Wednesday, May 1, 2002
The age of findability
Peter Morville
Findability is about recognizing that we live in a multi-dimensional world, and deciding to explore new facets that cut across traditional boundaries. Findability isn't limited to content. Nor is it limited to the Web. Findability is about designing systems that help people find what they need.
Outage update
The static server is back up, however not all functions are connected at this time. We are using a backup of the data on the static server, which was taken on Monday. This means that Radio weblogs, if they are to be brought current, may have to republish content that was posted on Monday, Tuesday or earlier today. We will post a howto explaining the process. In addition to the problems caused by the hacking, we also had a communication problem within UserLand that slowed things down. I apologize for this on behalf of the whole company. The outage is something we have to deal with, and we did a far less than perfect job doing that. Our next efforts are going to be focused on assuring the security of the servers, so we may not immediately be responsive to user-level questions. Please try, if you can, to help each other out, and if possible, give us the benefit of the doubt. Thanks.
Hollywood vs. the Internet
Mike Godwin
If Princeton computer scientist Edward Felten is right, a watermark that's invisible to the audience yet easily detected by machines will be relatively easy to remove. To put it simply, if you can't see it, you won't miss it when it's gone. Which is why the components of new home entertainment systems probably would have to be designed not to play unwatermarked content. Otherwise, all you've done is develop an incentive for both inquisitive hackers and copyright "pirates" to find a way to strip out the watermarks. But if the new entertainment systems won't play content without watermarks, they won't work with old digital videos or MP3s.
Using CSS With Radio
Ralph Hempel
This article will show you how I get the most mileage out of my CSS using a bit of Radio magic. That being said, don't look to my website as a shining example of CSS usage. I just learned the absolute minimum required so my site would not look too horrible and then decided that content was more important than form.
AOL Signs Deal to Use Google Search Engine
Reuters
Internet search engine Google will become the online search service of America Online, the largest online service provider.Site Barks About Deep Link
Farhad Manjoo
By his own proud admission, Avi Adelman is an irrepressible muckraker. As the proprietor of BarkingDogs, a "proactive" news website that unearths political malfeasance in and around Dallas, Texas, Adelman has been, as he loves to say, "a thorn in the side of a lot of people out here".Apparently, this story is what got Avi into trouble with the Dallas Morning News.
As stories go online from the local media, we will post links.What am I missing here? The source of the link couldn't be more clear. Belo (the parent company of the Dallas Morning News) should understand that "deep linking" is good for business, and that trying to restrict this sort of thing tends to backfire, with the result being that the offending links become more popular. Hey! Wait a minute...
Dallas Morning News
If you operate a Web site and wish to link to this Site, you may link only to the home page of the Site and not to any other page or subdomain of us.Oops! Does that mean that I'm not allowed to link to their terms of service?
