e3 Information Overload AND Are You 2.0 Yet? - Computers, Software, & the Internet http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/ E-resources for Engineering Education, plus discussions on various web 2.0 and library issues en-us Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST brian.c.gray@case.edu brian.c.gray@case.edu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Movable Type v3.121 Street View by Google http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/04/01/street_view_by_google Google is traveling around with a 360-degree camera to add a street view to its maps. Cleveland made its debut... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/04/01/street_view_by_google Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Computers, Software, & the Internet Internet Tools Northeast Ohio Photos Search Engines Web 2.0 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EST Google is traveling around with a 360-degree camera to add a street view to its maps. Cleveland made its debut has the first Ohio city to be visually documented by Google.

See the Plain Dealer article for some more highlights.

Go to http://maps.google.com/ and enter a Cleveland address. Hit "street" view and if the streets are highlighted in blue you can get the view as if you are driving by. Just click on the street and enjoy. Arrows direct your travel and your view.

I went with the "full screen" view and the images are very good quality and can be zoomed. Not quite good enough to read a license plate, but they show quite a bit of detail.

]]> Wii Preparation for Surgeons http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/22/wii_preparation_for_surgeons Years ago we had reports that our Desert Storm pilots were better than their former colleagues, due to being raised... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/22/wii_preparation_for_surgeons Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Blog: e3 Information Overload Computer Science Computers, Software, & the Internet Engineering Gaming Medicine & Healthcare News from the Field Science and Technology Web 2.0 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST Years ago we had reports that our Desert Storm pilots were better than their former colleagues, due to being raised as children with video games. Now, we a have a study that shows surgeons that warm up or train on Wii perform better in surgeries.
Game players scored nearly 50% higher on tool control and overall performance than other trainees.
Source: 'Wii warm-up' good for surgeons from BBC News (January 17, 2008)

]]> From the File of Where Else Did They Look http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/21/from_the_file_of_where_else_did_they_look I found this video about Gmail discussed in a Walking Paper blog entry. In general the video is Gmail engineers... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/21/from_the_file_of_where_else_did_they_look Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Blog: e3 Information Overload Chemical Engineering Computers, Software, & the Internet Engineering Libraries & Librarianship Library Users My Experiences Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST I found this video about Gmail discussed in a Walking Paper blog entry. In general the video is Gmail engineers reading emails they receive from happy users. The last one in the video was a freshman chemical engineering student who was working on a group project and the answer the group needed appeared in the targeted Gmail ads. The Google engineer said "this person was able to use gmail ads to find something she couldn’t find anywhere else".

Really? I did a similar project on photoremediation during my undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and I found all the necessary information from the library.

I have two concerns with this video and the suggestions made. First, I question where else did these students look. Second, Google is doing some wonderful things but they are not the only source. It leads me to challenge are libraries doing enough to be in front of the users eyes.

]]> Google 2008 Anita Borg Scholarship http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/20/google_2008_anita_borg_scholarship The Google 2008 Anita Borg Scholarship is open for application until Friday, February 1, 2008.As part of Google's ongoing commitment... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2008/01/20/google_2008_anita_borg_scholarship Blog: e3 Information Overload Computer Science Computers, Software, & the Internet Engineering News from the Field Women in Engineering Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:51:58 EST The Google 2008 Anita Borg Scholarship is open for application until Friday, February 1, 2008.
As part of Google's ongoing commitment to furthering Anita's vision, we are pleased to announce the 2008 Google Anita Borg Scholarship, through which we hope to encourage women to excel in computing and technology and become active role models and leaders.

]]> Google offers 411 Service http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/15/google_offers_411_service Did you know Google offers a 411 service that is totally free? It can be used by calling 1-800-GOOG-411. I... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/15/google_offers_411_service Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Blog: e3 Information Overload Computers, Software, & the Internet Search Engines Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:00:00 EST Did you know Google offers a 411 service that is totally free? It can be used by calling 1-800-GOOG-411. I tried it for a few random searches. It is not perfect as it is computer automated. If you do not speak clearly or speak too fast, it does get confused.

