Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Plug in any UPS, USPS, FedEx or DHL number and it will either let you generate an RSS feed.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Xooglers
"A gathering spot for ex-Googlers to reminisce and comment on the latest developments in search."
A blog alumni network? :-)
A blog alumni network? :-)
Does Your Company Belong in the Blogosphere? (HBS Working Knowledge)
"Skillful blogging can boost your company's credibility and help it connect with customers."
Nice concise summary.
Nice concise summary.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Open Source Turns Strategic (CIO)
Open Source Turns Strategic:
Finding 1
Open source usage has spread well beyond Linux.
Finding 2
IT executives are turning to open source to find competitive advantage as well as savings.
Finding 3
Open source is actually helping companies save money, but there are trade-offs.
Finding 4
User reluctance is holding back open source adoption.
Finding 5
Companies will expand their use of Linux, provided major vendors continue to support it.
Finding 6
The outlook for open source looks bright.
Finding 1
Open source usage has spread well beyond Linux.
Finding 2
IT executives are turning to open source to find competitive advantage as well as savings.
Finding 3
Open source is actually helping companies save money, but there are trade-offs.
Finding 4
User reluctance is holding back open source adoption.
Finding 5
Companies will expand their use of Linux, provided major vendors continue to support it.
Finding 6
The outlook for open source looks bright.
Ten Rules for Web Startups
These concepts extend to innovation of any type. Evan Williams is always worth following.
As We May Search - Comparison of Major Features of the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar Citation-based and Citation-enhanced Databases.
by Peter Jacso, University of Hawaii. [Keywords: Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science.]
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Catalyst - Work Life Balance Report for Canadian Lawyers
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Creating Opportunities for Better Balance reveals that nearly two-thirds of all lawyers in law firms report difficulty managing the demands of work and personal/family life. The study also details how changes can be made within law firms to address work-life balance issues but not at the expense of a firm's business goals and market realities.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts for free
"LISTA database Free to all Interested in Libraries and Librarianship
EBSCO Publishing is proud to provide the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database as a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science."
(link via Stephen's Lighthouse)
EBSCO Publishing is proud to provide the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database as a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, LISTA indexes more than 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science."
(link via Stephen's Lighthouse)
Does "Web 2.0" mean anything?
"Does "Web 2.0" mean anything? Till recently I thought it didn't, but the truth turns out to be more complicated. Originally, yes, it was meaningless. Now it seems to have acquired a meaning."
It could all still be hype & lingo, but for me, web 2.0 gets down to giving a voice to individuals (see Paul Graham's section on 'Democracy').
It could all still be hype & lingo, but for me, web 2.0 gets down to giving a voice to individuals (see Paul Graham's section on 'Democracy').
Law Firms Look to Color for Identity (Law.com)
"A study of the Am Law 200 by a marketing communications firm found that, indeed, 58 percent of those firms use some shade of blue as a main color in their brand identities, from letterhead to business cards to Web sites."
Friday, November 18, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
John Dvorak - Backlash against Sony.
John Dvorak: "Content theft is here to stay and the big media companies are going to have to get used to it"
Archive-It
From the Learn more page:
The Internet Archive's new subscription service, Archive-it, allows any user to create, manage and search their own web archive through a web interface without any technical expertise required. Archive-it can be used to archive an institution's own web site, or build collections of up to one hundred web sites.
Through a web based interface users can create web collections, catalogue the websites associated with a collection, archive websites in the collection, monitor the archiving process, search and browse the collection when complete, and administer access to these collections. In addition, the service will support collaborative collections, where curators at separate organizations can create and share collections.
(hat tip: Peter Scott)
The Internet Archive's new subscription service, Archive-it, allows any user to create, manage and search their own web archive through a web interface without any technical expertise required. Archive-it can be used to archive an institution's own web site, or build collections of up to one hundred web sites.
Through a web based interface users can create web collections, catalogue the websites associated with a collection, archive websites in the collection, monitor the archiving process, search and browse the collection when complete, and administer access to these collections. In addition, the service will support collaborative collections, where curators at separate organizations can create and share collections.
(hat tip: Peter Scott)
The Common Scold: Ross Kodner's rant on Blawgers
Skip down a paragraph or two, a fun read.... No he doesn't need a blog, but wouldn't it be great if he did? Hope he hasn't written himself into a corner.
Legal Ethics and Marketing For Lawyers, Law Firms & Attorneys : Will Hornsby
New blog on legal ethics and marketing.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Peter Drucker - What He REALLY Thinks about Libraries and Librarians
"Drucker points to where the knowledge in libraries lives - in the librarians:
In a special library, the librarians have the knowledge that enables them to convert the data in the library into information for the clients. I am always amazed how much topical knowledge special librarians have about the international trade that is the business of their customers.
Librarians in a special library know what their customers need and often they know it much better than their customers in the organization do. They can -- and do -- anticipate the customer's information needs. They can -- and do -- reach out to the customer and point him or her in the right information direction. They can -- and do know what new data is in their customer's field or sphere of interest."
In a special library, the librarians have the knowledge that enables them to convert the data in the library into information for the clients. I am always amazed how much topical knowledge special librarians have about the international trade that is the business of their customers.
Librarians in a special library know what their customers need and often they know it much better than their customers in the organization do. They can -- and do -- anticipate the customer's information needs. They can -- and do -- reach out to the customer and point him or her in the right information direction. They can -- and do know what new data is in their customer's field or sphere of interest."
How Much Is Knowledge Worth?
"The most noteworthy indicator is Knowledge Value. You can get this figure by subtracting the Financial Value from the Market Value. To get a further metric, divide that result by the company's number of employees (see "Putting a Price on Brainpower," p. 79)."
If only law firms were publicly traded, such a simple calculation.
;-)
If only law firms were publicly traded, such a simple calculation.
;-)
Monday, November 14, 2005
Instant Doman Name Search
As you type, the webpage dynamically changes to let you know if a domain is available.
Harvard Law 's JD Admissions Blog
weblog for Harvard Law School's JD admissions.
"This blog is intended to make the admissions process at Harvard Law School more transparent while providing a venue for those tips, nuggets and ideas that get lost in the wave of information greeting law school applicants."
(Hat tip: j's scratchpad)
"This blog is intended to make the admissions process at Harvard Law School more transparent while providing a venue for those tips, nuggets and ideas that get lost in the wave of information greeting law school applicants."
(Hat tip: j's scratchpad)
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Tame the Web: Libraries and Technology: ANNOUNCE: Who are "the Blog People?" A Survey of Librarians and their Motivations for Blogging
Survey via Connie for LIS Bloggers.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Friday, November 04, 2005
I So Want One!
Written by Lane Lawley, the 11 year old son of Liz Lawley! I so want my 4 year old son to be this industrious in a few years. :-) Go Lane Go!