How to run a design critique – UIWEB.COM. Quote: “In the early and middle phases of a project, teams need a way to understand and explore the current direction of the design. The challenge is to create the openness needed for good ideas to surface, while simultaneously cultivating the feedback and criticism necessary to resolve [...]

The Economist on copyright: If you're following the evolution of copyright thought, then The Economist is carrying an op-ed today that appears to be a signficant line in the sand. They propose to go back to a 14-year term, renewable once, for the creator to realize a return-on-investment before the public can use and evolve [...]

JD Is Another RSS Convert!. News That Comes to You “Instead of the hunt and peck of Web surfing, you can download or buy a small program that turns your computer into a voracious media hub, letting you snag headlines and news updates as if you were commanding the anchor desk at CNN…. Here's how [...]

Save the Florida State Library!. Bush: Agency Merger Would Save Millions “Gov. Jeb Bush's proposed merger of the Department of State and Department of Community Affairs would cut 218 positions and save the state $20.7 million, Bush said Tuesday…. In addition, some programs will be transferred to other state agencies, and one – the Florida [...]

Excellent Idea, Ernie!. Announcing PDF for Lawyers “It is with great hope and little fanfare that I announce my new project:  PDF for Lawyers.  Right before the blog affliction took me I had been planning to write a book for lawyers on using PDF files.  I never was able to write the book (too much [...]

Why can't everyone have site searches like this?. While searching for some obscure hardware from antiquity on the Western Digital site I spotted that they have an extremely cool site search system. Just searching does the bog standard things, but once you have your results search box which users normally would user might use to [...]

Semantic search project for Moveable Type. From Ben and Mena Maciej Ceglowski has built a prototype for a semantic search engine. To adapt it to function as a Movable Type plugin, he needs sample content that he can test against. If successful, the search feature would let you do a keyword search, and get back [...]

Collaborative Knowledge Networks. Gunnar pointed me to Deloitte Consulting report, Collaborative Knowledge Networks: Driving Workforce Performance Through Web-enabled Communities, which I'm reading today. (Warning, lengthy regisration process to download the PDF). A lot of research reports available there for free if you register. This one is helping me with a KM article I'm writing presently. [...]

Tips for contextual interviews from Adaptive Path. Mike Kuniavsky offers practical advice on running a “nondirected interview” in his latest: Face to Face With Your Users: Running a Nondirected Interview. [ia/ - information architecture news]

Warren Buffett's revenge. A timely new book about the Sage of Omaha's management practices shows how, after Enron and the dot-com bubble, the multibillionaire was right about everything. [Salon.com]