]]> Web 3.0 on the Horizon http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/13/web_30_on_the_horizon Have you learned everything about how to use web 2.0 effectively? If not, get ready to fall further behind. Articles... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/13/web_30_on_the_horizon Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Blog: e3 Information Overload Computer Science Computers, Software, & the Internet Engineering News from the Field Web 2.0 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:00:00 EST Have you learned everything about how to use web 2.0 effectively? If not, get ready to fall further behind. Articles are already starting to circulate about web 3.0 and what that will mean for Internet users.

CNNMoney.com in an article by Michael V. Copeland shared how researchers are looking into the efficient use of the semantic web. In other words how can computers help to organize all the data, including that within documents, for the benefit of Internet searchers.

If you are looking for future employment opportunities consider this data from the article:

One estimate pegs the market for products and services stemming from semantic Web technologies at $50 billion by 2010, up from about $7 billion today.

]]> Interface to the Virtual World http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/02/interface_to_the_virtual_world Benjamin Chodroff, a Case Western Reserve University student, recently participated in an IBM internship called "Extreme Blue" in India. He... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/08/02/interface_to_the_virtual_world Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Blog: e3 Information Overload Case Awards, News, or Publications Computer Science Computers, Software, & the Internet Engineering Second Life Web 2.0 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:19:11 EST Benjamin Chodroff, a Case Western Reserve University student, recently participated in an IBM internship called "Extreme Blue" in India. He proposed an interface to connect real and virtual worlds, such as Second Life.

]]> SPARC Video Contest http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/07/25/sparc_video_contest Check out this video contest! CALL FOR ENTRIES SPARC Announces Mind Mashup: A Video Contest to Showcase Student Views on... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/07/25/sparc_video_contest ALA Audio & Video Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Blog: e3 Information Overload Computers, Software, & the Internet Libraries & Librarianship Mashups Web 2.0 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:08:09 EST Check out this video contest!

CALL FOR ENTRIES
SPARC Announces Mind Mashup:
A Video Contest to Showcase Student Views on Information Sharing

Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales and Documentary Filmmaker Peter Wintonick Among Judges Selecting $1,000 Prize Winner

Washington, DC - July 25, 2007 - SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) today announced the launch of the first annual SPARC Discovery Awards, a contest to promote the open exchange of information. Mind Mashup, the theme of the 2007 contest, calls on entrants to illustrate in a short video the importance of sharing ideas and information of all kinds. Mashup is an expression referring to a song, video, Web site or software application that combines content from more than one source.

Consistent with SPARC's mission as an international alliance of academic and research libraries promoting the benefits of information sharing, the contest encourages new voices to join the public discussion of information policy in the Internet age. Designed for adoption as a college or high school class assignment, the SPARC Discovery Awards are open to anyone over the age of 15.

Contestants are asked to submit videos of two minutes or less that imaginatively show the benefits of bringing down barriers to the open exchange of information. Submissions will be judged by a panel that includes:

  • Aaron Delwiche, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas
  • José-Marie Griffiths, Professor & Dean at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Rick Johnson, communications consultant and founding director of SPARC
  • Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC
  • Karen Rustad, president of Free Culture 5C and a senior at Scripps College majoring in media studies
  • Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
  • Peter Wintonick, award-winning documentary filmmaker and principal of Necessary Illusions Productions Inc.

"I'm very proud to be judging this contest," said Karen Rustad. "When it comes to debates over Internet information policy, students are usually subjects for study or an object for concern. I can't wait to see what my contemporaries have to say about mashup culture and open access to information once they're given the mike -- or, rather, the camera."

The contest takes as its inspiration a quote from George Bernard Shaw: "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."

Submissions must be received by December 2, 2007. Winners - including a first-place winner and two runners up - will be announced in January 2008. The winner will receive $1,000 and a "Sparky Award." The runners up will each receive $500. Winning entries will be publicly screened at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference in January 2008 in Philadelphia and will be prominently featured in SPARC's international advocacy and campus education activities.

For further details, please see the contest Web site at http://sparkyawards.org.

SPARC
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC is a founding member of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, a coalition of patient, academic, research, and publishing organizations that supports open public access to the results of federally funded research - including research funded by the National Institutes of Health. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc/.

