Comments for Wisconsin Union BlendA place to gather and talk about learning and teaching with technology at UW-Madison.Comment on When convergence goes a bit nutty by doug- April 25, 2008 Hey Ron, I think you're right about "Best of YouTube" - it is "a bit nutty" in that the interface, at first glance at least, offers significantly less than YouTube itself. I do like one idea behind it, though: taking a big set of information that someone else has put together, and re-visualizing it. A better example of this, I think, is something like del.icio.us director, which takes your del.icio.us bookmarks, and gives you a whole new way to see, browse, and interact with them.http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/02/19/when-convergence-goes-a-bit-nutty/#comment-123 Comment on Doing the dishes with TED by doug- April 25, 2008 Thanks Jeff and John! You're right - the Photosynth demo is impressive. I really like how is he is presenting to a very tech-savvy group, and you can still hear jaws dropping in the audience. John - I'll be sure to check out your suggestions. Thanks! And as for radio - it was once my constant companion. Sometimes, now that I have so much more control over what I want to hear and when I want to hear it, I miss my favorite radio station, which didn't let me pick the song, but was always full...http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-122 Comment on Doing the dishes with TED by John- April 25, 2008 I had never thought of doing something while doing the dishes, and I do plenty. TED talks are a great idea. I'm with Jeff. Photosynth is one of my favorite talks, especially when he remarks "I never thought I would ever receive that kind of reaction when I went to work for Microsoft." If I remember right E.O. Wilson, Dan Dennet, and Jill Boldt Taylor were also good talks.http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-121 Comment on Doing the dishes with TED by Jeff Bohrer- April 23, 2008 I too came across the TED archives a while ago and was amazed at the breadth and uniqueness of the topics. One of my favorites is a demo of PhotoSynth. I don't even know how to describe it, but it's a new image retrieval and viewing system. Somewhat like PicLens in how you scroll through a series of images, but much more powerful. Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo http:www.ted.comindex.phptalksviewid129 As for fun while doing dishes, I discovered this old technology called..http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/23/doing-the-dishes-with-ted/#comment-119 Comment on Curious about copyright by doug- April 16, 2008 Here's a link to When omer Smote is Bloomin Lyre - thanks Bruno!http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/10/curious-about-copyright/#comment-118 Comment on Curious about copyright by Bruno Browning- April 16, 2008 I actually did contact University counsel on a closely related point several years ago, when I was writing some software on company time that I wanted to GPL. I was told that it was fine to do so provided that I got permission from my DeanDirector. Since CC is broadly speaking the same kind of thing as the GPL (a license for copyrighted materials) I would think that advice would apply here as well. Sadly, since intellectual property has become such a hot-button item these days it can be more...http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/10/curious-about-copyright/#comment-117 Comment on Curious about copyright by doug- April 16, 2008 This has been an interesting discussion! Sarah's comments provide good examples that can be matched up against the UW System policy paper on copyright that Dorethea mentioned earlier. This policy paper describes 5 conditions that can be used to determine the ownership of copyrightable instructional materials: 1. No UW System or institutional support or involvement; 2. Minimal UW System or institutional support or involvement; 3. Substantial UW System or institutional support or...http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/10/curious-about-copyright/#comment-116 Comment on Curious about copyright by Sarah McDaniel- April 13, 2008 Am I the third person I might have an interesting perspective on Ron's original question since I've moved from institution to institution recently, so this came up (informally, as we were sorting through what to do with my work... what needed a copy left (and what of that was my intellectual property), what should be taken with, and what needed to be created. When I left my previous employment, of course I left things required to run particular programs, data and materials collected under...http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/10/curious-about-copyright/#comment-115 Comment on Curious about copyright by John- April 11, 2008 Dorthea: thanks for that point of clarification on CC being non-revocable. I wonder though, since that point isn't clear when you choose your license, do many creators know about it Also, just to be clear, I was thinking more of planning ahead. If you make an original, but assign rights on the derivative work, as far as I know you keep your rights in the original. Copyright and licensing is complicated, but fun stuff :)http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/10/curious-about-copyright/#comment-114 Comment on Curious about copyright by Peter Gorman- April 11, 2008 I would be chagrined to see a university service require assignment of copyright as a condition of service. But to answer the question as posed, if the terms of service require it, and you accept those terms, then you've assigned copyright, period. It's just like so many publishers' agreements. But I don't see why the university service would find it necessary, or even desirable given our mission to promote knowledge, to make that requirement. As Dorothea pointed out, library services like...http://unionblend.uniblogs.org/2008/04/10/curious-about-copyright/#comment-113 |