Archive for February, 2006
A Few Neat Tools and an Update
February 8th, 2006In working on my new project (collecting Web 2.0 Company blogs), I’m coming across an array of tools that I figured I’d share.
+ Stock Digg - “StockDigg is a financial website that provides investors access to major financial news as well as user-submitted stories (e.g. stock picks and analysis) and individual stock rankings by investors. [...]
Web 2.0 Company Blog List
February 7th, 2006Whenever I talk to people about starting a blog, I usually wind up saying stuff like, “find your niche” and go with it, reinvent yourself at least twice a year, never be complacent, always speak your mind, and always put your family first. While those may not fit into your criteria, it has worked [...]
Will Quits…..His Job
February 7th, 2006Wow! Color me shocked (I believe the color of shock is a mixture between red and orange). Will Richardson has quit his job. What’s next for the education blogging maven?
“So what comes May 16th? Not sure, really. More reading, writing, parenting, husbanding time. More and better blogging, and more blogvangelism, I hope. Another [...]
Bookletters Hooks Up With Libraries
February 6th, 2006I’ve never heard of Bookletters before. If you haven’t take a look at what they have to offer:
“BookLetters is an exciting service that enables your staff to reach out to patrons with high-quality e-newsletters and enhanced web services. Our Content Library puts information on thousands of authors and millions of books at your librarians’ [...]
The Library Blogging Long Tail in Action.
February 6th, 2006Brian Smith has a kickin’ Carnival this week.
I just realized why I love the carnival. It brings out the long tail of the library blogging community. There were more than 3 library blogs in there that I had never come across. Lovely! Hey Greg, sign me up for another week.
New Library Stuff?
February 5th, 2006
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Someone from ITI did some UI work this afternoon on my blog. Take a look.
+ No ads or category links on the left side (the links are now on the top).
+ The ITI logo says, “A blog from Information Today”
+ No ad running down [...]
Malcolm Gladwell Makes us Smarter
February 5th, 2006A great piece in the NYTBR on Malcolm Gladwell:
“Their success has given Gladwell an active, and extremely lucrative, second career as a public speaker. Much in demand, he is paid in the neighborhood of $40,000 per lecture. He’s also on the recommended reading list at many companies and business schools, and has spoken at [...]
Long Tail of Books
February 5th, 2006In an article in the Denver Post, David Milofsky writes about the Lit Blog Co-op and their vision:
“Dan Wickett, proprietor of the Emerging Writers Network, who selected Garner, adds that the LBC is committed to ‘books and authors that aren’t getting big advertising budgets or reviews but are of excellent quality. We tend [...]
A Good Year to Be the Underdog
February 5th, 2006William T. Vollmann is a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. I’m just hoping that more people read his books as a result. The man is a genius.
I’ve read 5 books so far this year (I can’t even begin to explain how excited I am about that) and have plans to [...]
PubSub in the WSJ
February 2nd, 2006I love it when this happens. PubSub recieved major exposure today from Walt Mossberg, one of the leading technology writers in the country. Take a look at what he wrote:
“These small sites are aimed at refining search, improving its accuracy and making it more convenient and more personal. I’ve been testing just [...]
Library Stuff Revisited
February 1st, 2006My new column debuts in the February issue of Information Today. It’s not available online, but will be soon on your library databases. The title of my column this month is, “Desktops: What Are They Good For?” Originally, I wanted the title to be, “Desktops…UGH…What Are They Good For…Absolutely….Well”, but I was [...]
How to Make Wikipedia Better
February 1st, 2006From Online Journalism Review, here’s six suggestions on how to make Wikipedia better:
1. Consistently enforce the existing standards.
2. Force editors to take responsibility for their articles by telling us their names.
3. Supply references and reasons for content change.
4. Make citations clear.
5. Let users rate contributors.
6. Settle copyright disputes before questionable material is published.
Some of these [...]