The scalability of findability – can IA move beyond web sites?. In the IA community we're fond of findability. It's a simple conceptual hook that lets business grok a key aspect of our work. However, findability also sets some arbitrary boundaries for the practice, and runs into challenges once we move beyond single web sites.… Continue reading The scalability of findability – can IA move beyond web sites?

Strategies for Keeping Current on Technology.  The amazing Roy Tennant has written a great article for Library Journal about strategies for keeping current with technology. I think this is a useful resource to point out to colleagues, supervisors, etc.  [LibrarianInBlack]

Local Business Searching.  Chris Sherman's article on Search Engine Watch, “Local Search, With A Visual Twist,” highlights MetroBot, a local business search engine with a unique graphical interface. You can search for businesses by name, category, address, or city. Then, you get to virtually stroll down the street, looking at other businesses nearby. This will… Continue reading Local Business Searching

Dynamic categories.  A while back I stopped assigning the items I post here to categories. It wasn't because I couldn't be bothered to do the categorization. Quite the contrary, I'm really interested in achieving that result, and more than willing to put some effort into it. But, although I'm generally a huge proponent of the… Continue reading Dynamic categories

Marblehead – An Intact Seafaring Town North of Boston.  It's fair to deduce from the cloudtravel page on Newport, Rhode Island that the salty, maritime trading communities of Colonial America are an inspiration to this writer. Nothing quite touches on the basic sense of American entrepeneurship and independence like New England's harbor towns, but few… Continue reading Marblehead – An Intact Seafaring Town North of Boston

The Broadband Home of the Future. With almost 23 million households sporting high-speed, always-on Internet connections, the broadband home of the future makes every room the center of the networked world. By Chris Anderson from Wired magazine. [Wired News]

My 2004 Legal Technology Trends Article Is Out. My annual article on legal technology trends is now available. It's called “2004 Legal Technology Trends: Do We Stand on the Threshold of the Next Legal Killer App?” and, as usual, it is designed to make you think in some different ways. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Are Sporting Events Copyrightable?. UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh has a great post about the recently reported settlement reached by the Cubs baseball team and the owners of the buildings behind Wrigley Field. The owners of the buildings have been charging people to view the Cubs games from the rooftops. The Cubs owners felt that… Continue reading Are Sporting Events Copyrightable?

Bush Calls for a Return to Space Exploration. President Bush revived a vision put forth by his father: returning to the Moon and eventually sending astronauts on to Mars. By David Stout. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Ditto. Snopes Gets RSS Feed “Tell one, tell all, the invaluable Snopes.com has finally gotten an RSS feed! Snopes is required reading for people on the Internet. If it sounds too good to be true, if it's a little too conveniently in favor (or against) your favorite ideological position, or if it's a little too… Continue reading Ditto