PubSub Community Lists: The Librarian List- November 10, 2005 PubSub Community Lists: The Librarian List Want to see other librarian weblogs See who is doing what Then this is the place to come. It's an excellent collection, based on a ranking system of links.http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/pubsub-community-lists-librarian-list.htm FreePint Newsletter 194 - Awards and VoIP- November 10, 2005 FreePint Newsletter 194 is now available. Covered in this issue is VOIP.http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/freepint-newsletter-194-awards-and.htm More Exalead excellence- November 10, 2005 It's not exactly a secret that I adore Exalead. They are always coming up with good things that they slip into place. They have now introduced the ability to search within searches. Run a search and then scroll down. At the bottom of the left hand column is an option to modify your query (with a phonetic search for example), and you can also search within results as well. More good things are also promised in the near future, so watch this space!http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/more-exalead-excellence.htm Guardian Unlimited Columnists Forget the baroque syntax - searching is now easier than ever- November 7, 2005 Searching the Guardian. Friend and fellow information professional Ian Winship alerted me to this story in the Guardian written by Emily Bell, editor in chief. The take on the article is that the newspaper has now made it easier to search their site. No more "baroque syntax" that delivered poor results, apparently. All well and good so far; I'm certainly in favour of making life easier for people. However (you knew that was coming didn't you) I think they've made a total dogs dinner of the...http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/guardian-unlimited-columnists-forget.htm What is a Swicki- November 5, 2005 A Swicki is a play on words, roughly speaking. It's a cross between wiki and search - hence swiki. OK, I'll explain more. A swiki allows you to create your own search engine that covers a subject that is of particular interest to you. The owner and visitors get to collaborate on what the swiki finds, to modify and focus it. There are a number of advantages to these beasties - they let you really start to dig through the net to find good quality information, and other users also assist in this...http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/what-is-swicki.htm Exalead - pronounciation and meaning- November 5, 2005 Further to my posting of a couple of days ago, there's a lovely little addition on the Exalead home page. Run your cursor over the Exalead icon and you'll see exactly how to pronounce it. There's going to be a link to a page explaining in more detail; EXA=10 to the power of 18, and LEAD = guiding, thus helping people to find their way in the multitude.http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/exalead-pronounciation-and-meaning.htm My weblog is on the move!- November 5, 2005 I've previously mentioned that I was getting fed up with the Blogger software, so I've decided to move across to Typepad instead. It has lots of advantages, including a category approach, a nice quick post feature and a bunch of other stuff. I'm still going to keep this weblog going for a while, but there will be an increasing number of 'subscribe to the new version!' posts. So, the new version is at: Phil Bradley's weblog Please unsubscribe from the Blogger version (the one you're looking at.http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/my-weblog-is-on-move.htm Main Page - Wikidweb- November 5, 2005 Wikidweb Wikidweb (Wiki Directory of the WEB, or Wiki'd Web) is a free, open, instant internet directory. Here you can add a link to any site or page (but preferably sites that aren't already well known), review other pages, and edit entry descriptions. Optionally, you can create an account (which can still be anonymous, if you'd like) to get added functionality, such as "my watchlist", "my contributions" and customizing your interface.http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/main-page-wikidweb.htm Amazon to sell individual book pages- November 5, 2005 Item from the Boston Herald says that Amazon is going to sell individual book pages. Customers will be able to buy a portion of a book, or even just one page for online viewing. This doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I wonder how long it will be before they take another step down the route and become a publisher themselves by letting you upload your own content and buy it via their existing interface.http://www.philb.com/blog/2005/11/amazon-to-sell-individual-book-pages.htm |