Photosynth
The best talk I saw at the Web 2.0 conference in Berlin this year was from Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Software Architect at Microsoft Live Labs. He showcased the latest updates of Photosynth, a new technology from Microsoft Labs that
Photosynth
The best talk I saw at the Web 2.0 conference in Berlin this year was from Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Software Architect at Microsoft Live Labs. He showcased the latest updates of Photosynth, a new technology from Microsoft Labs that
“Navigating the Long Tail” in ASIST Bulletin
I wrote a brief summary of my talk at the Euro IA 2007 conference on “Navigating the Long Tail” in the Dec 2007-Jan 2008 issue of the ASIST Bulletin with the same title. See the full article online here. A
“Navigating the Long Tail” in ASIST Bulletin
I wrote a brief summary of my talk at the Euro IA 2007 conference on “Navigating the Long Tail” in the Dec 2007-Jan 2008 issue of the ASIST Bulletin with the same title. See the full article online here. A
Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting
I spotted this article on NPR about BPR3: Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting. Basically, if you blog about peer-reviewed research, you can then add the approved BPR3 icon to that posting. Here’s the brief description from the BPR3 homepage: “Bloggers
Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting
I spotted this article on NPR about BPR3: Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting. Basically, if you blog about peer-reviewed research, you can then add the approved BPR3 icon to that posting. Here’s the brief description from the BPR3 homepage: “Bloggers
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
Larry Lessig on Copyright
Larry Lessig’s great talk at TED called How creativity is being strangled by the law is now available as video on the TED site. His points and his presentation are really compelling. The bottom line is that law and culture
Larry Lessig on Copyright
Larry Lessig’s great talk at TED called How creativity is being strangled by the law is now available as video on the TED site. His points and his presentation are really compelling. The bottom line is that law and culture
Facetag
In retrospect, I can’t figure out for the life in me why I didn’t mention Facetag during my talk at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin. I had plenty of time, and it’s something I cover in Designing Web Navigation.
Facetag
In retrospect, I can’t figure out for the life in me why I didn’t mention Facetag during my talk at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin. I had plenty of time, and it’s something I cover in Designing Web Navigation.
Conference Hopping
Just back from a small whirlwind of conferences and events. Though I’m tired of travelling this year, it was a good way to pack a lot into a short period of time. Here’s a really really brief rundown. I’ll try
Conference Hopping
Just back from a small whirlwind of conferences and events. Though I’m tired of travelling this year, it was a good way to pack a lot into a short period of time. Here’s a really really brief rundown. I’ll try
Browsing NYT by Categories
My ex-LexisNexis colleague Kevin Simons tipped me off to a new news service. David Winer created a way to browse the New York Times by topic. See his announcement of this serivce and the topic tree (i.e., an outline) for
Browsing NYT by Categories
My ex-LexisNexis colleague Kevin Simons tipped me off to a new news service. David Winer created a way to browse the New York Times by topic. See his announcement of this serivce and the topic tree (i.e., an outline) for
Librarians, IA, and the Long Tail of Information Spaces
Not sure if anyone has ever made this connection before, but I’m going to give a try. Let me know if you’ve heard this already. Here goes: If we consider all published information in the world, we can assume it
Librarians, IA, and the Long Tail of Information Spaces
Not sure if anyone has ever made this connection before, but I’m going to give a try. Let me know if you’ve heard this already. Here goes: If we consider all published information in the world, we can assume it
Google Experiments
I just came across Google Experiments–a kinda of pre-beta test drive of some new things they are working on. Great way to get user feedback. Overall, it doesn’t seem like Google has many secrets to hide from competitors. Are they
Google Experiments
I just came across Google Experiments–a kinda of pre-beta test drive of some new things they are working on. Great way to get user feedback. Overall, it doesn’t seem like Google has many secrets to hide from competitors. Are they
People Search Engines
Previously, I wrote about Spock–a new people search engine that scraps all kinds of public person data from the web. Here is an interesting article reviewing Spock and others: http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=37403 These types of search services are drawing on a lot
People Search Engines
Previously, I wrote about Spock–a new people search engine that scraps all kinds of public person data from the web. Here is an interesting article reviewing Spock and others: http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=37403 These types of search services are drawing on a lot
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
Information Quality Article in JASIST
The October issue of JASIST has an article about measuring information quality. (Cite: Besiki Stvilia, Les Gasser, Michael B. Twidale, Linda C. Smith (2007). “A framework for information quality assessment” JASIST, 58, 12 (1720-1733). Here is a copy of the
Information Quality Article in JASIST
The October issue of JASIST has an article about measuring information quality. (Cite: Besiki Stvilia, Les Gasser, Michael B. Twidale, Linda C. Smith (2007). “A framework for information quality assessment” JASIST, 58, 12 (1720-1733). Here is a copy of the
Marcia Bates – What is Browsing?
Marcia Bates has a new, interesting article in Information Research called “What is browsing— really? A model drawing from behavioural science research.” This is an invited paper, and, as the title suggests, it’s a review of empirical research reported in
Marcia Bates – What is Browsing?
Marcia Bates has a new, interesting article in Information Research called “What is browsing— really? A model drawing from behavioural science research.” This is an invited paper, and, as the title suggests, it’s a review of empirical research reported in
Two New Videos from Michael Wesch
Michael Wesch, creator of the famous Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ing Us video, produced two new videos. He’s now made them publicly available: Information R/Evolution http://youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM This is based on the observations of Clay Shirky and David Weinberger that the
Two New Videos from Michael Wesch
Michael Wesch, creator of the famous Web 2.0…The Machine is Us/ing Us video, produced two new videos. He’s now made them publicly available: Information R/Evolution http://youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM This is based on the observations of Clay Shirky and David Weinberger that the
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