Conference web site software.

Further to my post about a conference web site.  Thanks to Jeremy Hunsinger, I set up a good enough site in about 10 minutes.  Actually, the underlying code is pretty awesome and the HCI is very nicely done, especially on the back end.  My first impressions are very positive.  There is some tinkering I'd like to do around the edges, but for now that can wait.  Our professional development people are going to like this since it can support multiple conferences, although I have it running in single conference mode right now.

Given other pressures, the impending term and my currently comatose computer, this will work.  I'll put my perfectionism to one side.

By wccartd@wc.cc.va.us (David Carter-Tod). [Serious Instructional Technology]

glad he found it of use, the public knowledge project out of canada is where i sent him, it has sofware for journals and for conferences, much like the software i worked on at the cddc, but there is much less user intensive, and thus more friendly. i think that in general, i'll be using and extending there software.

Oligonomy Defined. Hannaford lays the groundwork for a new theoretical model of business economics — the oligonomy. It's a curious conundrum and I've never seen any of the free-market thinkers address this phenomenon of growth. Where does it lead, and what does it mean?

Oligonomy defined

The vocabulary of economists has no word to describe an increasingly common phenomenon. An oligopoly, as you know, is a market sector in which there are few sellers. An oligopsony is a market sector in which there are few buyers. But there are an increasing number of market sectors in which the same companies are both oligopolies and oligopsonies. This situation I propose to call an oligonomy.

As I see it, oligonomies are spreading in almost every market and market segment. Being both an oligopoly and an oligopsony is a very advantageous position. But it is also, for many companies, a necessary defensive move. [Oligopoly Watch]

[b.cognosco]

This sounds very much like the anti-market distinction that Braudel proposes and Delanda pursues in his papers.

Erpanet and Daedalus have launched the Erpanet ePr …. Erpanet and Daedalus have launched the Erpanet ePrints Service, an open-access repository for the cultural and scientific heritage community. [Open Access News]

This is great news for the digital preservation community. It will be interesting to watch the take up of this new technology.

Gamers Struggle to Preserve Past. Thousands still long to play video game classics like Joust and Tempest. Unfortunately, the originals are becoming harder to find. Some are actually in danger of being lost forever. And the industry isn't willing to help preserve them. By Suneel Ratan. [Wired News]

I loved Joust! [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

Its amazing. even in old atari games you can find a much broader variety of games types than you can today…. the mass market kills histories and traditions…..