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Interesting idea about recording an informal discussion such as might take place in the social spaces around a conference – Jared Spool of User Interface Engineering fame has put up the first example of their “Spoolcast“. If you can cope with the intro music (and exit music) between each section there are some interesting points made. How much impact a university’s website has on drawing in prospective students for example and what useable really means – “black and white” and “shades of grey” definitions.

Lots more podcasting ideas to support research and learning.

Tama is excited by the arrival of …

The first of three microphones for the iPod Video

I’m excited to see how well it works. If it’s good, all I will need is an iPod video

(UPDATE I’m not convinced – the mono, wav and distance ‘features’ make it a “not quite” device for me)

John Naughton is excited by iPod eBooks Creator

It seems to work well – I’ve transferred “The importance of being Earnest” to my Nano and even with such a tiny screen it is quite readable. I guess it would be easier on an iPod video though…