson (1966) defines the haptic system as "The sensibility of the individual to the world adjacent to his body by use of his body". The haptic perceptual system is unusual in that it can include the sensory receptors from the whole body and is closely linked to the movement of the body so can have a direct effect on the world being perceived. The concept of haptic perception is closely allied to the concept of active touch that realizes that more information is gathered when a motor plan (movement) is associated with the sensory system, and that of extended physiological proprioception a realization that when using a tool such as a stick, the perception is transparently transferred to the end of the tool.

The term “haptics” was first introduced in 1931 and its origins can be traced back to the Greek words haptikos meaning able to touch and haptesthai which translates to able to lay hold of (Revesz, 1950; Krueger, 1989). Today the term, in its broadest sense, encompasses the study of touch and the human interaction with the external environment via touch. The field of haptics, inherently multidisciplinary, involves research from engineering, robotics, developmental and experimental psychology, cognitive science, computer science, and educational technology. This field has grown dramatically as haptic researchers are involved in the development, testing, and refinement of tactile and force feedback devices as well as supporting software that allow users to sense ("feel") and manipulate three-dimensional virtual objects (McLaughlin, Hespanha & Sukhatme, 2002).

Today, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded Duke University a $100,000 prize for leadership and development work to advance Croquet in the open source. The prize was one of ten presented as part of the second annual Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration (MATC) which are given each year to not‐for‐profit organizations for leadership in the collaborative development of open source software tools with application to scholarship in the arts and humanities.

This video demonstrates what can be achieved by the convergence of mobile and virtual technologies. Created as a promotion for Wellington Zoo (New Zealand), it allows printed codes to “come to life” using a mobile phone. As you move your mobile phone camera around the code, a virtual 3D model rotates, pans and zooms as if it were an invisible spectre standing on the surface, viewable only through the camera lens:

The result is an on demand and relatively low cost interactive white board solution ($800-900 US) that, in combination with a data projector ($600-2,500 US) and Croquet software (free), may represent the beginnings of an economical alternative to traditional in-classroom visual communication boards (the typical front-of-the-classroom whiteboard/bulletin board installation is comparable in price). Could this be the earliest manifestation of a new form of broadly available classroom media for K-12?

The company is prepared to bid on its own without any partners, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. The newspaper said Google is working out a plan to finance its bid -- which could run to $4.6 billion or higher -- that would rely on its own cash and possibly some borrowed money.

No one at Google was immediately available to comment.

Google is running a test version of an advanced wireless network at its Mountain View, California headquarters, gaining operating experience that could come in handy if it wins the spectrum and decides to run a full-scale national mobile carrier, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the matter.

The latest group, dubbed Generation Virtual, or V, is made up of people from multiple demographic age groups who make social connections online - through virtual worlds, in video games, as bloggers, in social networks or through posting and reading user-generated content at e-commerce sites like Amazon.com, said Adam Sarner, senior analyst at Gartner.

The V generation is made up of people who are drawn to the Internet's "flat meritocracy" where people can gain status and acknowledgement through ways - like providing advice or recommendations or excelling at a video game - not generally available in the physical world. Basically, Generation V is made up of people who replace physical experience with an online experience, Sarner added.

When playing Halo 3 on your Xbox 360, or other games on other consoles, your handheld game controller shakes and rumbles to coincide with on-screen explosions, crashes, gunshots and grenade detonations.

It's called haptics, or force feedback. In gaming and virtual reality, haptics boost realism by adding a third sense -- touch -- to augment vision and hearing.

A new generation of cell phones, as well as other gadgets, is introducing haptics. The purpose isn't to add realism, but to provide psychologically satisfying information about precisely when a button is pushed.

As expected, today Google took the wraps off of the gPhone (as the media have for months been referring to the rumored project). Google is "leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers," and will be licensing its software to all comers on an open source basis under the Apache license. (The Wall Street Journal's Ben Worthen demonstrates a miserable grasp of what "open source" means.)

It should come as little surprise that Martin would support the alliance. Earlier this year, he made open devices a requirement in the rules for the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction, which are expected to get under way in January 2008. Essentially, the rules will require winners of the spectrum in certain slivers of the 700MHz to be required to allow any device to connect to the network.

Google, which lobbied for open access rules for the 700MHz rules, is planning on bidding on some of the spectrum licenses. Even if it doesn't win any of these licenses, the new Android software could put Google in a prime position to be one of the main suppliers of software to handset makers that could help them comply with the FCC requirement.

The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) is quoting “people familiar with the matter” in stating that within two weeks Google will announce plans to bring Google-powered phones to market by the middle of next year. Apparently, Google’s goal is “[T]o make applications and services as accessible on cellphones as they are on the Internet.”

Google-powered phones will come already configured with a bundle of the most popular Google services, such Google search, Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail. But that would just be the beginning. The idea would be to stimulate a community of independent software developers that have the necessary tools to build additional phone features.

As employees struggle to read an increasing amount of work-related material, some companies have turned to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology to improve productivity.
Free IT resource

"The first problem we see addressed regularly with enterprise RSS systems is e-mail overload. Most knowledge workers these days are just about completely fed up with e-mail," said Oliver Young, a

RSS keeps need-to-know information out of the e-mail channel, which for most people is "a need-to-do task list sort of thing," Young said.

For example, a company could post human resource messages and documents on the intranet's human resources section and send RSS alerts with the appropriate links, instead of blasting out the information via mass e-mails.

Step 0: You need to make a mantra.
Good examples of mantras:
•FedEx = peace of mind
•Nike = authentic athletic performance
• Greenbush Labs - Education everywhere

Step 1: Kill the Cash Cow
Like Macintosh killed Apple II. The advertising business has some cows that need to be killed. The Internet is going to kill them.

Step 2: Jump to the Next Curve
Don’t improve by 10%, improve by 10 times. Jump the advancement curve. Go to the ultimate next level.

Step 3: Don’t Worry, Be Crappy
You ship, and then you test. Version 1.0 means never having to say you’re sorry. Don’t ship crap. Ship revolutionary crap.

