Wednesday, December 18, 2002

While I am on holidays we like to watch movies, every night sometimes on DVD. Tonight we watched Mad Max.  I mistakenly thought I had gotten the second installment, but this one was great any way. There were tons of firey car crashes and chases.   I can' wait to see all the others again, in anticipation of Mad Max 4.  Visit the Mad Max web ring for more details. 11:48:24 PM   comment []>   At the same time I am reading two books These are books that have been recommended in the weblogs I have been reading, so, not to be left in the dust I am reading:    Emergence  by Steven Johnson, who I link to in my Blogroll.    Steve writes essays and articles for magazines.   I like his writing, especially on his web log.  I am also reading "Small Pieces Loosely Joined by David Weinberger.    . 11:36:07 PM   comment []>   The New Yorker I just finished two articles in the New Yorker magazine.  The first was:  MANHUNT by SEYMOUR M. HERSH; The Bush Administration's new strategy in the war against terrorism; Issue of 2002-12-23 and 30; Posted 2002-12-16.  This is an article that dissects the Bush administrations new tactics for fighting terrorism, including assassination.   It also details Rumsfelds ongoing battle with the Clinton generals.            I also read Norman Mailer's essay: "Birds and Lions"  Scenes from a writer's life.   It presents a good picture of how a writer develops and how hard it is to truthful about yourself and the world you live in.   I think Norm Mailer is a spectacular writer.   I saw him read in Province Town two years ago.  He read about going into space and Cassius Clay in Africa.   He's old now, but very sharp and insightful.   The first book I read by Norman Mailer was "The Naked and the Dead".   I read it in Paris where he wrote the book. 11:29:41 PM   comment []>     I am on my Christmas Vacation I probably won't look to hard for a job, but I will continue to write in the weblog.   I think, however that I will change the subject a bit and start  to discuss a number of the other things that I like besides technology, computing, information science, taxonomies, XML, content management, and Google.   So now I will talk about art, painting, music, and what I am reading. Let me start by talking about an artist that I heard speak at the Carpenter Center at Harvard the other night.  Damian Loeb is a figurative painter who is inspired by movies and the act of narrating a story pictorially.    His panoramic paintings require time to view and to comprehend the story.   His technique is fabulous.  Unfortunately during the lecture he did not show any slides.   He said it was a lecture and that people came to hear him talk about his images rather than to have him uncomfortably show stuff and tell a bit about the picture.   He also did not lecture, but rather just spoke about his images, the way he constructs his images and his approach to painting.   11:06:21 PM   comment []>     2002 Year-End Google Zeitgeist Search patterns, trends, and surprises "2002 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on more than 55 billion searches conducted over the past year by Google users from around the world. Whether you are tracking the global progression of the "Las Ketchup" craze or finding out who really is the queen of the Internet, the 2002 Year-End Zeitgeist enables you to look at the past year through the collective eyes of the world on the Internet." For a google fan, these lists recap the year and the pulse of the worlds interests, primarily in pop culture.  "Las Ketchup" demonstrates how memes spread globally. 1:29:03 PM   comment []>   A burst of schemas. For different reasons many XML 2002 presentations proposed the use of multiple validations and transformations for advanced needs, rather than using a single schema. [xmlhack] Interesting to follow the Links to the XML conference proceedings where the papers give a lot of insight into XML schemas and their application in web publishing 9:43:46 AM   comment []>   Reuters I am also getting some pull from Reuters who are thinking about the synergies between content managment, knowledge management, and their CRM initiatives.  This is a strategic requirement for them. 9:43:16 AM   comment []>   The Balanced Scorecard Collaborative I am having a bit of good luck with the balanced scorecard collaborative.  I think they will see me after the new year.   They are interested in learning and knowledge managemnet for their clients. 9:25:43 AM   comment []>

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