John Battelle has published his predictions for 2005, and he's got some great ideas. I have a few things I'd like to add though I wouldn't classify these as predictions so much as wistful longings/scarey inklings. Ahem. My list for 2005: RFID sewn into clothing hits big when it's paired with a handheld fashion device
The following is a presentation I gave three months ago to my department on emerging web technologies. I've made some inquiries, and very few people have looked at these things much less brought them into daily usage. I think it's an interesting hunk of information, but something is obviously lacking. Thoughts? RSS - Real Simple
I had an fascinating discussion today with one of the company librarians. We were discusssing why Factiva was so popular here and the barriers to making RSS feeds a standard way of receiving news. Our talk came to an interesting conclusion: People don't want to spend time thinking about the quality of the news they
It seems everyone has a list of "blogs of the year" on their sites, and every newspaper and (Times) magazine I read is eager to claim this as the year of the blog. People, you are behind the times! I say it was the year of RSS. RSS completely changed the way I approached the
I'm cleaning up my iPod, and find myself ponder several issues regarding personal music classification. The music industry has saddled me with their obscure terms leaving me mystified as to how to group bands by genre. Really, can someone explain to me the difference between "R&B/Soul" and "R&B" and then tell me which group Seal
I'm having an argument right now with my company's library staff about the merits of using Factiva versus RSS feeds. I contend that we shouldn't be relying on Factiva for news feeds when Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and over a 150 other domestic newspapers have their content available in feeds.
RSS feeds are wonderful -- I don't know how I managed to digest this much information before they existed. And RSS feeds are horrible -- why am I reading a 149 sites a day? Good golly, miss molly. I can't get away from the sites. I feel the need to check Bloglines at least 10
Me: "Excuse me, but can big kids get their picture taken with Santa, too?" CTA Employee: "As long as you don't get scared when it's your turn." Me: "Okay!" Me: "Hi Santa! Having a good day?" Santa: "Every day is good when you're Santa." Me: "I bet that's right." I know the CTA needs to
Today I went to Dominick's, a Chicago grocery chain, to buy some last minute items for the party I'm throwing. I needed bourbon to make cherry bourbon balls for next week's cookie exchange, so I picked up a bottle while I was there. All was fine and dandy until I got to the checkout line.
(into the elevator) He: "Hey. Having a busy day?" Me: "Yes, I'm in meetings all day." He: "That's too bad." Me: "Poor me. I'm meeting-rich." He: "Rich who?" Me: "No, I'm meeting-rich." He: "Yeah, Rich who?" Me: "Rich isn't a person. I'm just wealthy with meetings." He: "Fine. Don't tell me." Me: "...okay, I'll keep
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