Step 4: Polarize People
If you try to make everyone happy, you’ll make no one happy. Don’t intentionally piss them off. Just have no fear of pissing them off.

Step 5: Let 100 Flowers Blossom
At the start of the revolution, you will see a lot of unintended people buying product … the wrong kind of people. Take the money. Ultimately, the consumer brands you and positions you. The wrong people buying your product is a good thing. Fix for who’s buying, not the product atheists.

Step 6: Niche thyself
Two axes on a graph:
Vertical = ability to provide unique product of service
Horizontal = value to customer
The high right corner = this is where money is made, when you change people’s lives. “How do I convince the world that I have something unique and of high value to the consumer?”

Step 7: Churn, baby, churn
It is okay to ship crap, but you cannot sustain crap. Revolution is not an event. Revolution is process.

Step 8: Follow the 10-20-30 Rule
10 = optimal number of slides in a PowerPoint presentation
20 = give those 10 slides 20 minutes to present
30 = 30pt is the optimal font size in PowerPoints.

Step 9: Make Evangelists, not Sales
At the start of the revolution, the evangelists carry the battle on for you.

Step 10: Don’t ask people to do something you wouldn’t do

Bonus: Don’t let the Bozos Grind You Down - naysayers are everywhere - ignore them & move forward.

Make any classroom interactive
With mimio Interactive you can convert your existing whiteboard into a powerful interactive teaching tool.

Virtual worlds developers using Multiverse Networks' platform are able to import 3D models from Google's 3D Warehouse into their projects. Now, those developers will also be able to select and import terrain from Google Earth.

David Armano from Critical Mass will moderate a panel on "Always in Beta: How Big Business Can Benefit from 'Little' Innovation" at the Forrester Consumer Forum (October 10 to 13). Here's a quick synopsis: "Innovation isn't limited to R & rooms anymore. The Web 2.0 movement--powered by start-ups such as Twitter, Malhalo and even YouTube, has proven that innovation often happens in iterations. Build, launch, tweak, measure, repeat. Digital experiences seem to be 'always in beta'--learning and evolving along the way."

The fact that the Forrester Consumer Forum dedicates a panel to this much-blogged about topic is a sign that being in beta has become a broad cultural phenomenon. By nature we are all in beta, as the Boxes and Arrows blog poignantly remarks, and clearly, we now also live in an economy where "planes are built in the air." Many new products never make it beyond trial stage, and the trial and error beta-approach that helps Google and other alpha innovators to out-fail and thereby out-innovate the competition, is as much an attribute of successful organizations as it is a sign of our time.

EduSim is a very cool whiteboard tool that incorporates a virtual, 3D learning environment for teachers and students, k-12. Built on the open source virtual world software Croquet, EduSim offers a pretty inclusive way in which communication can take place through the merging of white boards.

Team resources for online collaboration. Powerful new features designed to let you work better together. Share resources with your team, co browse the web, annotate shared documents, video phone, skype calls ... share ideas, communicate & sync like never before. 'team-skrbl' is the next best thing to being in the same room.

http://www.meshverse.com - People, Places, Things and Events Converging Electronically
http://croquet.funkencode.com - A fantastic "All things Croquet" blog
http://www.wetmachine.com - Inventing the future - a must have for your RSS reader for literally ANYONE!

ccording to a new report by market researchers eMarketer, 24 percent of the 34.3 million US child and teen Internet users will visit virtual worlds once a month in 2007 -- and the rate is rising. Based on its research, eMarketer expects to see the number of young online world users rise to 34 percent in 2008, and 53 percent by 2011

“Virtual workspaces have already proven their value for enterprise collaboration,” said Greg Nuyens, Qwaq chief executive officer. “The desktop visualization edition of Qwaq Forums provides distributed enterprises with a powerful new way to visualize and share information globally. Intel’s selection of Qwaq Forums to be the delivery platform for its Miramar technology is further recognition of the strength of our architecture and our approach to enterprise collaboration.”

A whole new class of “always-on” Internet-connected products, collectively termed “Ultra-Mobile Devices” (UMDs), will become popular over the next five years, according to a new report from ABI Research. By appealing to a wide range of buyers they will reach shipments of nearly 95 million units by 2012, and should prove extremely profitable for their makers.
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“Mobile Internet Devices and UMPCs” is the first study covering both types of devices. It categorizes in unprecedented detail the buyers who will be adopting them, and what applications they will be running.
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“UMDs are a very exciting, potentially very lucrative area,” says ABI Research vice president Stan Schatt. “What makes this market so intriguing is that products will assume so many different forms. That product differentiation will be an integral part of the ultra mobile device marketing plan.”

The open-source Gold Rush
What's the trend? Bigger. We are in the midst of a Gold Rush, as Dana Blankenhorn has written. The rules of software business are being rewritten, and those who understand them will make a lot of money for shareholders...and themselves.

While the early days of open source saw a few wild valuations (Ximian comes to mind, though I still think it was a good move by Novell, as it brought open-source DNA to the company), it's only recently that we've seen open source break $100 million valuations on very little revenue.

Clearly, the market feels like the best is yet to come.

Get ready for the $40 school computer.

Things are moving along so quickly, in fact, that Stephen Dukker, chairman and CEO of the small, California-based company NComputing, predicts that by 2009 many schools will be able to provide their students with portable, online capabilities for as little as $100 each--and perhaps as little as $30 or $40 per user for non-mobile devices. Wireless capacity, says Dukker, should be a relatively inexpensive bonus by then.

Remember! - This is a pilot application and not everything works as desired !

Two sources tell BusinessWeek that Steve Jobs & Co. have studied the implications of joining the auction, which will be held Jan. 16. The winners will get rights to use the spectrum that analog TV broadcasters are handing back to the government in 2009, given their mandated move to digital television.
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Dubbed "beachfront property" by the Federal Communications Commission, it's the last swathe of wireless spectrum likely to become available that would have the attributes necessary for a new mainstream broadband network (BusinessWeek.com, 8/1/07). Signals at the 700Mhz spectrum, for example, could provide far faster Internet access than today's cellular or even Wi-Fi networks, and the signals can easily pass through buildings and work glitch-free, even in lousy weather.

