Schtuff

Another wiki hosting service. This one appears to be ad free:

www.schtuff.com - What is Schtuff?: "Schtuff is the first to offer a totally free Wiki service. We've made the traditional Wiki easier to use, and tacked on a few really nice features like tagging, custom permissions, and an image gallery.

Schtuff is flexible. Use it to collaborate on group projects, create a blog, share photos with your family, take personal notes... the possibilities are endless! Have a look at some space examples."

via Educational Weblogs

University Channel

Podcasting academic content out of Princeton:

University Channel - About Us: "The University Channel makes videos of academic lectures and events from all over the world available to the public. It is a place where academics can air their ideas and present research in a full-length, uncut format. Contributors with greater video production capabilities can submit original productions."

The content is focused on Public and International Affairs.

A Skype Competitor

Another possibility for language instruction??

Gizmo – A free phone for your computer - Learn More Overview: "Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, you’re connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. It’s just that simple. You talk clearly. For as long as you want. For free."

via Weblogg-ed News who said:

"Gizmo is like Skype except you can record your conversations."

SSE: Simple Sharing Extensions

First there was RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary), now there is (or will be) SSE. Instead of just broadcasting information outward (as RSS does), SSE will be "bi-directional." What this really means in practical terms, I'm not entirely sure. And this may only be of interest in the immediate future to web application developers. Nonetheless, it does seem to be a big thing in the world of social software and Web 2.0, so I put it on my list of things to read about. Here are some links in case anyone else is interested:

Ray Ozzie's summary

Dave Winer's article

The specification

The FAQs

A couple blog posts on the topic.

AmbitiousLemon

An interesting possibility...

AmbitiousLemon: "Free Webhosting no fees, no advertisements, and no sacrifices

AmbitiousLemon is not a webhosting company. We are a community of website owners who develop and maintain a webserver for the sole purpose of providing free webhosting for those with a commitment to the community. It all began with an average Joe who owned a web server for his own personal use which had plenty of storage space, cpu cycles, and bandwidth to go around. It has since grown into a diverse community made up of people from all over the world with skills and talents as diverse as their nationalities. Please read on to learn more about our service and how it differs from other free web hosting services available to you."

via Educational Weblogs

Copy-protection Malware on Sony Music CDs: an update from Slashdot

Don't know whether you've been following the recent news about Sony and the malicious software they've been putting on their music CDs, but I thought I'd at least pass along an update from Slashdot about Sony's attempts to recover from the fiasco.

Yeesh... what a mess! Glad I haven't purchased music CDs for a while!

A Video Podcasting tool

For watching video podcasts. A tool we should probably watch...

DTV: Internet TV On Your Mac

It looks like they are working on a Windows version as well.

via Boing Boing

Social Software Summary

Barbara Ganley has a just posted a great overview of some social software tools on her blog. She writes about blogs, wikis, and podcasts, and not only describes them, but also gives some great reasons for using them as well as a few tips on how to use them effectively. This seems like a great post to refer people who want to know what this blogging thing is all about.

Educause Article on Podcasting

In case you didn't see it on the ManeIT Network Blog, here's a link to a decent article about podcasting.