]]> Aerospace Industry is Graying & Recruits Virtually http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/05/28/aerospace_industry_is_graying_recruits_virtually According to the Akron Beacon Journal (Aerospace industry beckons, 5/28/07), 1 out of 4 in the aerospace industry will be... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/05/28/aerospace_industry_is_graying_recruits_virtually Aerospace Engineering Computers, Software, & the Internet Engineering News from the Field Mon, 28 May 2007 16:14:58 EST According to the Akron Beacon Journal (Aerospace industry beckons, 5/28/07), 1 out of 4 in the aerospace industry will be eligible for retirement next year. Aerospace companies and recruiters are now using "virtual" tools to recruit, such as Facebook groups and chat rooms. These social tools are being used to educate potential future employers, peak interest in the industry, and maintain content with past interns.

]]> Girls Ask Alice for Programming Skills http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/05/08/girls_ask_alice_for_programming_skills Alice is an open source program to create 3D computer animations. Due to its ease of use, it is being... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/05/08/girls_ask_alice_for_programming_skills Computer Science Computers, Software, & the Internet Engineering Women in Engineering Tue, 08 May 2007 07:00:00 EST Alice is an open source program to create 3D computer animations. Due to its ease of use, it is being used to target future programmers, especially minorities and woman that make up the smaller percentages of the field.

[VIA: What's New @ IEEE for Students, April 2007 Volume 8, Number 4]

]]> Social Computing Specialization - How Much More 2.0 Can Your Degree Be http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/17/social_computing_specialization_how_much_more_20_can_your_degree_be The University of Michigan School of Information now offers a specialization in Social Computing. Students pursuing a specialization in Social... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/17/social_computing_specialization_how_much_more_20_can_your_degree_be Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Computers, Software, & the Internet Libraries & Librarianship Library 2.0 Social Networks Web 2.0 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:25:00 EST The University of Michigan School of Information now offers a specialization in Social Computing.

Students pursuing a specialization in Social Computing learn to analyze online social interactions, both in online communities and in more diffuse social networks. They learn about features of social computing technologies so they can recognize opportunities to put them to use in new settings and make good choices about alternative implementations.

Have other schools or degree programs went beyond a single class or workshop? I have not seen any myself.

(As a person living in Ohio, I am only allowed to use the "m" word once a year, so this was it.)
]]> Google Maps has a Sense of Humor http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/17/google_maps_has_a_sense_of_humor 1. Go to Google Maps2. Click on "get directions"3. Type "New York" in the first box  (the "from" box)4. Type... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/17/google_maps_has_a_sense_of_humor Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Computers, Software, & the Internet Humor Search Engines Web 2.0 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:59:19 EST 1. Go to Google Maps
2. Click on "get directions"
3. Type "New York" in the first box  (the "from" box)
4. Type "London"  in the second box (the "to" box) (hit get directions)
5. Scroll down  to step #23

]]> Will your face be your next password? http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/04/will_your_face_be_your_next_password Check out this CNET News.com video that demonstrates a desktop 3D face recognition camera that could be the future of... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/04/04/will_your_face_be_your_next_password Computer Science Computers, Software, & the Internet Engineering Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:19:01 EST Check out this CNET News.com video that demonstrates a desktop 3D face recognition camera that could be the future of computer and data security.

]]> Google in All Languages http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/03/29/google_in_all_languages According to CIO Insight, Google is building their own machine translation algorithms. Google has always offered some form of translation... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/03/29/google_in_all_languages Computers, Software, & the Internet Internet Tools Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:27:41 EST According to CIO Insight, Google is building their own machine translation algorithms. Google has always offered some form of translation services through third party service, but now the ones for Arabic, Chinese and Russian are in-house creations.

]]> What Does Cleveland 2.0 Look Like? http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/03/19/what_does_cleveland_20_look_like Have you tried Second Life yet? I have been participating since late last year. Many libraries have built virtual offices... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2007/03/19/what_does_cleveland_20_look_like Computers, Software, & the Internet General Announcements Kelvin Smith Library News from the Field Northeast Ohio Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:01:39 EST Have you tried Second Life yet? I have been participating since late last year. Many libraries have built virtual offices and buildings. I personally have been using it as a tool to communicate and share ideas with other librarians. I have already attended several online conferences and poster sessions within Second Life. It has been a nice networking tool to meet with people from other libraries that do not attend the same real world meetings or conferences as me.

I am excited to see OneCleveland and that Case is leading the way. For more local information, see the following articles:

I took these photos over the weekend.

The map that greats visitors to OneCleveland.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/briangray/890245864/

Kelvin Smith Library in OneCleveland.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/briangray/542633772/

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