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August 2004 Archives
What is RSS?
RSS primer and goood tutorial in its use read full post
Can social tagging overcome barriers to content classification?
social tagging (e.g. del.icio.us) is one of the best answers we have to the cost/benefit problem of user-generated metadata, but we lose some precision in the process read full post
How to Apply for (IA) Jobs
How to apply for Information Architecture jobs, with useful hints for any job seekers in this industry read full post
Personal support and corporate voice
What is the sound of your corporate 'voice' in technical and customer support functions? read full post
StikiWiki: true on-page editing interface
Stikiwiki feels like wiki spirit read full post
Using del.icio.us tags instead of Movable Type categories
Ben Hammersley stretches MT's capabilities with a nifty bit of PerlScripting. read full post
E-government: A solution without a problem?
Do we really need to spend billions of pounds on e-government services which no one will use? read full post
New geosocial networking site aims to put neighbours in touch
MIT's Keith Hampton launches i-neighbours for the US and Canada. read full post
Rheingold explores economic impact of 'unconscious co-operation'
Howard Rheingold takes a look at blogs, open-source software and Google in an attempt to understand the economic impact of collective action. read full post
The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds is inspiring some fascinating debate and is definitely one for the reading list. read full post
Useful links for online surveys
David Brake links to some sites giving advice about online surveys read full post
Social Software and the Enabling Council
Anna Randle writes today in eGov Monitor about Social Software and the Enabling Council. read full post
Collaborative note-taking takes a step forward
O'Reilly SubEthaEdit-enable their OSCON 2004 wiki. read full post
Web Informant on Social Networking
Ann Light from usability news points us to a piece by Web Informant: Web Informant #380 suggests that "Social networking may be the next social disease". David Strom brings his personal take to the phenomenon of social networking and says... read full post
Northern Voice Canadian blogging conference
Canadian blogging conference Northern Voice set for February 2005. read full post
