Forbes Best of The Web Directory
Forbes Best of The Web Directory includes recommendations on more than 3,000 websites and blogs, on topics that include investing, health, e-commerce, management, travel and careers.
Category «Blogs»
Searching Podcasts
“What is Podscope? Podscope is the first search engine that actually allows you to search for spoken words within any audio or video file. We’re starting with podcasts and will be adding all types of multimedia in coming months.” Press release: Podscope Search Engine to Index Entire Spoken Podcast Universe; First Spoken Word Index Search …
Institute for Global Security, Law and Policy’s Website
“Case Western Reserve University School of Law is proud to announce the launch of the Institute for Global Security, Law and Policys website. The site features a blog providing analysis of critical global security issues as well as links to legal and policy commentary, other blogs, and news summaries across the Internet…The site reflects Case …
Public Awareness of New Technologies and Terminology Lagging
Public Awareness of Internet Terms, 7/20/2005: “The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term phishing means.” The data memo is 7 pages, PDF.
Coping With Information Overload and Remaining Productive
Driven to distraction by technology: “The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains to get into a really creative state.” See also RSS Goes Corporate – Information overload also affects companies, …
Comparison of RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0
RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0, Compared: “People who generate syndication feeds have a choice of feed formats. As of mid-2005, the two most likely candidates will be RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0. The purpose of this page is to summarize, as clearly and simply as possible, the differences between the RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 …
CBSNews.com Morphs Into 24/7 On Demand Broadband Service
The 3 page press release (PDF), CBS Unveils Changes, Web Strategy. “CBS News will move from a primarily television and radio news-based operation to a 24-hour, on-demand news service, available across many platforms, drawing on the experienced, worldwide, award-winning resources of the Division. The new CBSNews.com will include: an on-demand, 24-hour news network in the …
WSJ Explores Potential Conflicts When Journalists Maintain Personal Blogs
A free feature from today’s WSJ: Should Newspapers Sponsor Blogs Written by Reporters?
Selected SLA Annual Conference Presentation Materials Now Available Online
Selected PowerPoint presentations of sessions from the Business & Finance Division, Information Technology Division, Military Librarians Division, and Science-Technology Division, from the SLA 2005 Conference, Toronto, Ontario CANADA, June 5-8, 2005 are available free at via this Link.
Citizen Blogs on London Bombings Have Global Impact
From WSJ free content today: Bloggers and Photographers Chronicle Chaos in London
EFF Adds Labor Section to Blogging Guide
As a follow-up to my June 5 posting, Advocacy Group Publishes Legal Guide for Blogger, today EFF announced the addition of a labor law section to its guide. “The Bloggers’ FAQ on Labor Law addresses legal issues arising from workplace blogging, including union organizing, protections for political blogging away from the workplace, and whistle-blogging.”
Online Retailers Employ Blogs With Caution
The pros and cons of e-tailers using blogs are reviewed in this New York Time article today.