Carterfone writes "Verizon is upset at the open access conditions for the 700MHz spectrum auction, and they're going to court to get them overturned. The company has filed a lawsuit in the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, urging the court to overturn the rules. 'In its petition for review, Verizon argues that the FCC exceeded its authority in mandating the two open access conditions, accusing the Commission of being "arbitrary" and "capricious," and saying that the rules are "unsupported by substantial evidence and otherwise contrary to law." Google is critical of Verizon's lawsuit: 'It's regrettable that Verizon has decided to use the court system to try to prevent consumers from having any choice of innovative services. Once again, it is American consumers who lose from these tactics.'"

It’s interesting that the head of the body that controls the internet believes that the world of tomorrow is virtual; Twomey didn’t suggest that it may happen, he stated that it would be as a fact. Virtual worlds such as Second Life may not be the exact model used in the future, but there is little doubt that if Twomey is correct they are certainly heading in the right direction.

10:39 PDT Built-in WiFi. 802.11b/g. AW SNAP! Web browsing! Safari is included. "Apple is going to make WiFi work where others have failed." Probably right, Stevie. Nicholas: "The iPhone without the awful phone part. Great." Google and Yahoo! search built-in. YouTube built-in as well! "This thing is a freaking iPhone sans the phone, apparently."

HBO said on Tuesday it has acquired the rights to a short-form documentary shot entirely within Second Life, as entertainment companies turn to virtual worlds as a source for new content.
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You can build visually rich dense environments in an incredibly short amount of time, and you can work collaboratively using the tools of Second Life,” said Gayeton, who currently works for the virtual world development agency Millions of Us. “It gives you an idea of how animation will look five years from now.

I've been had. Hoodwinked. Sadly and inadvertently I may have brought you into the mess. There is a new service out there called Quechup (I will not link to it) which is posing as a legit social network. It is NOT.

VCASMO is a multimedia presentation solution for personal photo-video slide show share, business presentation, training, acadamic teaching, sales pitching, seminar, conference, press release meeting, live event.

Rumor: Google Phone Will Be Linux-Powered, GPS-Loaded and Cheap

If done right, the Gphone and not the iPhone will be the one to change the face of the wireless industry.

Because the 700MHz has such desirable spectrum propagation characteristics, it's also much cheaper and easier to roll out a network with excellent coverage than it is to do so with higher-frequency technology. Making broadband access cheap and affordable means more people come online, and more people are able to make use of Internet services-exactly the sort of thing Google offers.

Margaret Hooshmand worked as an executive assistant at a Cisco Systems (CSCO ) office in Silicon Valley until she decided to move to Texas. But her boss, Senior Vice-President Marthin De Beer, really wanted her to continue working for him. As it happened, Cisco also wanted to test its so-called telepresence systems, which feature life-size, is-it-real-or-is-it-Memorex (IMN ) videoconferencing. So today, Hooshmand sits in a Cisco office in Richardson, Tex., but also appears on a 65-inch high-definition plasma screen with full stereo sound that sits precisely where she did in her old office, facing De Beer's. She fields his calls, rerouted via Cisco's phone system; arranges meetings; and even can overhear his phone conversations to anticipate his needs. "Marthin and I haven't missed a beat," says Hooshmand, who can see into De Beer's office through her own screen in Texas.....

The online virtual world Second Life, where people play using avatars (graphic representations of themselves), is starting to become a real workplace, at least for a few telesales agents at 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. (FLWS ) The online flower vendor is experimenting with a "virtual greenhouse" in Second Life, where a dozen or so workers log in and interact with Second Life residents. 1-800-Flowers Chief Executive Jim McCann plans to use it to get customers to suggest new products—far more direct feedback than focus groups or surveys, he says. "The line between our customers and our staff continues to blur."

The entire article is here: http://tinyurl.com/2djobh


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070816-001558 Rich White Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:15:58 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070815-134745 http://greenbush.ning.com


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070815-134745 Rich White Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:47:45 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070812-155514 ]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070812-155514 Rich White Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:55:14 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070811-124444 http://www.greenbush.org/labs/opensrc -- here is the Microsoft opensource web site. http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/default.mspx
http://port25.technet.com/archive/2007/07/18/open-source-at-microsoft.aspx
http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000260

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070811-124444 Rich White Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:44:44 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070808-153345 ]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070808-153345 Rich White Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:33:45 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070807-230403 ]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070807-230403 Rich White Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:04:03 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070807-125133
My two main cases for this belief I tried to lay out in these posts:
http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070702-003225
http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070715-225457

But the best case to be made might be what Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have to say .. their products literally more every tech market imaginable:

Key Points:
* Mobile Media Good for Contnet Providers!
* 3D environments - rich experience for the user !
* Cameras do vision !
* Future school smart boards will be extremely functional (multi-touch)!

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070807-125133 Rich White Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:51:33 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070806-122740 http://tinyurl.com/279mq4

"It feels like the early days of the Internet," says Steve Prentice, a vice-president at Gartner Research (IT ). Gartner estimates that by 2011, 80% of Internet users and major companies will have avatars, or digital replicas of themselves, for online work and play.

I agree... very similar to 1994

Companies will need to agree on standards that would allow an open 3D world to exist.

A 3D worlds version on Apache - Opensim? -- Croquet? -- Will SL open up their grid server in time to be a player in the open source 3D grid server space?

Within 18 months, one of the standards groups, the Web3D Consortium, hopes to launch an avatar that can jump between sites.

Its a start !

Researchers have very different visions of what a 3D Internet will look like. Most agree it would not eliminate the Web as we know it. Rather, it will be possible to move back and forth between Web sites and virtual worlds, just as we now switch between reading a news article and watching a video clip on YouTube.

Absolutely ! .. there will always be a space for the legacy web to be used (its role will simply be smaller).


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070806-122740 Rich White Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:27:40 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070803-114704
As for Philip Rosedale's complete remarks on the future of virtual environments - check them out here:

http://deepthought.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/02/873205-second-life-will-dwarf-the-web-in-ten-years

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070803-114704 Rich White Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:47:04 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070801-115452 July 22nd here .. and now being reports by almost every tech news site online [WSJ Story | New Scientist] yesterday the FCC did in fact "vote to shake up the US wireless market on Tuesday by approving rules for a big airwaves auction that would require the winner to make them accessible to any wireless device including cell-phones or laptop computers."

