Another addition to the AIfIA tools page is a content development spreadsheet. To quote: John Howe created an amalgam of similar spreadsheets and ideas from Adaptive Path (Jeff Veen, Janice Fraser), Chiara Fox, the “Polar Bear” book, and several others to create an adaptable content assessment/inventory tracking tool. From: [Column Two]
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IntelliTXT – inline advertising service from Vibrant Media
John Batelle outlines the details behind this service that provides ads within editorial content. Great backgrounder on contextual ad services and the editorial issues surrounding them. Given the editorial issues IntelliTXT raises, Batelle points out that this might be their sweet spot: “Second, there are an entire classes of content-driven sites which claim absolutely no pretense of editorial objectivity. Whether…
KM pointers from Jack Vinson and Jim McGee
Jack Vinson and Jim McGee had some good pointers regarding knowledge management. From Jack: A Taxonomy for KM From Jim: More on Mark Hurst’s Bit Literacy Jack also mentions that Jim McGee will be the featured speaker at KMPro Chicago meeting on April 13. Details here.
The Goddess of Social Networking
Bundeep Singh Rangar of Ariadne Capital writes about a possible business model for social networking: “So, here’s the prediction. While some money will be made by social networking companies by subscriptions, online transactions, and licensing of software, the really big money will be made by the vertical integration of online networking and offline networking. The sum will be greater when…
Feed splicing from Seb’s Open
Feed splicing from Seb’s Open Research By now you’ve surely heard about Meg Hourihan and Nick Denton‘s Kinja, the “public aggregator for the rest of us”. It should be pointed out that Charles and Indi‘s Rollup has been offering similar functionality for a while. (Example: striproll.) Interestingly, Rollup offers a full implementation of what I’ve called feed splicing, offering an…
Designing for the customer –
Designing for the customer – “why and for whom” More on metrics, designing for people, and why our industry seems so focused on tools – on how instead of why and for whom. [Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report]
Get the OJR by RSS
Get the OJR by RSS Seems like publications should start looking at services like Feedfinder to see if people have setup RSS feeds of their content. If people are setting up scraped feeds they need to get with the program and craft their own. I love Online Journalism Review, and read it nearly daily. Unfortunately, this site still does not…
Turning Search Into a Science
Turning Search Into a Science If you’re looking for scientific information on the Web, Google might not be the best choice. Many researchers instead turn to Scirus. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News: Top Stories]
Lake Michigan Run
I went on a 5 mile run along Lake Michigan at lunch today and the wind was a killer. The forecast said to expect 30 mph winds from the NW. I headed north and couldn’t wait to turn around and reap the benefits of that tailwind. If you are a runner and are visiting Chicago the 18-mile path along Lake…
New Dyson Vacum Cleaner
I remember seeing a commercial a few months ago for the Dyson vacuum cleaner. The inventor, James Dyson, was tired of the lousy suction his machine produced so he set off to create something better. I was in the middle of researching innovation and the intriguing part of the story is that he produced over 5,000 prototypes before he came…