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Presenting at Infonortics Search Engine Meeting
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Presenting at Infonortics Search Engine Meeting

If you’re attending the Infonortics Search Engine Meeting in Boston next week, please let me know! I’ll be there all day Monday and Tuesday, and I’ll be talking...

Book Writing vs. Blogging
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Book Writing vs. Blogging

When I announced that I’d be writing a book, I promised that I would blog about the experience. It may seem odd that I’m only blogging about it now, when I’m almost...

Book Writing vs. Blogging
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Book Writing vs. Blogging

When I announced that I’d be writing a book, I promised that I would blog about the experience. It may seem odd that I’m only blogging about it now, when I’m almost...

Slight Change to the HCIR
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Slight Change to the HCIR

I hope you all are gearing up for HCIR 2009! Those who have not yet read the call for participation or looked at the web site can safely ignore this message, which...

Slight Change to the HCIR
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Slight Change to the HCIR

I hope you all are gearing up for HCIR 2009! Those who have not yet read the call for participation or looked at the web site can safely ignore this message, which...

Too Connected, Or Not Connected Enough?
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Too Connected, Or Not Connected Enough?

A bit off my usual selection of topics, but an article by Bruce Perens about a cyber-attack on Morgan Hill, a small city in northern California caught my attention...

Too Connected, Or Not Connected Enough?
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Too Connected, Or Not Connected Enough?

A bit off my usual selection of topics, but an article by Bruce Perens about a cyber-attack on Morgan Hill, a small city in northern California caught my attention...

SIGIR
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SIGIR

Thanks to Jeff Dalton for alerting me to SIGIR 2009 announcing the lists of accepted papers and posters. As Jon Elsas points out, the authorship looks quite different...

SIGIR
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SIGIR

Thanks to Jeff Dalton for alerting me to SIGIR 2009 announcing the lists of accepted papers and posters. As Jon Elsas points out, the authorship looks quite different...

Google Profiles: Nice Idea, Meh Execution
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Google Profiles: Nice Idea, Meh Execution

The top story on Techmeme is the new push Google is making around profiles. You can get a sense of the reactions from links to the official Google post. Here is...

Google Profiles: Nice Idea, Meh Execution
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Google Profiles: Nice Idea, Meh Execution

The top story on Techmeme is the new push Google is making around profiles. You can get a sense of the reactions from links to the official Google post. Here is...

Google Similar Images: A Glitch?
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Google Similar Images: A Glitch?

After my post yesterday about Google’s new image similarity search, a colleague sent me this link: Oops! But, more importantly, it argues strongly that Google...

Google Similar Images: A Glitch?
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Google Similar Images: A Glitch?

After my post yesterday about Google’s new image similarity search, a colleague sent me this link: Oops! But, more importantly, it argues strongly that Google...

Advertorials Preferred To Ads?
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Advertorials Preferred To Ads?

From “Brand Mentions Preferred over Ads” in eMarketer: Compared with banner ads, pop-up ads, e-mail offers and sponsored links, articles that include brand information...

Advertorials Preferred To Ads?
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Advertorials Preferred To Ads?

From “Brand Mentions Preferred over Ads” in eMarketer: Compared with banner ads, pop-up ads, e-mail offers and sponsored links, articles that include brand information...

Google: News Timeline
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Google: News Timeline

The other day, when I was blogging about Google’s news cluster timelines, I lamented their lack of a unified approach towards visualizing news over time. Their...

Google: News Timeline
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Google: News Timeline

The other day, when I was blogging about Google’s news cluster timelines, I lamented their lack of a unified approach towards visualizing news over time. Their...

Google: Find Similar Images
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Google: Find Similar Images

I spend a fair amount of time critizing Google for not embracing exploratory search. But today’s launch of a similar images feature is all about exploration, and...

Google: Find Similar Images
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Google: Find Similar Images

I spend a fair amount of time critizing Google for not embracing exploratory search. But today’s launch of a similar images feature is all about exploration, and...

Sorry About The Typos!
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Sorry About The Typos!

I discovered belatedly that the Microsoft Word template my publisher had given me was suppressing spelling correction. My bad, I should have realized something...
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