Read more here: "Old TV airwaves to be sold for wireless internet" http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn12395&feedId=tech_rss20

Just one more big reason we believe so strongly the "trends" post here that Mobile media will be a sea change in how we and ANY content provider can directly access the customer, regardless of location (known as our mobile media initiative)!
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070801-115452 Rich White Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:54:52 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070730-221520 http://take2.greenbush.us (then again .. maybe not *LOL*) ... In case you missed it , the main topic of discussion was "Data Mashups" & "Widgets" -- The Wall Street Journal Reports "'Mashups' Sew Data Together" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118584045835882843.html?mod=rss_whats_news_technology

And to hear and see more from us on Mashups:
http://take2.greenbush.us
http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/?search=greenbush&x=167&y=13
http://www.greenbush.org/labs/maps



]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070730-221520 Rich White Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:15:20 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070730-213400
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070730-213400 Rich White Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:34:00 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070729-133438 http://classroom20.ning.com is a great tool for any educator looking to connect, compare, and interact with other like minded educators !


In the Class 2.0 network I have also set up a group dedicated to - Croquet/Secondlife/OpenSim 3D virtual classroom users and developers:: http://tinyurl.com/36lc4o


Feel free to join and contribute !

http://classroom20.ning.com/profile/GBLabs


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070729-133438 Rich White Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:34:38 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070728-192132
The Croquet Project :: http://www.opencroquet.org

Machu Picchu on Croquet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV_xKGJ6HUg]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070728-192132 Rich White Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:21:32 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070727-222024
http://www.rssmixer.com/greenbush_synthesis

Greenbush Synt...

Read more at

RSS

Mixer

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070727-222024 Rich White Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:20:24 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070725-162549 http://croquetconsortium.org/index.php/Main_Page

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070725-162549 Rich White Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:25:49 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070724-134601
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070724-134601 Rich White Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:46:01 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070722-131159 Greenbush can deliver services and change the dynamics of our "Mobile Media" platform (bringing it squarely to the forefront). As outlined here - http://rich.greenbush.us/images/high-low_order.jpg - we see the two emerging service delivery platforms for us residing in the mobile media and virtual environments space ... and if Google has their way almost EVERYONE in the entertainment and education space will see the same. As outlined here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20070720_wireless.html "Google Intends to Bid in Spectrum Auction If FCC Adopts Consumer Choice and Competition Requirements" ... This would be a HUGE development not only for Greebush but almost everyone with content. More on the details are here:

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20070720_wireless.html


UPDATE
FCC Auction Rules Could Redraw Map Of Wireless Sector...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118584075112582844.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news


UPDATE
FCC Backs Spectrum Open Access
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118590936354383530.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us_business
"The Federal Communications Commission paved the way for a battle between current mobile-phone companies and potential newcomers such as Google Inc. by approving rules for an auction of lucrative spectrum licenses."

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070722-131159 Rich White Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:11:59 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070719-121328 http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jul2007/id20070718_340679.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech
From businessweek.com

Data are the "raw material" of today. "Any product that is not closely associated with a service today, will be in 10 years," said Kevin Fong, managing director of Silicon Valley's renowned Mayfield venture capital fund, at a recent Institute of Design strategy conference.

In line with our theory:
(1) we are a content provider
(2) content can be digitized
(3) digitized info can be transfered via the internet
(4) Greenbush anywhere !

The above article outlines the importance of seeming IT into the innovations process - connecting the dots - applying business processes to the innovation - and evolving quickly !


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070719-121328 Rich White Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:13:28 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070718-111345
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_one's_own_dog_food

To say that a company "eats its own dog food" means that it uses the products that it makes. For example, Microsoft emphasizes the use of its own software products inside the company. Dogfooding improves software quality, because the developers best able to fix bugs are likely to be personally confronted with them. It's also a means of conveying the company's confidence in their products: imagine the public relations nightmare if it were to emerge that Apple's iPod team all owned Zunes, or if the Yahoo! Search team used Ask.com for their personal surfing.
....
Using one's own products has four primary benefits:

1. The product's developers are familiar with using the products they develop.
2. The company's members have direct knowledge and experience with its products.
3. Users see that the company has confidence in its own products.
4. Technically savvy users in the company, with perhaps a very wide set of business requirements and deployments, are able to discover and report bugs in the products before they are released to the general public.

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070718-111345 Rich White Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:13:45 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070715-233738 "Driver of the Web" and Live streaming media becoming "Main Stream" web 3.0 will look very different from todays 2.0 variety. In an interesting article outlining the role of mobile media in the future howtosplitanatom writes about "How To Define Web 3.0"
http://howtosplitanatom.com/news/how-to-define-web-30-2

* RSS evolves into a web 3.0 driver
* Mobile Devices become elaborate RSS readers
* Mobile Media is EVERYWHERE (players, phones, watches)
* Podcast will be "Branded" (ala Greenbush Directory !)
* Everything aimed at the long tail "Niche Market"
* All television shows are BETA projects
* a "Live Stream" is "Main Stream"
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070715-233738 Rich White Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:37:38 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070715-225457

At some point the law of large numbers would take effect (i.e. -- a small percent of a large number is well ... a pretty big number itself !)]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070715-225457 Rich White Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:54:57 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070715-201537 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Media_Marketing
(and addressing the question - Are well selling the car or the road?)

New Media Marketing is a relatively new concept utilized by businesses in developing an online community, which allows satisfied customers to congregate and extol the virtues of a particular brand. In most cases, the online community includes mechanisms such as blogs, podcasts, message boards, and product reviews, all of which contribute to a transparent forum to post praises, criticisms, questions, and suggestions.

One of the primary arguments to promote New Media Marketing is the premise that traditional advertising is losing its influence on consumers. Backed by statistical evidence demonstrating a growing trend of consumers making purchasing decisions off Internet research and referrals. These advocates strongly adhere to the notion that consumers are more inclined to believe feedback from like-minded peers than corporate marketing verbiage dispersed through traditional television, radio, direct mail, or newspaper advertising.

