Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Need a laugh? Read this! iHand: The Right Way to Hold Your iPhone http://bit.ly/cpB3wk
Electronic medical claims generated and submitted electronically before you finish tying your shoes http://nyti.ms/ckou51
"Marketing Mistakes in a Socially-Connected World"- Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler http://bit.ly/d8NZdU #nosql #marketing #xquery #oracle
The art of Analog Computing http://ping.fm/wxsaI

Monday, June 28, 2010

If you need a large file transfer service, check out FileGenie. They're offering a 14-day free trial. http://bit.ly/aYScGE

Thursday, June 24, 2010

The latest mashup from DJ Scott Abel: Whitney Houston vs Hannah Jones w/Respect - "Young Hearts Learn from the Best" http://bit.ly/diic8H

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

We’ll Keep Buying Our Own Pens Thank You: The Problem With IT Human Resources Strategy http://bit.ly/dsEny9 #HR #IT #benefits #jobs

Monday, June 21, 2010

Wet iPhone? No Sweat: Apple Now Has a Replacement Plan http://bit.ly/zGQ8F #iphone #wireless #smartphone
Recorded webinar: What NOT to Do When Making the Move from Print Publishing to New Media http://bit.ly/9PqU7I #xml #ebooks #publishing #stc
[Recalculating for $500, Alex] IBM's Watson to compete on Jeopardy. Soon it'll be Watson against iPhone and Garmin. http://bit.ly/9lNbqr
Check out Rouxbe, the best online cooking school. Today's Free lesson: Pan Frying. I had no idea what I didn't know http://bit.ly/Zqdtb
Messaging at work: US Supreme Court rules in favor of employer who read worker's messages. http://bit.ly/b3lOJK
Nation has created Facebook "Like" and "Dislike" rubber stamps for use on printed documents. Very cool. http://bit.ly/bZf2hk

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Facebook posts now appear in real-time search results on OneRiot http://bit.ly/9UfPsq
Looking for persistent search with real-time results, including Facebook posts? Check out OneRiot. http://www.oneriot.com/

Friday, June 18, 2010

[TechComm] Incorporating documentation into the product development process http://oreil.ly/9xgjFG #techcom #stc #contentstrategy #xml

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Free webinar 2EST/11PST today: "Exactly What Not to Do When Making the Move from Print to New Media" http://bit.ly/bkKUyJ #ebooks #stc #xml

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Heading to the Duo Consulting offices for the Web Content 2010 Conference closing party #webcontent #wcconf
Getting ready for my presentation this morning at Web Content 2010 Chicago, "Get Ready for Socially-Enabled Everything" #wcconf #webcontent

Monday, June 7, 2010

Less structured content is created using chaotic processes. It's unfiltered, lower cost/lower value. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Search is heterogeneous. - Seth Earley #wcconf
User expectations have grown to desire search to be simpler. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Search is a 'given' - we expect it to be there. - Seth Earley #wcconf
"Search as you type" is preprocessed disambiguation. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Test your search log data to see what users find. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Search is a conversation. We need to disambiguate the query. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Search terms are short, ambiguous, and an approximation of searchers real information needs - Seth Earley #wcconf
People find answers through haphazard and chaotic processes. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Search is increasingly looking like navigation. The line between search and navigation is blurring- Seth Earley #wcconf
Search can't infer intent; don't know who you are nor your intent. Perspective determines whether results are useful - Seth Earley #wcconf
Search is about user experience. It's about information access. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Search as a utility has become deeply ingrained into people's everyday lives - Seth Earley #wcconf
Different parts of an organization have different clock speeds, drivers. It's not easy to get everyone to slow down - Seth Earley #wcconf
Taxonomy is a common business language. It applies to all areas of your organization. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Taxonomy expresses a variety of relationships ... It is a classification system; it's metadata about your metadata. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Realize you can have organizing priciples that are important to internal audiences that are not relevant to users. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Taxonomy is a system for organizing concepts and categorizing content - Seth Earley #wcconf
In a semantic architecture a single expression can represent different concepts. Semantics is about meaning, context, nuance - Seth Earley #wcconf
Semantic architecture is about meaning and nuance. Terms have multiple contexts and meanings - Seth Earley #wcconf
Every organization is struggling with findability - Seth Earley #wcconf
It's so important to take the users opinion into account. And you need their buy-in. - Seth Earley #wcconf
It's not about what I think. It's not about what you think. It's about what the user thinks. - Seth Earley #wcconf
Metadata management is mainstream - Seth Earley #wcconf discussing metadata in motion picture industry and other industries
Using Taxonomies to Improve Search - Seth Earley #wcconf Web Content Conference 2010 at Gleacher Center, Chicago

Friday, June 4, 2010

Insider Shines Light On Dirty Secrets Of Translation/Localization Industry http://bit.ly/aQqMiF #stc #techcomm #localization #translation

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Paper isn't dead. This is the dawn of paper computing; Printed documents become interactive interfaces to digital info http://bit.ly/9dz6WQ

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Finally, something for Android users to celebrate that isn't available on #iPhone: Google Translate for Animals http://bit.ly/ddHWoO #humor
Avoiding Ambiguity: Understanding the Need for a Controlled Vocabulary #stc #techcomm #localization #translation http://bit.ly/bRoqm8