How CIOs Are Responding to Economic Pressures. Good discussion of CIO responses to current economic situation. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Location-enhanced web: get people out of the house. “We knew there were quite a few webloggers in London – we sometimes meet up – but no one knew how many or where they were,” he says. People do know now – or at least they know to which tube stations the 350 bloggers who have… Continue reading Location-enhanced web: get people out of the house

Detecting social networks via email. The trio wondered if they could identify distinct communities within Hewlett-Packard's research lab simply by analysing the IT manager's log of nearly 200,000 internal emails sent by 485 employees over a couple of months. They plotted the links between people who had exchanged at least 30 emails with each other,… Continue reading Detecting social networks via email

Web Site Optimization review. Smart people have said nice things about “Speed Up Your Site”. I have not read the book, but the markup on the book's companion site is impressively optimized.  [dive into mark]

Technology in Time of War. As I watch some of the video coming from Gulf War, I can’t help but wonder what a minimal system looks like for broadcasting real time sattelite video information. These thoughts come to mind intertwined with how scary war is–but I try to set aside the issues of whether we… Continue reading Technology in Time of War.

Tomorrow's Tech. ZDNet special report collects recommendations for making tech choices over the next 18 months. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Setting Up an 802.11b Home Wireless Network. Good primer on setting up a home wireless network. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Privacy News from Wired News – Supremes Uphold U.S. Spy Powers. The Supreme Court refused Monday to be drawn into a dispute over the boundaries of a law giving the government broader surveillance authority after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations wanted the justices to consider when the… Continue reading Wired News

ReplayTVs Future?.  A couple of readers have sent me links to news about SonicBlue's decision to declare bankruptcy and sell off the ReplayTV division. I had seen some of the articles but didn't have a chance to read them thoroughly until tonight. As the articles note, this is disturbing but not unexpected; after all, if… Continue reading ReplayTVs Future?

New England Libraries Talk Blog. There's now an official web page for NEASIS&T's It's Not Just Google Anymore: Blogs and the Latest in Search Engines event at which I'll be speaking on April 28. Other speakers include Steven Cohen, Ran Hock, Greg Notess, and Jessamyn West, excellent company indeed. Lots of ways to register, including… Continue reading New England Libraries Talk Blog