Although businesses would be exposing certain weaknesses to the marketplace by allowing individuals, or even competitors, to post critical comments, responding with an honest and transparent answer designed around solving the issue at hand may mitigate potential risks.

New Media Marketing is most effectively marketed by Internet-driven technology such as blogs, RSS, Web video productions, and podcasts.

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070715-201537 Rich White Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:15:37 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070715-134020 http://www.opensimulator.org

Opensim has just released version 0.3 of their VE server .... I am looking forward to installing and exploring it .... I have version 0.2 running on a Mac machine with marginal success (I can only run it in sandbox mode and can not save inventory objects when they are made).

MORE ON OUR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS WORK

Our goal with our virtual environments work is to host our own "Virtual simulator"

Our locally hosted virtual environment will:
(1) allow us to build 3D class specific resources for virtual education and meeting spaces.
(2) The future of our virtual environments initiatives will largely be placed in our locally hosted simulations.

However.. we do still see a role for our secondlife work (though our primary focus will be our locally hosted environments):

The role of Secondlife will be
(1) Learn the script and build functions through our Island in Secondlife
(2) Keep SL as an immersive collaborative environment for educators world wide

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070715-134020 Rich White Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:40:20 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070714-133137 http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/skunkworks.html]
A typically small and loosely structured group of people who research and develop a project for the sake of innovation. The term typically is used in regard to technology projects. A skunkworks often operates independent of a company’s normal research and development operations and therefore often is subject to limitations in resources. Skunkworks projects often are undertaken in secret with the understanding that if the development is successful then the product will be designed later according to the usual process. A famous example of a skunkworks project is the first Apple Macintosh computer.

The term comes from the Skonk Works, the Kickapoo Joy Juice bootleg brewing operation in Al Capp’s Li’l Abner comic strip.

A FEW LINKS:

* Sniffing out skunkworks
* The Mosh Pits of Innovation


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070714-133137 Rich White Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:31:37 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070712-184523

Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHk_BFuycIg]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070712-184523 Rich White Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:45:23 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070712-180413
(1) Greenbush is primarily a content provider (dealing in intellectual capitol)

(2) "Most" content can be digitized

(3) "Most" digital content can be delivered via the internet

(4) "Most" people in the US have access to the internet

(5) "Most" Greenbush Content can be delivered ANYWHERE

... Now .. How do we do this?

* Secondlife?
* Podcasts?
* GreenbushTV?

We have a decent start ! ... Stay Tuned !

The Framework Simplified:

Greenbush Labs (A Greenbush Skunkworks Style Process)

(1) Create - Explore in a Skunkworks style (beta/development) process/environment (proving concept with little expenditure) - while documenting & sharing notes via our blogs

(2) After/while concept is being proven - demonstrate - Podcast/Blog results ("Evangelize !")

(3) If/When departments adopt and/or concept is institutionalized - assist with implementing (considering scalability through the regular and routine development process)

What is a skunkworks process

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070712-180413 Rich White Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:04:13 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070710-115514 http://www.teachers.tv

Video resources have never been so plentiful. Along with live streaming events here at Greenbush through GreenbushTV and our recorded content in the podcast directory .... resources like http://www.teachers.tv even give teachers more resources !

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070710-115514 Rich White Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:55:14 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070709-161037 http://regionalpreventioncenter.blogspot.com - A great way to promote services and keep the community informed !

We are making progress, this is an example many more Greenbush Departments can use to communicate with customers both internally and externally !


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070709-161037 Rich White Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:10:37 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070707-142810
[excerpt via interview with Soft Linden - http://tinyurl.com/ypcrpg]

"OpenSim is a sort of doing a fresh public implementation of some of the stuff we haven’t opened yet while we’re finding the best way to open SL completely without security problems, or throwing away our current business model without having a new one in place yet.

I don’t know where OpenSim fits in in the long run. We *do* plan to release the sim source just as we have with the viewer. So it’s weird to have a major parallel effort in a world where the Firefox and the Apache of the 3D world context will already exist. It’s possible they’ll be great for those “kernel httpd” type applications, where you need a super-specialized server to handle unique tasks where a full implementation gets in the way.

Ya asked, but we don’t really have a relationship with OpenSim. I personally find their work kind of exciting. I’ve talked to one of the OpenSim developers about the possibility of working together if they come up with benchmarking tools for testing portions of the grid, so we can compare notes and see if there are things we can learn from their approach. I got a favorable response, but no activity so far. I hope we can move that forward. "

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070707-142810 Rich White Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:28:10 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070702-003225

{click image to make larger}]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070702-003225 Rich White Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:32:25 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070620-180253 Manpower opens island in secondlife - July 12th
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTH07812072007-1.htm


[via: http://online.wsj.com/]

It's now possible to meet with recruiters without actually showing up for a job interview.

Some employers are experimenting with Second Life, the online virtual community owned by San Francisco-based Linden Lab, to screen prospective hires.

Read the rest here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118229876637841321.html?mod=technology_featured_stories_hs

We talked about this as a concept durring a KEEB meeting several weeks ago ... looks like we were not too far off track with that conversation... I am currently building our "virtual employment office" on Greenbush Island]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070620-180253 Rich White Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:02:53 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070619-114223
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
~ Michael Jordan

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070619-114223 Rich White Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:42:23 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070619-100211 http://twitter.com/sixapart) across this "collaborative technologies conference" http://www.enterprise2conf.com stating:

Companies that understand Enterprise 2.0 and make it work are rising to the top today. The tools and technologies you use are critical; your culture and processes are equally important.

I can not help but notice the similarities between "quality circles" and the ilk of the mid 90's and the "organizational conversations" going on today. Obviously the Internet and modern technology greatly expand the abilities for teams to collaborate, innovate and access the customer directly. But the themes are very similar... and the evolution has lead us to a great place. The end result though then as it is now, are still the same... "How do organizations continue to improve and innovate?" those are the questions we answer now with advanced technology, the same questions we were asking in 1994. In the words of the "Enterprise 2.0" conference web site

Learn how your business can leverage new tools and technologies, hand in hand with culture and processes, to increase innovation, productivity and agility.

