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This podcast features an interview with George B. Adams III, Associate Director for Programs, Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University. Our interview was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

nanoHUB provides users with “fingertip access” to over 70 simulation tools for research and education. Users not only launch jobs that are executed on the state-of-the-art computational facilities of Open Science Grid and TeraGrid, but also interactively visualize and analyze the results--all via an ordinary Web browser. nanoHUB middleware hides the complexity of Grid computing, handling authentication, authorization, file transfer, and visualization, and letting the researcher focus on research. This approach also helps educators bring these tools to the classroom, letting them bypass the difficulties of Grid computing and focus instead on learning science and engineering.

In this 10 minute recording, we'll hear from AACRAO's VP for Information Technology, Jerry Bracken.  Listen in as he shares some thoughts on key issues of interest to registrars, the Spellings Report, and EDI trends of interest.

AACRAO - American Association of Collegiate Registrars
http://www.aacrao.org

In this 19 minute recording, we'll hear from MERLOT's Managing Director, Sorel Reisman.  Listen in has shares some thoughts on the very interesting work of MERLOT.

Planning and delivering service-oriented architecture will be the topic of discussion at the free October 30 EDUCAUSE Live! Web seminar with Margaret Backer and Christoper De Rosa of the University of California, San Diego. Register now.

We all know geographic information such as found on Google maps is the hottest thing since the invention of the spy satellite. And we know that even if you get directions to an address, it's nice to see what your destination looks like before showing up at the door.

A9.com, Amazon's  stab at the search market adds a new ingredient to the mapping mix; street-level photos of your location. Since this is relatively recent, only major cities & locations are included thus far, but it is a quite impressive collection even in this beta stage (at least for us in the states).

For example, need a refresher on Times Square in NYC?
Wait no longer: A9 maps: NYC

While the photos are currently limited to major streets, a tie in with Flickr or some other photo sharing site could easily be established to allow user-created content for each location. Perhaps something along the lines of Mappr.com, which shows a USA state level map of photo locations, but at a street level iteration. 

In this podcast, Cynthia Golden sits down with Maynard Webb, COO of eBay. Listen in as Maynard offers his thoughts on social technologies, the impact of open APIs and even about the use of Wikis at eBay. (Running Time: 4:53)