Adaptive Path: Metadata for the Masses. Peter Merholz. But what if we could somehow peek inside our users' thought processes to figure out how they view the world? One way to do that is through ethnoclassification — how people classify and categorize the world around them. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Metadata Blues
Metadata Blues. A great article entitled “To Metadata or Not To Metadata” is available on EContentMag. The skinny? Metadata is a pain in the butt to create, but like controlled subject headings, it's essential to creating an organized information infrastructure. [LibrarianInBlack]
Your webcast host could be working in her pajamas
Your webcast host could be working in her pajamas. More and more people tell me “hey, I talked with your wife today.” For those who missed it, she got a job hosting MSDN Webcasts. On some days she has more people listening to her than listen to me (it isn't hard, cause they are getting… Continue reading Your webcast host could be working in her pajamas
The real Golden Rules of IT
The real Golden Rules of IT. After a long and distinguished career of listening to and advising IT shops on products and strategies, Dan Kusnetzky, IDC vice president of system research, has come to realize a few unalterable truths. Below he shares a bit of wit and wisdom about the unofficial (although some are likely… Continue reading The real Golden Rules of IT
Apple offers Tiger Early Start Kit
Apple offers Tiger Early Start Kit [The Macintosh News Network]
Apple iBooks Updated
Apple iBooks Updated. Apple updated the iBook, as we heard they would yesterday, signified by the industry-standard image of an thrashin' snowboarder. The 12-inch model has dropped to just $1,000, with a built-in AirPort Extreme and a 1.2GHz G4 processor. There is no way in hell anyone can bitch and moan about Apples being too… Continue reading Apple iBooks Updated
How to run your own software business
How to run your own software business. Next Tuesday at the OS X Conference I’ll be on a panel that Dan Wood put together: How to run your own software business. One of the great things about running a small, independent software business is that it takes so little investment to get going. You need… Continue reading How to run your own software business
Flex 1.5
Flex 1.5. Macromedia just officially announced Flex 1.5! Lots of very cool new features including really slick charting and graphing, an improved datagrid (which is something I'm personally very happy about), new components, easier skinning, big performance increases, and … the kicker … you can deploy your apps on Macromedia Central! Here's the goods on… Continue reading Flex 1.5
profiles
The Boston Globe profiles Jack Meyer, the investment banker who's in charge of Harvard's $12 billion endowment. [Scripting News]
Keeping Network Outages Secret
Schneier on Security: Keeping Network Outages Secret. There's considerable confusion between the concept of secrecy and the concept of security, and it is causing a lot of bad security and some surprising political arguments. Secrecy is not the same as security, and most of the time secrecy contributes to a false feeling of security instead… Continue reading Keeping Network Outages Secret