Category Archives: Books
Book Review: Subject To Change
Subject To Change, by Peter Merholz, Brandon Schauer, David Verba, and Todd Wilkens (Adaptive Paths), O’Reilly, 2008 In 1999, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger formulated their 95 theses into what became the Cluetrain Manifesto, which
Book Review: Subject To Change
Subject To Change, by Peter Merholz, Brandon Schauer, David Verba, and Todd Wilkens (Adaptive Paths), O’Reilly, 2008 In 1999, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger formulated their 95 theses into what became the Cluetrain Manifesto, which
Gene Smith’s Book on Tagging
Gene Smith announced the release of his book on his blog (Atomiq). Unfortunately, it’s about twice as expensive if I buy it here in Germany than on the Amazon.com site. So I’m going to wait until I’m back in the
Gene Smith’s Book on Tagging
Gene Smith announced the release of his book on his blog (Atomiq). Unfortunately, it’s about twice as expensive if I buy it here in Germany than on the Amazon.com site. So I’m going to wait until I’m back in the
Classifying Designing Web Navigation
Looks like libraries are putting Designing Web Navigation under the LC Classification of TK5105.888. This is roughly: Technology Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering Telecommunication, including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television. The full call number in a given library might be
Classifying Designing Web Navigation
Looks like libraries are putting Designing Web Navigation under the LC Classification of TK5105.888. This is roughly: Technology Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering Telecommunication, including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television. The full call number in a given library might be
New Book on Text Mining
Just came across a new book on text mining: Tapping into Unstructured Data: Integrating Unstructured Data and Textual Analytics into Business Intelligence, by William H. Inmon and Anthony Nesavich. I previewed it on Safari and downloaded a few chapters. The
New Book on Text Mining
Just came across a new book on text mining: Tapping into Unstructured Data: Integrating Unstructured Data and Textual Analytics into Business Intelligence, by William H. Inmon and Anthony Nesavich. I previewed it on Safari and downloaded a few chapters. The
Blog Heros – Free Chapters
Chris Anderson, of Long Tail fame, has this post on his blog about free chapters from a new book called Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World’s Top Bloggers by Mike Banks. The idea from the publisher (Wiley) is
Blog Heros – Free Chapters
Chris Anderson, of Long Tail fame, has this post on his blog about free chapters from a new book called Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World’s Top Bloggers by Mike Banks. The idea from the publisher (Wiley) is
Designing Web Navigation – Feedback
So far, everyone is commenting on the appearance of DWN: the layout, the font, the images, the scannability, etc. Guess the content reviews come later. But I did get some feedback on the content recently. In particular, some folks from
Designing Web Navigation – Feedback
So far, everyone is commenting on the appearance of DWN: the layout, the font, the images, the scannability, etc. Guess the content reviews come later. But I did get some feedback on the content recently. In particular, some folks from
Designing Web Navigation – First Amazon Review
So, the first review of DWN has come in on Amazon: 5 stars! Not a bad way to start off the Amazon.com listing for customer reviews of the book. I know I’m often very influenced by the first rating I
Designing Web Navigation – First Amazon Review
So, the first review of DWN has come in on Amazon: 5 stars! Not a bad way to start off the Amazon.com listing for customer reviews of the book. I know I’m often very influenced by the first rating I
Designing Web Navigation – Recommended Reading
Smashing magazine is giving away copies of its recommended design reading list. To enter, post your answer to ‘What is the best thing to start a perfect day with?’ at the bottom of the page, along with the book you
Designing Web Navigation – Recommended Reading
Smashing magazine is giving away copies of its recommended design reading list. To enter, post your answer to ‘What is the best thing to start a perfect day with?’ at the bottom of the page, along with the book you
Happy Birthday LibraryThing
My favorite tagging site, Librarything, turned two today. Congrats to Tim and all the others involved.
Happy Birthday LibraryThing
My favorite tagging site, Librarything, turned two today. Congrats to Tim and all the others involved.
Tag Mirror on LibraryThing
Tim Spalding, creator of LibraryThing, has come up with something new that’s quite interesting. It’s called the tag mirror. Essentially, you get to see other people’s tags for your books. Great idea. Here’s my tag mirror (I’m Pivo1 on LibraryThing).
Tag Mirror on LibraryThing
Tim Spalding, creator of LibraryThing, has come up with something new that’s quite interesting. It’s called the tag mirror. Essentially, you get to see other people’s tags for your books. Great idea. Here’s my tag mirror (I’m Pivo1 on LibraryThing).
My Book Has Arrived
So, after one year and three months of working and waiting, my book finally arrived on my doorstep this morning. What a pleasant surprise. I wasn’t expecting it until later. But there it was in hard copy. Relieved, proud, happy–I’m
My Book Has Arrived
So, after one year and three months of working and waiting, my book finally arrived on my doorstep this morning. What a pleasant surprise. I wasn’t expecting it until later. But there it was in hard copy. Relieved, proud, happy–I’m
Buxton On Sketching the User Experience
Here’s a really good video of Bill Buxton talking about sketching: http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=323680309&channel=324389485. It’s long–about 90 minutes. The contents correspond to his recent book, Sketching User Experiences, which I don’t have yet. He covers a lot more great deal more than
Buxton On Sketching the User Experience
Here’s a really good video of Bill Buxton talking about sketching: http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=323680309&channel=324389485. It’s long–about 90 minutes. The contents correspond to his recent book, Sketching User Experiences, which I don’t have yet. He covers a lot more great deal more than
Review: Everything is Miscellaneous
After pointing out a few contentious points in Everything is Miscellaneous in previous posts (see: June 13, 2007, June 2, 2007, and May 28, 2007), I wanted to review some of the book’s strengths. And there are many. This is
Review: Everything is Miscellaneous
After pointing out a few contentious points in Everything is Miscellaneous in previous posts (see: June 13, 2007, June 2, 2007, and May 28, 2007), I wanted to review some of the book’s strengths. And there are many. This is
The Vision of Librarians
OK, here’s my last gripe about Everything is Miscellaneous, a fantastic book by David Weinberger. I realize that this might be nit, but I’d like to point it out anyway: Weinberger contends that in the past physical formats of information
The Vision of Librarians
OK, here’s my last gripe about Everything is Miscellaneous, a fantastic book by David Weinberger. I realize that this might be nit, but I’d like to point it out anyway: Weinberger contends that in the past physical formats of information
Weinberger on the Card Catalog
Again, let me start off by saying that Everything is Miscellaneous is a really great book, particularly for an old librarian/IA type like me. Fascinating stuff. But Weinberger’s comparisons and criticisms of the card catalog in libraries seem odd. There’s
Weinberger on the Card Catalog
Again, let me start off by saying that Everything is Miscellaneous is a really great book, particularly for an old librarian/IA type like me. Fascinating stuff. But Weinberger’s comparisons and criticisms of the card catalog in libraries seem odd. There’s
EXPERIENCING INFORMATION 