Tracking The (English) Words We Use

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Computer system picks out new words,
phrases entering English language

Computer system picks out new words,
phrases entering English language 12/20/2003 03:55 AM
National Post Dec 20 2003 3:39AM ET

UK institutes ridiculously difficult
English-proficiency test for
English-speaking immigrants

UK institutes ridiculously difficult
English-proficiency test for
English-speaking immigrants 08/22/2004 07:30 AM
Cory Doctorow: Immigrants to the UK from English-speaking countries such as Canada and Australia must pass an English proficiency test in order to gain UK citizenship. The test is apparently very stringent:

According to one report two Australians, including a knight who has lived in Britain for 44 years and a writer with a degree in English, have been rejected under the new rules.

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Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) :
Daily News in English About Korea

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) :
Daily News in English About Korea 07/13/2004 08:23 AM
3 Megapixel cameratelefoon .. chosun

english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200407/200407110024.html
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Broadlook--#1 Applicant Tracking
Software Solution--Empowers your
Applicant Tracking Software and fills
your Applicant Tracking Software with
applicant tracking relationships.

Broadlook--#1 Applicant Tracking
Software Solution--Empowers your
Applicant Tracking Software and fills
your Applicant Tracking Software with
applicant tracking relationships. 07/16/2004 03:14 AM
Whichever applicant tracking software your company uses, you need to look at the Broadlook Suite of Software which should seamlessly integrate with whichever applicant tracking software you are using. BroadLook is an integrated set of applications designed to harness the Internet as a powerful real-time data source--the data from which can be exported into your applicant tracking software. [PRWEB Jul 16, 2004]

Clockware Releases Version 4.4 -
Significantly Enhances Timesheet Styles,
Expands Status Tracking, Employee and
Organizational Data Tracking Features

Clockware Releases Version 4.4 -
Significantly Enhances Timesheet Styles,
Expands Status Tracking, Employee and
Organizational Data Tracking Features 04/05/2005 04:50 AM
Clockware announces its seventh major release in eight years, adding enhancements to its enterprise timesheet software, time tracking, leave and exception time tracking and other key timesheet system features. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

Tracking Blogs, Tracking Packages --
What's The Difference?

Tracking Blogs, Tracking Packages --
What's The Difference? 03/31/2005 09:04 AM
Extreme Tech Mar 31 2005 1:16PM GMT

"Imagine living in a world without
words. Then imagine getting pregnant,
perhaps as a result of rape, giving
birth alone, being arrested - and not
having the words to explain, or to
understand what is happening."

"Imagine living in a world without
words. Then imagine getting pregnant,
perhaps as a result of rape, giving
birth alone, being arrested - and not
having the words to explain, or to
understand what is happening." 04/13/2004 03:29 AM

Web Tracking of Billable Time Improves
Productivity and Bottom Line/New Kyebot
Time Tracking and Billing Software
Announces Availability

Web Tracking of Billable Time Improves
Productivity and Bottom Line/New Kyebot
Time Tracking and Billing Software
Announces Availability 09/13/2004 02:58 AM
New Web-based time and billing application simplifies administrative tasks associated with tracking billable hours and virtually eliminates problems with under-billing. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

Tracking the newsroom bug-tracking idea

Tracking the newsroom bug-tracking idea 02/01/2005 09:42 PM
I want to return to the idea I floated a few days ago about bug-trackin g software for newsrooms. The comment s response ranged from "neat idea!" to "it'll never work," so let's look it over again.

What I imagined was something similar to the way open-source software development projects manage bug reports. When people file bugs against such a project, they go to a publicly available online resource and enter a form that says "Here's a problem I encountered," and provide details. Different projects follow different organizational structures, but generally speaking, other developers will review the bug and try to classify it: Sometimes they'll say it's a duplicate and point to previous entries in the database that dealt with it; sometimes they'll say it's a simple problem and go fix it right away and close it out; sometimes they'll say it's a big one and leave it open to be dealt with in the future; sometimes they'll say it's a "known bug" that for one reason or another is never going to be fixed; sometimes they'll say it's not a bug at all.

For a newsroom, the idea is to provide a structure and a channel for reader dissatisfaction. You wouldn't have to follow the software model detail for detail, but the general outline could be valuable: Provide a form for readers to enter complaints, one that requires them to present details. Post the complaint publicly as soon as it's entered, and record the publication's response in a reasonably prompt fashion -- anything from "Thanks, we fixed the spelling on that name" to "we chose the phrase 'private accounts' because it is an accurate description of the president's proposal, and the label was in wide use by supporters of the idea until very recently, so we do not plan to stop using the term." The explanation is on record, and if other readers keep filing the same complaint they can simply be pointed back to the original answer. Spam? Just delete it. Letters to the editor that don't have a specific complaint? Re-route them to the letters box.

The most common objection seems to be, forget it -- this will become another free-for-all for political partisans to work out their agendas, another wide-open Internet forum that will degenerate into circular debate. Such forums already exist, to be sure; the point of a bug tracker is to avoid that outcome by choosing a narrower environment for the feedback that allows you to quickly aggregate and dispose of duplicate complaints, and that provides a public record of responsiveness and accountability. If 500 people all holler that you shouldn't say "private accounts," you can answer them once and be done with it -- but you can point each individual complaint back to your explanation, so those people understand that you actually heard them and offered some sort of response. There's a big difference between the silence of no response and "no, we're not doing that, here's why." The latter won't satisfy everyone, but it at least acknowledges that there's been an exchange on the subject.

Ross Karchner proposed a somewhat different model based on wiki practices: "1) A publically viewable changelog, where you can see, in detail, the changes made to an article. 2) A place where the author(s) and editor(s) can discuss the changes needed and made. This is also in public view..." I'm not sure whether Ross means the changelog and the writer/editor dialogue to commence from the first time the writer composed a draft, or only upon publication. The former is, I think, too wide open -- even a blogger has the right to compose a posting and revise it in private before choosing to push the "publish" button. The latter is fine -- but since most reputable publications rarely change articles once they're published, and note the changes as corrections if they do, then it's just codifying an existing practice in slightly different ways.

As for the idea of trying all this out at Salon: Who knows, I might well advocate it, though my current on-leave status doesn't put me in a good spot to work on it. But Salon has been dealing with the back-and-forth of online criticism of our work for 9 years plus. Whatever problems we may suffer from, a failure of responsiveness to online feedback is not, I think, one of them, and we have a pretty sturdy process for reviewing complaints fast and correcting them where needed.

I think this approach would pay off best for a newsroom that is having difficulty convincing readers that the publication is actually listening to them. If you showed the public that you were recording and responding to the issues they raised -- whether you end up publishing a correction or simply saying, "We don't think that needs correcting, and here's why" -- I think you'd start to bank some confidence and trust pretty quickly.

I'm not suggesting that this idea is the single, one-fix-solves-all-problems answer to the ills of journalism today. It's a pragmatic, you-could-do-it-real-soon suggestion for beginning to deal with professional journalism's biggest problem: the public's loss of trust, which begins with the sense that media companies are big institutions that pay no attention to their own mistakes.

English keeps Net down

English keeps Net down 12/24/2003 09:21 PM
USA Today Dec 24 2003 8:06PM ET

Also available in english

Also available in english 11/17/2003 07:44 PM
If you have doubts, check out the author's other work, contact the author directly and ask for more info, Google the info, seek out other perspectives, make a ...

First English PHP Magazine Out

First English PHP Magazine Out 12/04/2002 06:07 AM
php|architect is the monthly magazine dedicated to PHP Professionals. It's published in PDF Format and available worldwide. In the first issue: Zeev Suraski/Brad Young: Performance Management Opportunities Harrie Hazewinkel: SNMP Management with PHP Marco Tabini: Console scripting with the nCurses bindings Plus, articles on creating your own webmail system, distilling PDF files for free, writing a database independent abstraction layer, tips & tricks, and much more! "zeldman.darla"

XML Q&A: From English to Dutch?

XML Q&A: From English to Dutch? 07/28/2004 08:17 PM
In John Simpson's final XML Q&A column, he explains how to use XML to facilitate phrase translation in multilingual apps, and announces his forthcoming new XML.com column.

Web English Teacher

Web English Teacher 05/28/2004 05:09 AM
Web English Teacher
http://www.webeng lishteacher.com/sitemap.html

Web English Teacher presents the best of K-12 English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities. At Web English Teacher educators [and parents/students/families!] can take advantage of online technology to share ideas and to benefit from the work of others. Beginning teachers can find guidance; experienced teachers can find inspiration. Think of it as the faculty library and faculty workroom on a global scale. This will be added to Education and Distance Learning Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

CCLOG-ENGLISH

CCLOG-ENGLISH 07/16/2004 06:53 PM
Next Steps

Barcepundit in English

Barcepundit in English 09/17/2004 11:58 AM
Barcepundit has more info .. apologizes profusely .. Barcepundit .. apologized

barcepundit-english.blogspot.com/2004/09/el-pais-apologiz es-for-disgusting.html
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English to Japanese, Japanese to English
PDA

English to Japanese, Japanese to English
PDA 03/06/2004 01:54 AM
I know what I am buying as soon as I am back in Japan. e-Navi is a new PDA that...

