The death of Sven

OK, it is official: British football is being destroyed by foreign ownership. The UEFA need to implement a rule on clubs being governed by people who can at least pass a test in understanding and knowledge of the game. Shinawatra does not pass this test, same as he did not pass his ‘fit person for ownership’ test. What is this moan about? Well, a football club with a massive history is owned by an ex-Thai prime minister with a massive history. One has a sporting achievements history and the other has a criminal history. You fill in the blanks.

GoogleGear

Everybody knows Google, does everybody here know that Gmail (Googlemail) is by far the best, most reliable mail-client out there? It is, for example, virtually spam free. It has more than enough space available for all your needs. (over 6 Gb, and counting) and, most importantly! it offers access to all sorts of other Google gadgets. Read on for some of the best tools out there!

Made in China

I found this cartoon whilst stumbling the internet. I like it!

Market value of football

During an interesting lecture about knowledge management we discussed the value of knowledge for organisations. The basic premise is that the market value of a company is made up of two components, the financial (traditional) value and the intellectual value. How does this relate to football?

Learning Objects: Metatagging

One of the modules I follow this semester is Educational Informatics, the application of information management to education. It is truely interesting and offers a remarkable insight in the difficulties involved with ‘virtual learning environments’. Not only is there a plethora of vendors that are all fighting for their marketshare, there are also numerous problems with providing the content.