The Electronic Frontier Foundation named the top 10 patents it wants killed, or at least redefined (all 10 patents are in some way illegitimate and are being used to limit free expression) ... http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64038,00.html?tw=newsletter_topstories_html The EFF's Schultz hopes this process will help get rid of some bad patents, educate the public about the process of challenging them and protect Internet-based expression technologies. "The consensus is that a lot of bad patents are leaking through the cracks of the examination process," he said. "We feel ... the ones that we've targeted here are not only invalid, but are being abused."

Stereoscopic 3D video displays can provide significant benefits in many areas... http://www2.electronicimaging.org/shortcourses.cfm?sc_no=SC060

A Smart(er?) Graphics conference agenda; http://www.aicml.cs.ualberta.ca/banff04/icml/pages/schedule.htm

... McHugh's (damaged frontal lobes, a region of the brain associated with high-level functions such as planning) art reveals some aspects of his altered thought processes. He often draws images of faces within faces, which he describes as representing two parallel lines of thinking that seem to run through his brain simultaneously
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v430/n6995/full/430014a_fs.html Patients seen by Miller since 1990 also have a new and sometimes compulsive artistic interest or skill. In this set of patients, the damage is predominately to the left side of the brain. Perhaps, speculates Miller, damage to the left lessens this inhibition and causes patients to become more interested in art.

Geospatial Web Portals (article); http://www.geospatial-online.com/geospatialsolutions/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=101549 Instead of an index of hyperlinks, Web portals now act as a dashboard that consolidates multiple applications and datastreams served from both local and remote domains into a single Web page.

The most important part of map creation is the distinctly human decision of what the map needs to 'say' - what data should be integrated, or left out, or reconfigured. Deutinger’s argument is that architects are now using maps to justify their ideas on the basis of climate, topography, politics, or demographics. These maps allow the architect to construct his or his own world vision, to illustrate emergent trends and to identify new opportunities. http://www.archis.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23

Wall proposes ‘metageography’, a term coined by Lewis and Wigen (1997) to describe a new possible geographical model, through which people can organise their knowledge of the world. To enact a consistent and coherent metageographic model, not only depend on an understanding of how the global urban system works, but just as importantly conceptualizing, instigating and manipulating future metageographies. http://www.archis.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24&sid=85726c31e2527faa7f4e9f153a243efb

Learning Flash is a great way to investigate and explore the use of interaction and animation in cartography. When SVG becomes an accepted web format, I will be able to apply my findings to its full potential in SVG. - http://www.webmapper.net/archives/2004/06/

The Creative Freedom Defense Fund is raising money to defend artists who run afoul of the corporations that take offense at having their products used in socially critical ways. http://creativefreedomdefense.org/

Discussion on syntopical approach to knowledge transfer http://www.thegreatideas.org/204w/TGIO280.pdf"One has to solve problems by practical thinking, not by understanding ideas. I think the more understanding you have, the better you can think, the more likely you are able to deal intelligently with life’s difficult, practical problems. But there is no assurance."
- Adler. ADLER: Read in part, not in whole...A million dollars and eight years later, I finished the job. It took a large extent of persons reading the Great Books. In fact, it was
an investment of 400,000 man-hours of reading to put 165,000 references to the Great Books into 3,000 topics in the Syntopicon...the Great Ideas provide access to understanding and wisdom...

"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" - Karl Marx, Manifesto.
“If all of the wisdom of the world were brought to bare on it, it would still be a problem.” - Abe Lincoln

Launch the net art locator at http://www.low-fi.org.uk/commissions/ to see 4pane split window example in action.

Binoculars Site Preview presents a "sneak preview" of a web page when you mouse over a Binoculars icon next to a search result. Many people believe "a picture is worth a thousand words", and here at Jeeves we feel the same way http://sp.ask.com/docs/about/binoculars_faq.html#iconprev

overLIB is a JavaScript library created to enhance websites with small popup information boxes (like tooltips) to help visitors around your website. It can be used to provide the user with information about what will happen when they click on a link as well as navigational help... http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/

Possible FibZoom (window resizing)javascript http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/resizing-window.html
http://javascript.internet.com/bgeffects/full-size-image.html

"The field is marked by a juxtaposition of new technology and old pedagogy." Consistent with his previous work, Levy proposes a dymanic workplace model of learning. "The learning resources are dynamically assembled by each knowledge worker in the context of what they know and the work they are performing at the moment." from http://www.global-learning.de/g-learn/cgi-bin/gl_userpage.cgi?StructuredContent=m130506
..."meet its growth objectives by adopting smart, extensible and perhaps even revolutionary ways of rapidly deploying knowledge to a large number of workers." such as Knowledge Mapping (?)

"From Unstructured Data to Actionable Intelligence: Operational effectiveness demands quick, accurate access to relevant information. Yet most of us rely on only the smallest fraction of the information available to us... The key is to "Connect the Dots" by mining the most important details - the relationships among people, places, things, events, activities and other facts hidden in your information. Text mining and visual data exploration can place the right information at the fingertips of employees, customers, and partners -- enabling faster, better informed decisions." - Inxight

Map resources; http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/linkfrme.htm

Some pundits to claim the global patent system is approaching a state of farce...
He believes challenging the data visualisation patent could cost $100,000. Mr Corrick says IPONZ appears to grant patents with little scrutiny, leaving it up to the courts to adjudicate in the event of a dispute. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2946742a6022,00.html ... most such controversial patents have not been enforced and so remains untested in court.

Hyper-individualizing a commercial print publication; http://www.reason.com/0406/pubnote.shtml

Definition of Bohemian ; bo·he·mi·an n. A person with artistic or literary interests who disregards conventional standards of behavior.

Idea to use this type of rollover effect with Visual Index Line on Edmontonians Map http://www.art-tube.com/panels.html
(ImageReady slices)

Innovative map/art project http://www.peeruk.org/projects/arrhen1.html or www.tfl.gov.uk/tube ..." large scale version of the familiar London A-Z map. This intricate graphic wall piece comprises 18 characters in scenarios that evolve through more than 250 illustrations. The narratives traverse and intersect across the map horizontally, vertically and diagonally in a web-like formation reminiscent of the underground network." As with any map, the reading of Arrhenius¹s A-Z differs markedly if it is presented as one continuous flat sheet or as a collection of bound pages. Essay at http://www.peeruk.org/projects/arrhen2.html

According to a survey released by FIND/SVP, 84% of business executives feel that Web searches -- using the generally consumer-centric search engines now available --take longer than they should due to poor results. It is estimated that the loss of productive time using search engines to conduct online research cost businesses $31 billion last year. http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1002877

Traditional "timeline" ; http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/browse/?Ntt=Timeline&Nao=1&Ntk=All&pp=3&pv=kcomposite.9914769&No=1&N=0&zoom=yes#zoom

Victoria and Albert Museum (online); http://www.vam.ac.uk/sitemap/

Dynamic queries, starfield displays, and the path to Spotfire, Ben Shneiderman,1999 ;
http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/spotfire/
description of a visualization project.

Court found that as long as digital versions placed photographs and articles within the context of their original purposes then there was no infringement of copyright. The fact that articles and photographs appear in a new medium, CD-ROM (that includes keyword search abilities and other features), makes no difference to the case. Judge Kaplan found that, "media neutrality is a fundamental principle of the Copyright Act." Also http://news.com.com/Tech+heavies+support+challenge+to+copyright+law/2100-1028_3-5242774.html?type=pt&part=inv&tag=feed&subj=news

"Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." - William Butler Yeats