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Is Podcasting revolution over before it began? BusinessWeek seems to think so and quotes Pew Internet &American Life Project’s statistics. The topic is also generating some buzz in the blogosphere,with BusinessWeek’s interpretation being gleefully accepted by some and thoughtfully rejected by others. I believe into podcasting‘s future because it is here already for . . . →Read More:The podcasts I listen to and how BusinessWeek got it wrong Wendy Seltzer’s plain-english explanation of the Microsoft Windows Vista’s EULA was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. There will be no Windows Vista on my next computer. I am sick and tired of worrying about computer viruses and misbehaving software;having the operating system that decides to remove functionalities or sabotage my work . . . →Read More:The next computer in my household will not run Windows What would I do,if I had 3 more hours a day free? I would learn 3D modelling and animation. This used to be the skill that only a limited number of people needed and the tools were difficult and expensive. With computer power not that long ago,even having the skills was not very . . . →Read More:Wish list for ‘copious’spare time –3D modelling and animation David Rothman of the TeleRead fame has written a good background article on the e-books for the Innovate –journal of online education (free registration required). While David’s articles at his blog are frequent and in-depth,any one of them is too tactical for a good overview. The article at the Innovate is a good . . . →Read More:Good overview of e-books –especially for distance education Philips recently had a Simplicity event,where they showcased a number of concept products that may or may not make it into the real world in the future. To go along with the event,Philips also setup a voting board for a number of discussion topics. One of the topics currently under discussion is whether . . . →Read More:E-book discussion at the Philips’Simplicity forums Caroline McCarthy has gone to Wired’s NextFest (for CNet’s News.com) and,apparently,saw only flashy cool products,that ultimately will not be useful. I was at the same show and my feeling were completely opposite. I saw robotic seals that are used in Japan for therapeutic purposes. I saw an interactive robot that was encouraging . . . →Read More:Wired’s NextFest –serious diamonds in the flashy rough I always feel impressed by translators. Recently,I have finished reading the english translation of NightWatch and it was very well done. I have read the russian original a number of times and could not see how a translation could make it justice. Yet it did and did it well. Congratulations to Andrew Bromfield on . . . →Read More:Happy International Translation Day! Roger Shuy describes the original goals of American Association of Applied Linguistics and progress (or in his opinion) retreat from those goals that happened over the last 30 years. I started to write a comment on it,but realised that it needs fine-tuning. So,I will skip my thinking for now,apart from saying that . . . →Read More:Link:Myopia in applied linguistics If you speak more than one language and have a blog,join the Carnival of Blog Translation. I am not a translator,but I do speak (and write) English and Russian. I will be participating. The next step is to figure out whether I should do it from Russian into English or from English into . . . →Read More:Speak multiple languages,ready to travel I don’t normally take the personality tests on the web,but the personalDNA one looked more interesting than others with sliders,buckets and grid methods of rating the response. And it does not take too long.So,after the test I got qualified as a Respectful Inventor,which I am quite happy about. And it . . . →Read More:PersonalDNA:I am a Respectful Inventor | ||||
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