Wired: “Consider it a 21st century Dewey Decimal System designed to fight information overload. But unlike libraries, Vivisimo doesn't use predefined categories. Its software determines them on the fly, depending on the search results.” [Scripting News]

Here are the features that I want to see on a weblog profile system (in process): A simple XML profile for public consumption. A simple XML profile that is password protected that includes restricted profile information (contact information in particular). An easy-to-use profile publishing page on my weblog tool of choice. I should be able… Continue reading Here are the features that I want to see on a weblog profile system (in process):

K-Logs: How Social Networking Software Helps and Where it Doesn't. M2M.  David Weinberger critiques social networking software (rightly).  My take:  There isn't any magic in social networking software.  The value this software provides is much more basic than many people think.  Here's what it provides: It contains solid (but private) contact information on all members. Profiles are… Continue reading K-Logs: How Social Networking Software Helps and Where it Doesn't

Politics: Small-world Phenomena and the Dean Campaign II. The difficulty in building a political network like Dean is that it is extremely difficult to manufacture small-world dynamics.  The weak links derived from weblogs and other forms of social technology are made via intentional actions by the network's participants.  They can't be forced or planned.  They also are… Continue reading Politics: Small-world Phenomena and the Dean Campaign II

Politics: Small-world Phenomena and the Dean Campaign. The Dean campaign is reliant on small-world dynamics for its power.  The cross connections of egalitarian weak links of Deanie weblogs and the aristocratic Dean hub weblog serve to amplify good or positive information moving through the system.  Of course, this can cut the other way too.  Bad or negative information can… Continue reading Politics: Small-world Phenomena and the Dean Campaign

San Diego on Wireless Cutting Edge. San Diego is a hub for wireless companies and businesses there tend to be innovators in using wireless technologies: This piece looks at how one real estate agent uses Verizon's high-speed mobile network and how a handful of businesses use Wi-Fi networks. One interesting Wi-Fi application is at One… Continue reading San Diego on Wireless Cutting Edge

Useit.Com: Ten Steps for Cleaning Up Information Pollution. All time-management courses boil down to one basic piece of advice: set priorities and allocate the bulk of your time to tasks that are crucial to meeting your goals. Minimize interruptions and spend big chunks of your time in productive and creative activity. [Tomalak's Realm]

On Piracy, Part II. Looks like my rant about software piracy has generated some thoughtful feedback, some of which is listed in the post's trackbacks. My apologies for not enabling comments for these posts, but unfortunately a recent flood of comment spam has made comments impossible for me to manage. One thing mentioned in several… Continue reading On Piracy, Part II

On Piracy. Many people who use pirated products justify it by claiming they're only stealing from rich mega-corporations that screw their customers, but this conveniently overlooks the fact that the people who are hurt the most by piracy are people like me. Shareware developers are losing enormous amounts of money to piracy, and we're mostly… Continue reading On Piracy