World Trade Center Infographic – This three-dimensional map of lower Manhattan is incredible. Someone at CNN really did an excellent job. [CamWorld]
Author: Vince Kimball
New Riders Interview: Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir
New Riders Interview: Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir. A wide-ranging interview with the authors of the upcoming book, “Homepage Usability.” Be sure to catch Andy King's review and personal interview in this week's WebReference newsletter. From New Riders. 1008 [WebReference News]
New York Times
New York Times Sunday Magazine – by Jeffrey Rosen A Cautionary Tale for a New Age of Surveillance. Biometrics is a feel-good technology that is being marketed based on a false promise — that the database will be limited to suspected terrorists. But the FaceIt technology, as it's now being used in England, isn't really… Continue reading New York Times
Disaster Recovery – Part 1: Introduction
Disaster Recovery – Part 1: Introduction. WebmasterBase Oct 7 2001 11:32PM ET [Web developer news]
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
A photograph of the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina [LibraryPlanet.com]
Book Merchandising and IA
Book Merchandising and IA – Louis Rosenfeld: “My colleagues and I had the pleasure of being given a tour of Store #1 by its manager, Joe Gable, who, with Tom and Louis Borders, essentially invented the concept of the book superstore back in the early '70s. Curmudgeonly Joe explained the relative prominence of each of… Continue reading
Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor: “In the wake of the Sept. 11 atrocities, we've understandably allowed our attention to be diverted from almost everything else. Now it's time to get our eyes back on the key issues facing the technology and business communities.” [Scripting News]
The Abdul Basit Benchmarks: PHP, ASP and JSP
The Abdul Basit Benchmarks: PHP, ASP and JSP. The results are getting monotonous and the winner is obvious – it shows you what an amazing programming team we PHP developers have! A .NET benchmark would be more interesting. Some informal claims have been made that the beta(!) is at least 20% faster than ASP, making… Continue reading The Abdul Basit Benchmarks: PHP, ASP and JSP
Organizational Network Analysis
Organizational Network Analysis[ONA] is a software supported methodology that reveals the real workings of an organization. I call this the corporate knowledge network. K-Logs (Knowledge Management Weblogs — Radio) let you map a corporation's knowledge network. How? Through the following: 1) RSS subscription flow: This flow will look very much like the organizational hierarchy at first. Over… Continue reading Organizational Network Analysis
Yaywastaken
Yaywastaken. Excellent Webpage widgets (search, calculator, stop watch, etc.). It even has a Daypop widget. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]