Marc Eisenstadt

Lorenzo Podcasting From Everest

Following on the heels of the Xtreme Webcasting events featuring Lorenzo Gariano&#39s ascents of The Matterhorn and Everest-next-door-neighbor Lhotse, here comes Xtreme Podcasting from Mount Everest. As the site (complete with RSS/Podcast feed of Lorenzo&#39s audio reports) indicates: “Adventurer Lorenzo Gariano is part of a ten-man collaborative expedition between 7summits.com and the 7summits club from…

H.E. Director-General Sir Alan Wilson Visits

Sir Alan Wilson, Director-General for Higher Education at the Department for Education and Skills, had a first-hand look at new learning technologies today in KMi. Sir Alan is a key advisor to the Secretary of State for Education and plays a critical part in the government’s drive to widen participation and maintain a world-class university…

Learning Grid 2-Day Gig in KMi

Today marks the kickoff of a two-day meeting of key partners in the ELeGI Consortium – the 23-member £5M “European Learning Grid Infrastructure” Project. The meeting will bring together the ELeGI Scientific and Technical Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Work Package and Action Line leaders in order to assess the current state of the project, and plan…

KMi “Big 5” at Social Tools Gig

KMi’s FlashMeeting, BuddySpace, Compendium, Magpie, and Stadium received an enthusiastic response at the 12th July gathering of the London Symposium on Social Tools for the Enterprise. The event featured a focused series of discussions led by practitioners in the ‘blogging, social networking, and social tools community’ addressing the impact of such tools in the corporate…

KMi “Big 5” at Social Tools Gig

KMi’s FlashMeeting, BuddySpace, Compendium, Magpie, and Stadium received an enthusiastic response at the 12th July gathering of the London Symposium on Social Tools for the Enterprise. The event featured a focused series of discussions led by practitioners in the ‘blogging, social networking, and social tools community’ addressing the impact of such tools in the corporate…

KMi Takes To Bristol Streets

CitiTag, the wireless multiplayer game designed and developed jointly between KMi, HPLabs Bristol, and the Royal College of Art, was rolled out to the streets of Bristol today, garnering an enthusiastic reception among the players. The premise of CitiTag is that a game of ultimate simplicity (tag), can be enhanced by empowering players with &#39augmented…

Fennemore as KMi.com Catalyst

SUMMARY: Roger Fennemore or colleague can spend 1-day-per-week assisting &#39KMi.com&#39 operations… IPMO to underwrite first 6mos. consultancy. It took 2 months to have the 5 min. conversation with Alan Bassindale. [sorry, must be read from bottom to top to appreciate] —–Original Message—– From: M.Eisenstadt Sent: 23 March 2004 14:26 To: Kmi-Management-Board-List Subject: Fennemore deal update……

Common Purpose Visit

Three visitors from Common Purpose came to KMi on 8th March to get a &#39glimpse of the future.&#39 Common Purpose states it vision as follows: “For a democracy to be strong, it needs an active civil society, in which citizens are both informed and connected. Common Purpose&#39s vision is that we can improve the way…

£5M ELeGI Project Begins

March 1st-3rd saw the full gathering in Barcelona of a new EU project in which KMi and the OU Department of Computing are playing a strong role. The project, entitled “European Learning Grid Infrastructure (ELeGI),” comprises 23 partners across Europe, and is worth a combined total of nearly £5M, of which over £300K will come…

Gush = Flash, Jabber, RSS, Conversations, more…

Looks great… in their own words: “This is where the worlds of Instant Messaging and Blogging meet. While you&#39re not checking up on your favorite weblogs, you can start your own IM Blog with Gush Announcements. Share you&#39re thoughts and interests, privately and instantly among your friends. Blog only to certain groups and additionally mark…