ENTRIES FROM MAY 2005
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"Light" Lunch Reading
Went outside for lunch today and read two very interesting articles I thought I'd share. They really couldn't be much more different, but both include lots of worthwhile thinking material. The first, and more disturbing of the two, is an article w ...
May 12, 2005 |
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Categories, Tags and Blogs
I just got finished reading Clay Shirky's new piece on tagging titled, "Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags". It's a good piece, not groundbreaking I didn't think, but wo ...
May 17, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Changes of Life
I wanted to point everyone to a fascinating Fast Company article all about the brain science that explains why it's so hard to change and suggests some recommendations for how it might be made easier. The arti ...
May 2, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Do You Like the Links?
I spent most of today walking around New York City and enjoying the weather (including a good time in Central Park that included an Uma Thurman sighting). While I wasn't soaking the weather in (and some of the time I was), I worked on my redesign. On ...
May 14, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Focusless Linking Fun
Another day without anything seriously resembling a proper post in my mind. No good explanation on this one, except I have behind very behind on the old aggregator and finally got a little caught up today. So many different articles means my mind is ...
May 23, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Getting Some CNN.com Face Time
Noah Brier surfs the "flickr" site, looking for bookma ...
May 4, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
Help Me Help You
As I've mentioned multiple times now, I'm in the process of redesigning the site. I've been struggling with a few things and the process is going fairly slowly because I really want to get it right. As I was thinking about it this morning I realized ...
May 17, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
Hot Damn it Worked!
Just got everything moved over to the new host, no new design yet, but it's on its way. Just thought I'd let everyone know things should move fairly smoothly from here on out. For those interested, I switched to ...
May 16, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
How Do You Use Blogs?
I've been working on a redesign lately and thus have been thinking a lot about how people use blogs, and more specifically, how people use this blog. I think I've charted out the four kinds of people who use this site. Please let me know if you use i ...
May 13, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Idea: Tags as a Way to Add Context to a Search
Today I was reading a Seattle Times article about search and I ran across this quote: See how long it takes to find the top five university marine-biol ...
May 3, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Meme Alert! Tiger Blog Definition
I'm not normally a sucker for jumping in on memes, but thi ...
May 5, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
More Amusing Links Than I Know What to Do With
I'm not quite sure what to do with all these. So here they are, for your enjoyment (in order of preference): 1. Forget-me-not panties: Sensatech technology keeps track of your girlfriend ...
May 20, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
More Photographic Indulgence
Forgive me please, but I have to share another pic. This one came with thi ...
May 6, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Muppet Sadness
I just read this article about Disney and the Muppets. I'm hoping to convince my mom to write her feelings about it for me to post (although she doesn't know that until now). She ...
May 10, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
My 15 Seconds of Tagging Fame
Just wanted to point everyone to an AP article on tagging titled "'Tags' Ease Sifting of Digital Data". The article features a quote from your's truly (un ...
May 1, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Navigation that Makes Sense
Today I was on the Target website looking for one of those little things that squeezes the toothpaste out of the tube for you. I didn't find it, however, I did run across this cool little navigation feature: <i ...
May 3, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
New Design (3.0)
Well ladies and gentleman, I have finally completed my redesign. Thanks to everyone for being so patient. Now, as one last piece, please allow me to explain my thinking. (For those reading on an RSS reader, please take the time and check out the s ...
May 31, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 17 COMMENTS
Next Generation Tagging
Scott Rafer and the Feedster crew are at it again. This time they've come up with a way to add a form to any post that allows any user to tag an individual entry ...
May 24, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
One Week of Quicksilver (Thoughts and Tricks)
After a week of using my new PowerBook, and more specifically, <a href=" ...
May 1, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Saturday Brunch Roundup
I don't really have enough to say about any one topic to jusity an entry, so how about a brunch roundup? This is best enjoyed with a side of french toast, bacon and black coffee. Enjoy. Apple OS X Geekery - From <a href="http://www.tuaw. ...
May 7, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Some Downtime
As I move everything to a new server and put the finishing touches on a new design NoahBrier.com may be down sporadically. I apologize. If you need anything feel free to email me at nb [at] noahbrier.com. Also, you can keep up with things pretty well ...
May 15, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Trusting Employees
Just read a great entry over at Creating Passionate Users all about trusting your employ ...
May 26, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Trying to Catch Up
I feel like I've been neglecting my duties as blogmaster general at NoahBrier.com. Things have been quite busy at work and in most of my other time I've been working on redesign ...
May 19, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
What is a Blog? (My Attempt at a Definition)
Has anyone actually come up with a sufficient answer to this question yet? Seriously, we all use the word "blog" all the time, but we can't define it. Is it a website that's updated consistently? (If that's the definition don't we have to define cons ...
May 9, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
Why Blogs are Useful (With a Side of Simplicity in Design)
I was reading an article titled Web 2.0 for Designers" today and I ran across a quote that got me thinking: What does this mean for Web designers? It means designers have ...
May 5, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS