BLOGGERCON -- Dave Winer offers up his take on moblogging. Out of necessity, I've had to moblog since early 2001 because of the amount of public transport I used to and from work. Most of my work is mail-to-blog with Nokia Communicators.

AP -- A new system of sign language developed by deaf children in Nicaragua may hold clues about the evolution of languages. When the country's first school for the deaf was established in 1977, children were not taught sign language but developed a system of signs to communicate. Childhood learning may determine linguistic rules.

DUBLIN -- If you want to look trendy, you must have a fashionable wardrobe. In 2004, that means no exposed thongs. You can take it from Yahoo Buzz and from anecdotal evidence--the era of the thong has passed. You can see this rite of passage by walking the perimeter of Temple Bar Square. It's a high-traffic area just outside of the meeting venue for Ireland's premier visual arts programme in Temple Bar Gallery and Studios. The only women wearing exposed thongs appear to be teenagers wearing hand-me-downs. The fashion police have spoken. Lose the Thong. It's a crime to show underwear above the top of your jeans.

CLONMEL -- The first lesson of the Media Writing course sets seven tasks to be done.

CLONMEL -- We are starting another academic year and I ask the same question year after year. "Define multimedia." It's part of our writing course.

FINANCE NEWS -- Andrew Zolli, a New York futurist who spends a lot of time mapping the changes that will transform marketplaces and work spaces in the next 25 years, says there are four key drivers of change that will be essential to business success in the future.

ACM -- The success of software team performance hinges on such factors as the personality composition of members, team leadership, and intra-team communication and coordination, all of which leads researchers to conclude that the human side of software development is more important than technological acumen, according to a recent study by a group from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Based on how individuals perform in four behavioral dimensions (social interaction, information gathering, decision making and dealing with the external world), the study offers recommendations for creating optimal software teams, as well as appointing the best personalities for distinct jobs. For example, teams with an "intuitive" team leader outperformed those with a "sensing" team leader.

CLONMEL -- As I begin my seventh year of teaching young adults the essential elements of multimedia, I realise the bar is raised higher than in years past. I know this is true because I am asking for more deliverables in less time. For this to be viable, I have also made the following assumptions:

LIVE CURRY -- Formerly from MTV and now a cult figure in iPod land, Adam Curry has released way-alpha source code to an application which allows users to automatically download MP3 audio files from weblogs and other web sites to their iPod. This is cool. Several "shows" are ready for downloading.

KILKENNY -- Lists of simple answers invite easy reading. When the Kilkenny People asked eight passersby "what would you like to do before you die," some answers were the same.