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070619-100211 Rich White Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:02:11 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070618-102253

Currently in the lab:
• Greenbush 3D Project - Delivering 3D content to classrom Smartboards (couch's tech 3D theater)
• GreenbushTV (LIVE & Recorded Ed. Specific Videos !)
• Greenbush Secondlife
• GreenbushGrid (EduSim?) (Locally hosted 3D virtual environment)
• Greenbush WIKI Definitions
• EduShare (tagging videos for educators !)
• Twitter as a tool
• Greenbush Technology Museum
• Greenbush E-Marketing (Matt's email marketing application)

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070618-102253 Rich White Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:22:53 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070614-124703 Specific Class Room Applications for Secondlife


We are in the process of developing a few specific applications that we can train teachers in for using Secondlife Lessons in Secondlife:
Steps:

• Secure the Teen Grid Island
• Kylie Develop Math Specific Curr.
• Boore/Denise getting with progressive math teacher
• Rich/Couch set up teen location & classes
• Kylie/Rich/Couch brainstom integrating curr. into SL
• Rich - explore locally hosting a grid (The OpenSim Project) - Edusim?

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070614-124703 Rich White Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:47:03 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070614-095857

• GreenbushTV - Live streaming Greenbush Content to the World (as it happens as Greenbush from IDL cams)
• 3D worlds (Secondlife - GB vids seamed into our island - focus on content and Greenbush Events "In-World" - secure and build up Teen Grid Presence)
• Immersive 3D videos (Glasses? - Other means? - Photosynth?) (immersive smartboard media) http://labs.live.com/photosynth
• Move Podcast Directory (http://podcast.greenbush.us) to be more interactive (user "rated" and user "Friendly") content where users determin what is "Featured" of our content (users create their own playlists?).
• Focus on video ! (and expanding our static content out in the video sharing services - taking a page from the big media producers - all have a viral presence in Youtube/Googlevids).

Building on FYI 2007 Goals
• expand on "RSS'ize" delivered content as much we can - world is more mobile - RSS is a mobile light weight format PERFECT for phones, PDA's, and other aggregators (knowing Google has purchased Feedburner makes this one even more a focus).
• Continue to encourage collaborative blogs and expand Synthesis contributors
• Continue to re-enforce FYI 2008 goals on my blog

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070614-095857 Rich White Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:58:57 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070611-230135
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070611-230135 Rich White Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:01:35 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070611-002524 tipping point and blink discusses the two very different types of innovation - the quick Picasso's - and the long and experimental Cezanne .... he has some great insight into the topic here:
http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2007/06/07/is_your_company_a_cezanne_or_a_picasso.html?partner=rss

More about the subject can be read about here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691121095/vinodkurupshomep
where Galenson writes:

Picasso, a conceptual innovator, pretty much knew what he was going to create even before he created it, and came up with new ideas at a rapid pace early in his career. Cezanne, by contrast, was an experimental innovator, slowly rehashing and improving on a particular concept until he nailed it (one needs only to look at his exhaustive studies of Mt. St. Victoire to understand this approach). Consequently, his greatest works--or at least the ones most valued by collectors--didn't come until later in his life.

More great insights can also be found here:
http://kurup.org/blog/2006/02/24/picasso-vs-cezanne


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070611-002524 Rich White Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:25:24 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070610-235525 http://www.threadless.com ..... Amazingling every product on this site was crated by its users... threadless.com provides the platform and incentives... users create their products.... an amazing experiment in product development.

http://www.threadless.com]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070610-235525 Rich White Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:25 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070607-151943 ]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070607-151943 Rich White Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:19:43 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070605-111716
* Nu-view on the IDL cam on this end
* kids on the other end wearing the 3D glasses
* thoughts suggestions?]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070605-111716 Rich White Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:17:16 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070604-234553
(1) Develop the "Greenbush Learning Environment" specifically for Secondlife where.. :: * Authentication comes from SL * Coursework is seamless to the platform * podiums, whiteboards, collaborative tools * other ?

(2) Teen Island]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070604-234553 Rich White Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:45:53 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070531-190029
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/evolution_of_communication.php

We barely have time to pause and reflect these days on how far communications technology has progressed. Without even taking a deep breath, we've transitioned from email to chat to blogs to social networks and more recently to Twitter. Here is my representation of the current ecosystem, which we will explore in this post....

This post covers email - IM - twitter - Secondlife - and beyond ! ... read the rest here !

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/evolution_of_communication.php

Good stuff

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070531-190029 Rich White Thu, 31 May 2007 23:00:29 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070531-130254


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070531-130254 Rich White Thu, 31 May 2007 17:02:54 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070530-005908
http://www.microsoft.com/surface

Very interesting - would seem to have implications for schools if hardware makers and the markets swing that way some day.

Cool stuff - wondering what this does to the large crystal and LCD monitor market? --- seems like a large enough digital "surface" could be pricey !



check it out here:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

=======]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070530-005908 Rich White Wed, 30 May 2007 04:59:08 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070528-124814 http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-fear-of-failure-destroys-success.html

"To meet with an error is not to fail, but to take one more step on the path to final success"


via lifehack.org
====

Trial and error are usually the prime means of solving life’s problems. Yet many people are afraid to undertake the trial because they’re too afraid of experiencing the error. They make the mistake of believing that all error is wrong and harmful, when most of it is both helpful and necessary. Error provides the feedback that points the way to success. Only error pushes people to put together a new and better trial, leading through yet more errors and trials until they can ultimately find a viable and creative solution.

