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breadcrumbs and sense of place

Reading The Oversimplification of Mark Hurst, I’m not sure Peter particularly disagreed with any of Mark’s key points. […]

Y! search has a nifty thang

I’m kinda Ms. Super-biased on account of I used to work on Yahoo Search, and I still manage […]

more nothing about nothing

How saturday it all is. I’m on the couch, anti-ergo, and nick stellino is asking how to make […]

Are they different?

Google – Yahoo Comparison: Compare Search Results looks like it to me.

them guys

So Zap sends me this wonderful Rich Gold talk The Coast Guard and its Borders and tells me […]

this is so cool.

Last night, as I arrived home weary and dejected, I spyed a strange package form my publisher. I […]

search me

ongoing · On Search, the Series “series of essays on the construction, deployment and use of search technology […]

it takes all types

IMDb :: Boards :: Underworld (2003/I) is the prototypical message board thread, complete with every type of board […]

talky talky

Saw Spellbound tonight. Very good film, plus I learned a very useful word for my little problem: logorrhea

mail

i wish instead of previous and next when mail is sorted chronologically they would use older and newer. […]

comments

Reading On comments and weblogs – “With the proliferation of commenting-ability in today’s weblog tools, it might make […]

Orkut: Et Alors?

The best UI critique of Orkut (IMO), but also he’s right about the pointlessness, He’s right about ownership, […]

yes

I’m supposed to be writing all weekend. and so I’m ducking, returning, ducking. sigh.

The Entrepreneur

Philippe and I have been discussion entrepreneurship lately. I suspect it has a lot to do with not being able to stand having a boss. He sent me this fable. How many start-ups begin because of this? We always think they are chasing money, but I think that they would rather “starve free.”

THE DOG AND THE WOLF, FABLES by Aesop

A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to
meet a House-dog who was passing by. “Ah, Cousin,” said the Dog.
“I knew how it would be; your irregular life will soon be the ruin
of you. Why do you not work steadily as I do, and get your food
regularly given to you?”

“I would have no objection,” said the Wolf, “if I could only
get a place.”

“I will easily arrange that for you,” said the Dog; “come with
me to my master and you shall share my work.”

So the Wolf and the Dog went towards the town together. On
the way there the Wolf noticed that the hair on a certain part of
the Dog’s neck was very much worn away, so he asked him how that
had come about.

“Oh, it is nothing,” said the Dog. “That is only the place
where the collar is put on at night to keep me chained up; it
chafes a bit, but one soon gets used to it.”

“Is that all?” said the Wolf. “Then good-bye to you, Master
Dog.”

Better starve free than be a fat slave.

terrible twos?

Philippe sent me Spirit Relays Self-Examination Data Back to Earth, commenting that the rover is acting like a […]

go learn something

AIFIA | Workshop: IA Summit 2004 “What are the key concepts that underlie a successful content management effort? […]

getting excited

past summits were so fun — oh yeah, and informative — I am getting very very excited about […]