Author: Vince Kimball

Don't Make Me Think. Can you describe how you use the Internet? What catches your eye, how you scan pages, and generally how you seek information? I know I can't. But it's almost spooky how the author of Don't Make Me Think perfectly describes my surfing mannerisms. This book should be required reading for anyone involved… Continue reading Don't Make Me Think

Magnetic Field Is Fading, but No Dire Effects Are Foreseen. Geophysicists increasingly wonder whether the magnetic field has begun one of its occasional reversals that, over time, might lead to compasses pointing south instead of north. By Kenneth Chang. [New York Times: Technology]

Another Study Shows Law Firms Disregard for Cost Controls, Innovation. The number of chief legal officers who fired or thought about firing an outside law firm increased to a stunning 59% in 2003. If you want to know a statistic lawyers should think carefully about for 2004, this is the one. A PDF copy of… Continue reading Another Study Shows Law Firms Disregard for Cost Controls, Innovation

LawLibTech.  Good news: Leading law librarian Cindy Chick, formerly with LLRX.com, is now back in the online publishing game with–what else?–a blog. Cindy's LawLibTech lives up to its tagline, “A conversation on law library technology and knowledge management.” It is a most welcome addition to the web scene. One of the excellent postings archived there… Continue reading LawLibTech

Making KM Work: CIO Article.  Thanks to Jeff Beard for highlighting an excellent article in CIO magazine about the toughest problem in knowledge management:  Persuading people who already have real jobs to do that they should take the time to contribute their knowledge.  [Netlawblog]

I'm off to see a local production of “A Christmas Carol” this afternoon.  It's the 15th anniversary production.  I've seen all but one or two of them. Update:  The performance was great, as usual.

British Army now too weak to fight war. Britain is no longer capable of launching a major military action against another nation state without the help of the United States, the government conceded yesterday. [The Scotsman]

Convenient Train Excursions from London. For many Americans, London serves as the gateway to Europe. And what a perfect indoctrination London is for Yanks, with its language and cultural similarities and many, many familiar features. What is also great about London is that it offers a convenient link with so many other destinations via train travel,… Continue reading Convenient Train Excursions from London

Lessons Learned — Redesigning macromedia.com. “Every web developer and designer faces the same issue — how do you create a site that balances the needs of your client while providing a great user experience? As Executive Producer of macromedia.com, I am constantly faced with this issue. I'm responsible for guiding the design, information architecture, and… Continue reading Lessons Learned — Redesigning macromedia.com

Surviving Spam Filtering.  I recently made a decision to delete, without opening, all e-mail messages with a blank subject line. It became apparent that this type of message was an unsolicited advertisement. So, if you send me an e-mail with no subject and I don't recognize your name or e-mail address, I will not be… Continue reading Surviving Spam Filtering