====

Read the full text here:
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-fear-of-failure-destroys-success.html
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070528-124814 Rich White Mon, 28 May 2007 16:48:14 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070527-122819
http://voicethread.com
Hear about it here:
http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=409#3113

Using Voicethread in the class:
http://voicethread.com/classroom.php


does not allow embedding - keeping it from being a REALLY slick tool... but very useful none the less
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070527-122819 Rich White Sun, 27 May 2007 16:28:19 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070527-122031
Greenbush Interact project - Greenbush Smartboard Solutions
* 3D Videos?
* clickable videos?
* Edushare (tagged videos from video sharing services as a supliment)?
* GreenbushTV programs on the Smartboard?
* Explorer (virtual locations in SL ???) ???


just some thoughts]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070527-122031 Rich White Sun, 27 May 2007 16:20:31 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070524-182500
Labs Evolutions So Far:
(1) Blogs to Podcasts
(2) Podcasts to Live Streaming
(3) Live Streaming to Secondlife and Greenbush Island
(4) MASHUP OF :::: Secondlife & Podcasts
(5) MASHUP OF :::: Secondlife & Live Streaming
(6) Greenbush TV Live Streaming
(7) IDL Content to Greenbush TV

We will still have to formulate a plan for:
(1) Integrating Secondlife and the Teen Grid
(2) Greenbush TV Guide (From list of Master Cal/IDL cal)
(3) Ways to query the Synthesis feed

Currently on the radar:
(1) Smart Boards and how we can deliver "Immersive" services to them
* 3D videos?
* Clickable videos?



]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070524-182500 Rich White Thu, 24 May 2007 22:25:00 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070523-123855
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070523-123855 Rich White Wed, 23 May 2007 16:38:55 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070523-114200
a few links for reference
* http://store.rainbowsymphonystore.com/an3dglasreda.html
* http://www.depthq.com/server.html?gclid=CN_jh5zapIwCFRDFhgodvCos1Q
* http://www.studio3d.com/pages/stereovideo.html
* http://www.stereo3d.com/3dmovie.htm
* http://www.ray3d.com/video.html
* http://www.berezin.com/3d/3dglasses.htm
* http://www.berezin.com/3d/3d_kits.htm
* http://www.berezin.com/3d/3ddvd.htm

- product & service as an experience !
- Whitboards in classrooms - immersive experience?

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070523-114200 Rich White Wed, 23 May 2007 15:42:00 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070521-125627 ---

Next step is to develop a weekly guide of live streaming events (w/ rss feed so people can subscribe to our "GreenbushTV Guide") --- so people will know when/what is being streamed.... working on a text scrolls and embedding the video, so when people watch events - text (or even banner images) will scrolls advertising business partners/other GB events ----- each day live streaming events will be announced in Secondlife as well so that that community is aware of our live streaming events and can participate.

-----
Other things we are thinking
(1) Getting IDL cameras in the podroom (working on)
(2) Getting IDL Cameras in the computer labs
(3) GreenbsuhTV in Secondlife (once voice is enabled) -- as virtual IDL classes.

Pretty much--- if they are in front of an IDL camera .. we can live stream it (science center - IDL broadcast rooms - Room A, B, C) --- we just need to encourage our educators to "do it in front of a camera"

Then we can leverage the GreenbushTV as (1) streaming useful content to educators and (2) advertising ours and business partners stuff (we will have a captive audience - LOL)

some of this stuff is 6-8 months off ... but the short term goal is
(1) a guide
(2) awareness of GB educator staff (SIS, Science Center, etc.)
(3) and broadening awareness to customers they can see Greenbush content anywhere they are !



]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070521-125627 Rich White Mon, 21 May 2007 16:56:27 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070521-114930
They helped Pittsburg High School live stream their graduation vie some of the stuff we have been experimenting -- namely the ustream.tv platform we are using for GreenbushTV Live --- VERY NICE !

Here is the newspaper article:
Father watches graduation from afar
http://www.morningsun.net/stories/052107/local_20070521001.shtml


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]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070521-114930 Rich White Mon, 21 May 2007 15:49:30 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070515-134924 http://www.babsoninsight.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/870

]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070515-134924 Rich White Tue, 15 May 2007 17:49:24 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070514-143753
* Using the Twitter API to communicate CTC worksheet creation/info held to subscribers

* Integrating CTC data into swivel.com
looking at Swivel.com .... signed up for their API (Application Programming Interface)--- that would automate our ability to shoot the data over there (a mashup basically) so people could combine it with other data for their own custom charts ...... the API is in beta still so they select who can use it ..... Ill keep you posted


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070514-143753 Rich White Mon, 14 May 2007 18:37:53 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070513-104753 http://cnbcmedia1.orchistra.net/podcast/BoI_People_and_Technology.mp3

A few items of note:
* most innovation fails - only a few succeed -
*innovators understand failure
* innovators know how to fail in the right way - they learn what did work and what did, why it failed!


]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070513-104753 Rich White Sun, 13 May 2007 14:47:53 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070512-233045
http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/podcasts/audio/IBM_JP_BlogsFosterInnovation.mp3

and another great podcast - not fearing failure - breaking the rules:
http://cnbcmedia1.orchistra.net/podcast/BoI_Innovators_and_Iconoclasts.mp3
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]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070512-233045 Rich White Sun, 13 May 2007 03:30:45 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070512-222022
====
A greast book ! One of my favorites.
http://www.guykawasaki.com/books/rules.shtml


====
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070512-222022 Rich White Sun, 13 May 2007 02:20:22 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070511-103505
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070511-103505 Rich White Fri, 11 May 2007 14:35:05 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070508-113715
1) Install Quicktime Broadcaster Applications on the machine in the IDL that is serving the IDL cameras to the web.

2) Take that stream - pipe it to the prim serving as the video source

Possible scalable issues:

1) Bandwidth (can only stream so many sources at once)

2) We could add new machines to handle more users to a point

Ultimate goal:
* Bring IDL content into Secondlife in a scalable fashion.
* Billboards in secondlife to serve as the "GreenbushTV Guide" - what is being streamed and when.]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070508-113715 Rich White Tue, 08 May 2007 15:37:15 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070505-125930


http://tutorom.com

Learn, Create and Collaborate

Create your own content. Share educational resources. Collaborate with colleagues and show your knowledge to the world AND share the advertising revenues.

As previewed by : http://mashable.com/2007/05/05/tutorom

One good thing about Tutorom is the control a teacher can have over their courses and subsequent lessons. Their marketplace operates in a similar fashion to WizIQ in that students and teachers are meeting each other in a self-regulated environment. As Tutorom offers lessons in several formats, such as video, it would be great if they could indicate which lessons are in these different formats, and searchable by these formats as well. I’m also surprised that Tutorom doesn’t have a system in place to enable the best-rated teachers to become chartered members, signaling other users of their trusted status on the site.

