Why you need your very own taxonomy.. Tom Smith has a great introductory article on Why You Need Your Own Taxonomy. Useful for explaining taxonomies and facets to management or clients. [ia/ – information architecture news]

Schwab Joins Others Ending Contributions to 401(k)'s. The slumping Charles Schwab Corporation has told employees that it will stop matching contributions to their retirement plans. By Mary Williams Walsh with Patrick Mcgeehan. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Microsoft: Impaled on the Horns of a Dilemma. As Windows is one of Microsoft's main two cash cows, Microsoft can't afford for consumers and businesses to stop buying Windows desktops until Longhorn arrives. Until then, what should Redmond do? Come out with a “Shorthorn” stopgap release? Slash XP prices? (Since Microsoft likes to point out… Continue reading Microsoft: Impaled on the Horns of a Dilemma

Extending PHP with DreamWeaver MX. I prefer to use a text editor to code PHP, but when editing HTML I prefer DreamWeaver. Macromedia has a whole section on their web-site dedicated to PHP and Dreamweaver. An interesting article I found on this site is Building a dynamic website using Dreamweaver MX and PHAkt (pdf).  [PHP Everywhere]

Mass Care. How many people could you get to know well enough to give really good advice on what books they should read and what movies they should see? [Mark Bernstein]

Black fur for reproductive fitness. [ via Laura V. ] New Scientist reports research indicating that black cats have more resistance to disease than other cats. And if you're a small wild cat in an aboreal environment, then a black coat is great camoflage when you're hunting. However, the research indicates that the mutation for… Continue reading Black fur for reproductive fitness

An Information Explosion Contained All on One Page. An information explosion contained all on one page and you don't have to do the work! [DennisKennedy.blog]

A Short Interview with Dennis on Lawyer Blogs. I was interviewed for an article about lawyer blogs and here's what I had to say. [DennisKennedy.blog]

The Dupont Legal Model. The most most significant trend in law practice – here's a great starting point. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Vocabulary, taxonomy, thesaurus, ontology and meta-model. Woody Pidcock of the Boeing company gives an excellent overview of the differences between a vocabulary, a taxonomy, a thesaurus, an ontology, and a meta-model on metamodel.com. He summarizes the differences as such: Bottom line: Taxonomies and Thesauri may relate terms in a controlled vocabulary via parent-child and associative… Continue reading Vocabulary, taxonomy, thesaurus, ontology and meta-model