Searcher articles from June 2006

Searcher archives from June 2006

Cassandra grumbles.
June 1, 2006... Of course, you all remember Cassandra, the daughter of King Priam of Troy and Queen Hecuba. She was the one who wangled the gift of prophecy out of the god Apollo. But when Apollo found out that he was not going to wangle anything more out of...

Is the price of cheap chicken bird flu?
June 1, 2006... With all the alarming press coverage, one might think of bird, or avian, flu (influenza A, or H5N1) as a modern mutation. However, if one looks into the history of this disease, one learns that it dates back to the 19th century, when it evolved...

Buying in the bubble: real estate on the web.
June 1, 2006... In March 2006, the headlines announced, "Home Prices Hit New High: Southern California's Median Rises to $480,000" (The Los Angeles Times, March 15, 2006; C1). Even my tiny house has tripled in value since we paid too much for it 14 years ago....

Gadget glut: a tale of convergence suffocation.
June 1, 2006... What ever happened to the complete stop, the breather, or just the cessation of stimuli? There is always a new path, tool set, paradigm, delivery system, toy, or feature offering a new path. But is there ever a point at which the path ends and...

Social bookmarking, folksonomies, and Web 2.0 tools: how do we find information that can help us do our jobs, pursue our interests and hobbies, or answer any other needs we may have? How do we keep track of information that we have already found, vetted, and deemed useful?
June 1, 2006... The Web has made it both easier to discover new information and more difficult to manage older collections of resources, links, documents, podcasts, video files, and graphics. How often have you had to redo a search for something that you had...

Pandora: finding new music when you have no time to hit the clubs.(WEB MASTERY)
June 1, 2006... I love to learn about new music, but, with two small children, my lifestyle doesn't permit much time to hit the clubs. The CD players in both car and home are filled with "Baby Baluga" and variations on that theme. I have to concentrate while I...

For smart answers, ask Gary Price.(librarians and information technology)
June 1, 2006... Every seat is filled. People are standing in the back of the room and spilling into the aisles. On the stage, a soft-spoken, bespectacled man talks about Web sites, search engines, and databases. The audience is completely silent. Everyone is...

Contacts.(Directory)
June 1, 2006... BirdLife International Wellbrook Court Girton Road Cambridge CB3 0NA U.K. 44 (0)1223 277 318 Internet: birdlife@birdlife.org URL: http://www.birdlife.org/ BlinkList MindValley LC 259 Charles Marx Way Palo Alto, CA...