TIF: Thesaurus Interchange Format. Semantic Blogging Demonstrator is pointing to Alistair Miles' and Brian Matthews' Thesaurus Interchange Format RDF schema, which is designed to link thesauri. [ia/ – information architecture news]

Small firms shun IT security. Blaster worm? What Blaster worm? [The Register]

How to build a rich, interactive Webtop for Web 2.0.  The first step is to do everything that is possible with the existing browser (IE primarily) behind the scenes.  What do I mean?  A desktop CMS (content management system) with hooks to open Web 2.0 transport networks would provide the ability to recombine data and content custom ways… Continue reading How to build a rich, interactive Webtop for Web 2.0.  The first step is to do everything that is possible with the existing browser (IE primarily) behind the scenes.  What do I mean?  A desktop CMS (content management system) with hooks to open Web 2.0 transport networks would provide the ability to recombine data and content custom ways within an existing browser.  With that in place, the second step is to build a new presentation layer that goes beyond the constraints of a vanilla Internet Explorer (by putting the CMS in place first, it is easier to leverage the capabilities of the enhanced browser).  Here are some ways to do this:

1. Hire a development company like Social DynamX
   

Note:  to publish any PowerPoint or Word doc to my Radio weblog, all I have to do is save the file as a Web page to Radio's WWW folder.  In a couple seconds, the files are uploaded.  I click on the link for the uploaded document in Radio's “events” page (on the main menu) and it… Continue reading events

Jim McGee.  A shift from managing knowledge to coaching knowledge workers.  Excellent. The fatal flaw in thinking in terms of knowledge management is in adopting the perspective of the organization as the relevant beneficiary. Discussions of knowledge management start from the premise that the organization is not realizing full value from the knowledge of its… Continue reading Jim McGee

Geeks Grapple With Virus Invasion. Security experts are finding plenty of targets to blame for an onslaught of worms and viruses over the last two weeks. Among the targets: ego-ridden hackers, bad Microsoft code and clueless users. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]

Identifying Solo Librarian's Expertise.  The Librarian's Expert Assistance Database “The Chicago Area Solo Librarians (CASL) proudly launch the Librarian's Expert Assistance Database (LEAD). Please visit CASL's freely available database, which captures and details the skills and experience, the “expertise”, of our solo librarians in the Chicago area. The purpose of the project is to facilitate… Continue reading Identifying Solo Librarian's Expertise

(Micro)Soft Skills. FC Now reader Vince Kimball's blog To Talk of Many Things led me to a Cnet interview with Marc Smith, Microsoft Corp.'s in-house sociologist. The conversation addresses what companies can learn from the relationships between customers — and how their… [Fast Company Now]

Behavior cookie hole. Behavior cookie hole: If you use server behaviors in Dreamweaver, then please check out this security alert and replace those behaviors. It's possible for some of them to reveal site-specific cookie data with a particular hack. I haven't heard of… [JD on MX]

Kevin Werbach: “Either email is broken, Microsoft's email software is broken, or those two statements are the same.” [Scripting News]