Check out the full review by Mashable.com here:
http://mashable.com/2007/05/05/tutorom



Education 2.0
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070505-125930 Rich White Sat, 05 May 2007 16:59:30 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070505-123005
I am starting to think a bit about what could be a REALLY cool school and education mashup ---- Moodle/Secondlife/UStream --- there is a project called Sloodle (slecondlife moodle integration) that Brian Boore and I have been talking/email regarding the Sloodle project and figuring a way to integrate it into our Secondlife Island.

In the words of one of the Lindens themself

"One of the things that I’m most excited about is a mashup between Second Life and the learning management system, Moodle. Its called Sloodle." - Joe Miller, VP Platform, Linden Lab

a link on getting invloved:
http://www.sloodle.com/file.php/1/how_2_get_involved.htm


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Quick though - user clicks a "prim" - enrolls into course - those users added to a Secondlife Group - seam avatar with student info - pass them the resources - and Ustream.tv feeds?

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EDUCATION 2.0
]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070505-123005 Rich White Sat, 05 May 2007 16:30:05 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070503-200005
Here is what I blogged about when we first started talking about it -- blogged about it some time later in Jan:
http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070109-104300
http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070216-141414


Well... Fast forward 5 months and here we are .. we now have a live streaming server in the IDL main hub (Thanks Boore - Brian Boore set up the Ustream server - gave us a static IP address & added VNC server to it so we could admister it !) that can capture a channel from ANY IDL presentation (Thanks Jon !) and will allow us to STREAM it live to our main web site .. or any computer connected to the internet ! --- This combined with Secondlife is the ultimate dynamic duo.

Next phase:

- Russ is securing us a IDL camera for the Podcast room turning our area into an *IDL LAB*

- We will start working on a guide of what content will be shown (and streamed into SL) and when.

- More news to come later ! .. STAY TUNED



]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070503-200005 Rich White Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:05 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070502-203741 http://podcast.greenbush.org/labs

Greenbush labs was first conceived in September 2005 and the web site established in November 2005 to encourage the use of blog/podcast and RSS capability as a knowledge management and information dissemination tool for both internal Greenbush operations as well as the delivery of customer services and information. It has since grown to to serve as an exploration platform for all new and emerging technology that could be useful in the school and classroom environment. So stop in often to see what we are tinkering with !

Below is a graphic of what we intended to accomplish through the labs framework:



:::: And what happens after this you ask? ---- I would suggest the observant program director take these developed solutions and integrate them into packaged services ! ---- But that's a different animal :)]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070502-203741 Rich White Thu, 03 May 2007 00:37:41 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070502-190948
I am reminded of the discomfort it can cause at times .... its is much more of an art .. theater to let take shape as opposed as a science to me managed and molded.... a few very good examples of the innovation process are demonstrated in this article http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3687.html by Robert Austin. Robert Austin is an associate professor in the Technology, Operations and Management unit at Harvard Business School. Robert Austin has this to say about innovation:

There is an increasingly important category of work—knowledge work—that you can best manage by not enforcing a detailed, in-advance set of objectives, even if you could. Often in this kind of work, time spent planning what you want to do will be better spent actually doing (or letting others in your charge do), trying something you haven't thought out in detail so you can quickly incorporate what you learn from the experience in the next attempt. In appropriate conditions—only in appropriate conditions—you can gain more value from experience than from up-front analysis. In certain kinds of work, even if you can figure out where you're going and find a map to get you there, that may not be the best thing to do.

Robert Austin goes on to make the point:

Artful making

Any activity that involves creating something entirely new requires artful making. Whenever you have no blueprint to tell you in detail what to do, you must work artfully. A successful response to an unexpected move by a competitor requires artful activity; so does handling a sudden problem caused by a supplier. An artful manager operates without the safety net of a detailed specification, guiding a team or organization when no one knows exactly where it's going.

In the 21st century, it's a simple fact that you often don't know where you're going when you start a journey. A manager who needs to be handed a clear set of objectives or a process specification is only half a manager (and not the most important half). To know where you're going by the time you start, that's an amazing luxury and you probably can't afford it. Anyway, if you think you know where you're going, you're probably wrong. The need to innovate, to make midcourse corrections, and to adapt to changing conditions are the main features of a growing part of daily work.

I highly encourage you to read the rest of this article:
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3687



Another fantastic artilc is here:http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/innovation_vs_operations.html

by: Vadim Kotelnikov. Main source of information: "Relentless Growth", Christopher Meyer, 1998

Primary Difference between Innovation and Operations

Innovation is a learning process, the product of which is new applied knowledge. Operations is an established process driven by existing knowledge. Operations generate today's value, while innovation creates tomorrow's opportunities. The primary difference between operations and innovation is uncertainty. It eludes planning, prediction and containment.

"What makes innovation unique as a business process is that creativity and routine are intertwined throughout the process". The routine tasks have little value by themselves however; their purpose is to support the knowledge discovery process.

Different Management Tools and Thinking

Managing innovation requires specific approaches. "If you try to manage the uncertainty inherent in innovation with tools and thinking designed for the relative certainty of operations, you'll run into trouble... You'll be continuously surprised as your assumptions prove false".

The most effective way to deal with uncertainty inherent in innovation is to have a learning process that "systematically confronts the unknown with new hypotheses, tests them, and eventually creates a new knowledge".

When innovating, you cannot figure it all out and ahead of time and stick to one plan; so, don't wait - just go for it, learn and adjust as you go. That's why "successful innovators get used to moving forward, backing up, going sidewise, chasing parallel paths for a while, consolidating, and then going forward again".

For Greenbush what we are doing with the Labs is simple
(1) What (the canvas): Make Greenbush as widely avaibale as possible
(2) How (the paint): Using Technology
(3) Result: Innovative Art !



]]> http://rich.greenbush.us/?entry=entry070502-190948 Rich White Wed, 02 May 2007 23:09:48 GMT http://rich.greenbush.us/index.php?entry=entry070502-122451
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