Month: October 2003

I should have expected this – campaign blogs. It makes sense I guess. Get your evolving message out to those who care, rally the troops, etc.

I backed in to this one. Howard Dean (candidate and govenor of Vermont) has posted his Internet Principles. I did not not examine his web site in sufficient detail to determine how “Internet Principles” fit into some larger agenda. I gather that a serious discussion of the “Internet as Gift” is part of some broader “Great American Conversation.”

Does President Bush have a blog? There appear to be several parody sites, an official re-election site offering material for other blogs, etc. I don’t know if George Bush has a blog.

I am always interested in new blogging tools and services. .Mac (the set of online services you can purchase from Apple) now includes iBlog (the client software) and the templates, database space, server resources necessary to create and serve blogs. The version of iBlog given away without cost to those with a .MAC account works only with .MAC. The full commercial version ($30 if I remember correctly) allows content to be uploaded by FTP and WEBDAV so this might be a possibility for anyone with access to server storage space.

Would I purchase a .Mac account so I had access to iBlog? Probably not. However, if I had no other resources at my disposal a .Mac account would not be a bad investment. Demo

Blog was developed by Lifli Software.

Secretary Paige recently hosted a showcase providing examples of the use of technology to meet NCLB expectations in rural settings (eSchool News). Rural schools have difficulty meeting requirements for “highly qualified teachers” and technology can facilitate the efforts of rural teachers to improve personal qualifications or can bring more qualified teachers to rural schools through distance education.