About English schools

About English schools 07/29/2004 07:01 PM
A guide to the English school system. From the BBC. This certainly explained a few things for me. (And remember, private school = public school)

Dr M: Use Internet to improve English

Dr M: Use Internet to improve English 04/10/2004 09:41 PM
New Straits Times Apr 11 2004 0:17AM GMT

GPL court challenge in English

GPL court challenge in English 09/04/2004 01:57 PM
Cory Doctorow: A court in Germany recently upheld the enforceability of the Free Software Foundation's General Public License (AKA the GPL). This was the first court decision in which the enforceability of the GPL was upheld, so until this moment, no one knew whether the GPL would withstand a court challenge. The German decision has finally been translated by the Oxford Internet Institute so that English speakers can get a sense of what its nuances were: PDF link to decision in English, PDF link to commentary by Chistian Ahlert, PDF link to commentary by Thomas Hoeren

"Plain English Campaign"

"Plain English Campaign" 12/04/2003 03:49 AM

Nettavisen: News in English

Nettavisen: News in English 08/31/2004 02:19 AM
witnessed a robbery .. no redeeming value

pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article272181.ece
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English To Code Converter

English To Code Converter 03/25/2005 09:29 PM
Slashdot Mar 26 2005 1:11AM GMT

Kaos-Think -- This Time, in English

Kaos-Think -- This Time, in English 04/13/2004 06:00 AM
A new book sharing lessons and ideas from the KaosPilots, a progressive business school in Denmark, indicates that business leaders around the world can still learn from the Scandinavian world of work.

"English" Not Threatened By Webspeak

"English" Not Threatened By Webspeak 03/24/2005 02:36 PM

Time with an English Accent

Time with an English Accent 06/07/2004 03:40 PM
I’ve been watching the new thing to see how it holds up on its first day in public, and one of the feeds was about a talking clock, something that actually I don’t want in the slightest, but it said click here for a Java WebStart demo. Frankly, I’ve had bad luck with that technology, but I gave it a whack and (after downloading a couple meg and ignoring the blood-curdling security warnings) there was this slick little app that looked entirely OS-X-native intoning the time-of-day at me Britishly. Hey, this Java stuff is gonna catch on.

English-language UK site

English-language UK site 11/18/2003 05:57 AM
that were provided .. MSN Newsbot .. Newsbot

uk.newsbot.msn.com
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Debugging in Plain English?

Debugging in Plain English? 07/27/2004 04:44 PM

Of Google, sewers and English ale

Of Google, sewers and English ale 07/29/2004 11:39 AM
ZDNet Jul 29 2004 3:36PM GMT

English Literature and Religion

English Literature and Religion 06/05/2004 02:51 PM
Englis h Literature and Religion.

english is becoming the defacto language
in the EU?

english is becoming the defacto language
in the EU? 08/05/2004 05:46 PM
i wonder if computer languages spread in a way that's analogous to spoken languages

history of the english language

history of the english language 05/11/2004 12:05 PM
all this forking will lead to the demise of the english itself!

Game on for English teacher

Game on for English teacher 04/15/2005 06:22 PM
CNN Apr 15 2005 10:07PM GMT

Security Guidance Kit v1.0, English

Security Guidance Kit v1.0, English 05/19/2004 11:41 PM
The Security Guidance Kit is a collection of how-to information, software tools, and detailed prescriptive guidance within a small "viewer" application. The materials within the Kit are all designed to help you implement security measures in your environment. The topics covered include patch management, anti-virus measures, securing remote access, and blocking unsafe email attachments.

English Democrats launch bid

English Democrats launch bid 04/17/2005 06:28 PM
The English Democrats call for a separate Parliament just for England as they launch their election manifesto.

CRIMSON ROOM in English

CRIMSON ROOM in English 02/14/2004 04:56 AM
Crimson Room puzzle

datacraft.co.jp/takagism/index_e.html
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Computers Paraphrase English

Computers Paraphrase English 12/26/2003 02:54 PM
AhaIndia submits a link to a story discussing computerized paraphrasing of English news articles. This technology, destined to eventually replace most ...

Installing eVB on a non-English PocketPC

Installing eVB on a non-English PocketPC 04/13/2005 11:04 PM

Internet says 'c u l8r' to proper
English

Internet says 'c u l8r' to proper
English 04/30/2004 11:12 PM
The Scotsman May 1 2004 3:29AM GMT
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