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News.Com: Google tests snapshots of Web pages. Google has been quietly testing a new feature that offers snapshots of Web pages alongside ordinary search results. Google spokeswoman Cindy McCaffrey on Wednesday told CNET News.com that the experimental pages have so far been shown to a random test group… [Tomalak's Realm]

Viva K-Logs (and centralized resources): This is another post dedicated to the discussion of K-Logs (Knowledge Management Weblogs). Distributed desktop Weblogging software is essential to maximize the benefits of K-Logging due to application integration, cost, mobility, and control issues.  Server-based software is still essential to a fully functional distributed K-Logs system.   Here are the ways I see server… Continue reading Viva K-Logs (and centralized resources): This is another post dedicated to the discussion of K-Logs (Knowledge Management Weblogs). Distributed desktop Weblogging software is essential to maximize the benefits of K-Logging due to application integration, cost, mobility, and control issues.  Server-based software is still essential to a fully functional distributed K-Logs system.   Here are the ways I see server software playing an important role:

1) As a place to post a K-Log on the Intranet.  K-Logs need to be posted to the Intranet to gain from centralized search and taxonomy engines.  This central repository also serves as an essential back-up to desktop K-Logs and as a way to preserve knowledge after an employee leaves.

2) Community functionality.  Central servers can provide a way for people to find Weblogs that fit their interests.  Hotlists, recently updated K-Logs (Weblogs.com), and link bots (Blogdex) need a centralized location.

3) Subscritptions.  RSS (news headlines) subscriptions are best done through reference to a central repository. 

4) Remote access and behind a firewall access.  [John Robb's Radio Weblog

Buffyverse. Dawn's kiss, Willow's kiss, and more fine writing [Mark Bernstein]

MS-NBC – 'I know who you called last month'. Web sites offer copies of phone records for about $100 Oct. 16 — How much would it cost someone to trace your movements all last month? About $100. Dozens of Web sites will sell a copy of anyone's cell phone bill or long distance calling bill.… Continue reading MS-NBC

Form Foibles – A Real Life Usability Lesson: Don Makoviney discusses form usability. Losing a quarter of your subscribers over a two-month period from a simple form foible can be a very bad thing when your company lives and dies by these numbers. When money is your bottom line, don’t scrimp on User Testing. While… Continue reading Form Foibles – A Real Life Usability Lesson

Peter Morville's Semantics: Peter Morville's column has been revived under his new consultancy site as Semantics. [iaslash — news for information architects]

There is No Such Thing as Information Design Jeff Raskin points out that what we design is the representation of information. [iaslash — news for information architects]

Knowledge Management, Meta Data, and the Organization. Quote: “My last piece on this subject tried to cover the whole topic of knowledge management in a single page. We'll call that the overview, or the introduction, but it's time to explain a few things in a little more detail.” Comment: Seth Dillingham follows up on Knowledge… Continue reading Knowledge Management, Meta Data, and the Organization

Methods to Design Information Architecture. The goal of this project is to develop methods for designing information architecture of content heavy interfaces… [xBlog: Visual thinking linking | XPLANE]

How Linux saved Amazon millions – Tech News – CNET.com. Quote: “Online retailer Amazon.com shaved millions of dollars from its technology costs last quarter by switching to the Linux operating system, a disclosure that could provide some guidance for other companies seeking to cut expenses in a stagnant economy” [Serious Instructional Technology]