O'reilly media has two interesting projects -- the first is a new magazine called MAKE. The magazine will feature how-to articles on hacking and playing with technology. The first issue has an article on aerial photography using kites -- cool. This sample article is available for download. I got my copy, and my kite is ready to fly, so look forward to some aerial photographs coming soon. As a kid I was a Popular Mechanics and Popular Science subscriber, back when those magazines had DIY articles on making airplanes, and boats and all sorts of other cool things. The best way to learn and understand technology is to play with it.
The other thing O'reilly has going is something called SafariU. I haven't taken the full tour of how this all works, but the idea is you can create your own custom textbook from parts of O'reilly publications. You can also build a syllabus and book list for students. For teachers of technical subjects this looks like a great idea.
And you can hear all about these from Dale Dougherty in a talk posted at IT conversations. The talk is more like an infomertial than a real lecture, but its short and I thought pretty interesting.
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