Putting presentations on the Web
I recently found myself wondering about the use of PowerPoint (or similar) presentations on the Web, and in particular in the context of academic conferences and e-learning projects. At the VideoForum show in London, I had an opportunity to play with E-Lectern, an interesting system that (potentially) combines streaming video, slides and two-way text. Apparently [...]
Inspect a gadget
YouTube features this brilliant flute player (on the front page). Woo hoo! More from his Myspace profile.
(Hey, it’s the weekend)
Copyright for politicans and slates
Simon McGarr writes (also here) about the copyright issues relating to the use of Oireachtas (parliamentary) footage in satire (disclaimer: I contributed some (basic) ideas to this article). It’s a good read, and builds on some ongoing ideas that Simon, Fergal Crehan and others have been working on. To me, it’s a situation [...]