Daily Archives: March 10, 2005
Hard to Know WHAT to Believe
Could Dan Brown have invented a more bizarre and conspiratorial plot than the recent wounding of Italian journalist Guiana Sgrena and the killing of Italian spy Nicola Calipari as they sped to the airport mere minutes after the journalist’s being … Continue reading
User-Configurable Search Results Ranking
The New York Times today has a pretty good roundup of the latest attempts to eat into Google’s dominance of the search market worldwide. In content, the innovations at Amazon A9 (neighborhood context) and MSN Search (user-adjsutable search priorities, via … Continue reading
Creeping Commercialiization Thru Promiscuous Partnering
CADES COVE, Tenn. — The job posting for a new director of tourism for the National Park Service cites the usual requirements: expertise with budgets, ability to set priorities. But a new skill — the ability to ”create, nurture, and … Continue reading