Month: July 2004

ABA's Restrictive New Archive Policy. Erik J. Heels comments on the ABA's decision to restrict access to the WWW archives of its print magazines to members only: The ABA did recently redesign its website and much of the content that had been available for free to the general public is now available only to ABA… Continue reading ABA's Restrictive New Archive Policy

The problem with search engine optimization.  SEO is the purported science of optimizing your webpage so that you rise to the top of the listings in Google and Yahoo! The theory is that a huge number of people find what they're looking for via search, that virtually all of these people only look at the… Continue reading The problem with search engine optimization

Taxonomy Warehouse. It can be an expensive and labor intensive proposition to create a taxonomy and/or thesaurus from scratch. Though sometimes your organization's needs are unique and require a custom approach, other times a well-developed, ready-made taxonomy would fit the bill. However, it's not always obvious where to find such an animal. Taxonomy Warehouse offers… Continue reading Taxonomy Warehouse

Protect Your Email Address.  As you may already know, posting your email address anywhere on web is a sure-fire way to increase your spam exponentially. Luckily there are ways to prevent the onslaught. PC Magazine's article “Protect Your E-Mail Address” tells you how to keep the spam at bay when you absolutely, positively need to… Continue reading Protect Your Email Address

Another book recommendation:….  Another book recommendation: Diarmaid MacCulloch's The Reformation: A History just out from Viking. I've been hunting around for a good single volume history of the Reformation for years. And this is a very, very good book. The parts of the era about which I have some detailed knowledge — particularly the English… Continue reading Another book recommendation:…

Using Your Religion II.  Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell, proprietors of the Church of the Customer and authors of Creating Customer Evangelists, have just released a new e-book! Testify! is a 50-page e-book that shares stories about how remarkable organizations are creating customer evangelists. Case studies include Brewtopia, Discovery Education, Seattle SuperSonics, and others. And… Continue reading Using Your Religion II

That's what Laszlo objects are all about!. Alf asked: Apparently, Apple's new Dashboard thingummies are HTML/CSS/Javascript pages (ie WebKit) in little floaty windows, perfect for tiny Flash/SVG apps and web-updated displays. But how do you control iTunes from one of those — open up internal application controls to the internet? And Marc Canter replied: Without… Continue reading That's what Laszlo objects are all about!

Apple's Rendezvous comes to Windows, Linux, Java. Since Mac OS X v10.2's release, Apple has promoted a zero-configuration networking technology it calls Rendezvous. Now Apple is further promoting the standard more with the release of Rendezvous technology for Java clients, POSIX platforms including Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD, and a “technology preview” for Windows. Developers for… Continue reading Apple's Rendezvous comes to Windows, Linux, Java