Ralph Poole's WeblogWhere is the Knowledge we have lost in Information? T.S.ElliotHere is a blog about Microsoft Office 2003 beta- May 24, 2003 This is a running commentary on using Microsoft Office 2003. I have used it now for several months and have had very few problems except for the Business Contacts Add-in for Outlook, which is pretty unstable. I am working through it though.http://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/officebeta/default.html The volume of information dissolves the information, G&252;nther Grass quote- May 22, 2003 &147;Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in.&148; Günther Grasshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0116059/2003/05/22.html#a308 Free Web-Directory of Taxonomies- May 22, 2003 This is very exciting, although I have not read all the listings, I think that it is wonderful that someone has compiled this list. Here is the text from the site: Taxonomy Warehouse is a free service (free to users and free to vocabulary publishers) provided by Synapse, the Knowledge Link Corporation (on the web at www.synaptica.com) for the benefit of the information and knowledge management community. The Warehouse aims to provide a comprehensive directory of taxonomies,...http://www.taxonomywarehouse.com/ A good article on Wiki's in the NYT- May 21, 2003 Business Is Toying With a Web Tool, I, frankly, do not understand teh allure of Wikis. Although I regularly look at content in Wikis, I find the presentation of content cumbersome. Also, a good wiki, requires lots of good content, and unfortunately, I have not found a Wiki with that attribute. I like the idea of group editing.http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/19/technology/19NECO.html The Real Mingus Web- May 20, 2003 Charlie Mingus is my favorite jazz artist. The complexity of the orchestration and especially the way he uses trombones in his band completely blows me away. Whenever I am in NYC, I go to see the Mingus Big Band. There are a number of good sites on Mingus; the one I mentioned in the title of this post, The Charlie Mingus Home Page, a discography on Amazon.http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/ |