Brian Carnell: “The only thing Winer's announcement [re: NY Times syndication] means is that the NYT is still clueless (and reaffirms a lot of suspicions people had about working with Winer on things like RSS 0.92).” [via Camworld]
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Toronto Public Library
Score one for the Toronto Public Library. Their SmallBizXpress service looks pretty spiffy, and it lets you personalize the page, too (something we're investigating doing at SLS). I also like how the TPL advertises their Ask a Librarian email reference service. Not only do they break it down into request forms for Adults & Teens and… Continue reading Toronto Public Library
For the record, I'm complex, not disorganized. Please strike all references to “messy desks” from my past and future work evaluations.
“But why do we pile documents instead of filing them? Because piles represent the process of active, ongoing thinking. The psychologist Alison Kidd, whose research Sellen and Harper refer to extensively, argues that “knowledge workers” use the physical space of the desktop to hold “ideas which they cannot yet categorize or even decide how they might use.” The messy desk is not necessarily a sign of disorganization. It may be a sign of complexity: those who deal with many unresolved ideas simultaneously cannot sort and file the papers on their desks, because they haven't yet sorted and filed the ideas in their head. Kidd writes that many of the people she talked to use the papers on their desks as contextual cues to “recover a complex set of threads without difficulty and delay” when they come in on a Monday morning, or after their work has been interrupted by a phone call. What we see when we look at the piles on our desks is, in a sense, the contents of our brains.” [at The New Yorker
“But why do we pile documents instead of filing them? Because piles represent the process of active, ongoing thinking. The psychologist Alison Kidd, whose research Sellen and Harper refer to extensively, argues that “knowledge workers” use the physical space of the desktop to hold “ideas which they cannot yet categorize or even decide how they might use.” The messy desk is not necessarily a sign of disorganization. It may be a sign of complexity: those who deal with many unresolved ideas simultaneously cannot sort and file the papers on their desks, because they haven't yet sorted and filed the ideas in their head. Kidd writes that many of the people she talked to use the papers on their desks as contextual cues to “recover a complex set of threads without difficulty and delay” when they come in on a Monday morning, or after their work has been interrupted by a phone call. What we see when we look at the piles on our desks is, in a sense, the contents of our brains.” [at The New Yorker
For the record, I'm complex, not disorganized. Please strike all references to “messy desks” from my past and future work evaluations. “But why do we pile documents instead of filing them? Because piles represent the process of active, ongoing thinking. The psychologist Alison Kidd, whose research Sellen and Harper refer to extensively, argues that “knowledge… Continue reading
For the record, I'm complex, not disorganized. Please strike all references to “messy desks” from my past and future work evaluations.
“But why do we pile documents instead of filing them? Because piles represent the process of active, ongoing thinking. The psychologist Alison Kidd, whose research Sellen and Harper refer to extensively, argues that “knowledge workers” use the physical space of the desktop to hold “ideas which they cannot yet categorize or even decide how they might use.” The messy desk is not necessarily a sign of disorganization. It may be a sign of complexity: those who deal with many unresolved ideas simultaneously cannot sort and file the papers on their desks, because they haven't yet sorted and filed the ideas in their head. Kidd writes that many of the people she talked to use the papers on their desks as contextual cues to “recover a complex set of threads without difficulty and delay” when they come in on a Monday morning, or after their work has been interrupted by a phone call. What we see when we look at the piles on our desks is, in a sense, the contents of our brains.” [at The New Yorker
A Port Beckons: Moving to a New PC
A Port Beckons: Moving to a New PC. Moving programs and files from an old computer to a new one can be a thankless chore. But there are tools to make the job easier. By Larry Magid. [New York Times: Technology]
Outlining on the Internet At first outlining may not seem related to the Internet, but if you look again, you'll see lots of possibilities. First and foremost, the Internet is a communication enviornment. Email, instant messaging, the Web, each offer a different form of communication, allowing one person to speak to many people, publicly or… Continue reading
Radio Community Server 1.0
It is my honor to present: Radio Community Server 1.0. [Scripting News]
Filters Block 'Sinful Six'
Filters Block 'Sinful Six'. “Meyer says that companies typically start out blocking what filtering firms call the 'sinful six' categories: pornography, gambling, illegal activities, hate sites, tasteless material and violent content. Then, the businesses begin looking at ways to raise productivity. That was the approach of John Belich, application support specialist at the St. Petersburg,… Continue reading Filters Block 'Sinful Six'
The Tipping Blog – How Weblogs Can Turn an Idea into an Epidemic
The Tipping Blog – How Weblogs Can Turn an Idea into an Epidemic “Of course, every epidemic needs both a host and a virus to spread. If weblogs are the host organism, then the virus is nothing less than the humble hyperlink. In retrospect, links are the perfect vehicle for an ideavirus! Each link represents… Continue reading The Tipping Blog – How Weblogs Can Turn an Idea into an Epidemic
Email, Web at Work – Is the Free Lunch Over?
Yahoo! News – Email, Web at Work – Is the Free Lunch Over? Brace yourselves, corporate drones: one of the last bastions of work place relief — sneaking in some online shopping or snickering over an email joke — could be destined for universal banishment. Major corporations are increasingly classifying employee email and Internet privileges… Continue reading Email, Web at Work – Is the Free Lunch Over?
Bob Walder
Bob Walder: For those of you looking for a low cost (i.e. free) firewall solution and who have a spare, low-powered machine hanging around with a network card or two in it I can heartily recommend IPCop. You can download the source if you must, but the easiest way is to download the ISO image,… Continue reading Bob Walder