Melody Smith

About Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

A Christmas Miracle

By |December 24th, 2013|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on A Christmas Miracle

At last. I searched and searched and was starting to lose faith, but never fear, a Christmas-themed taxonomy I have found. If you are a Hallmark movie watching fan, this might not be news to you and you might even be the slightest bit insulted, but just a tiny bit.

The Ghost of Taxonomies Present

By |December 23rd, 2013|Access Insights, Featured, Taxonomy|Comments Off on The Ghost of Taxonomies Present

Wouldn’t it be splendid if, in the ‘spirit’ of Dickens’ Ghost of Christmas Present, we could use taxonomies to accomplish lofty goals such as cure and eradicate sickness; promote international understanding; promote justice and social harmony; and lessen and eradicate poverty?

Under the Semantic Hood

By |December 20th, 2013|News, search, semantic|Comments Off on Under the Semantic Hood

Semantic web is a more and more frequent term in not just the world of business, but in all areas that utilize technology, and let’s face it, isn’t that everyone? This interesting topic was found on Search Engine Journal in their article, “The Difference Between Semantic Search and Semantic Web.”

Taxonomy Workshop Available

By |December 19th, 2013|Access Insights, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomy Workshop Available

Before you sign off for the holidays, consider starting your new year out with some educational learning. Our own Margie Hlava will be the instructor for a workshop titled, Taxonomy Essentials. This will be held on January 21, 2014 in Denver, Colorado.

Career Opportunities in the Field

By |December 18th, 2013|News|Comments Off on Career Opportunities in the Field

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.

Semantic Search Fosters Findability

By |December 17th, 2013|News, search, semantic|Comments Off on Semantic Search Fosters Findability

The latest version of Eikon from Thomson Reuters offers semantic search capabilities. Eikon 3.0 applies free text search capabilities to financial data. Wall Street Technology brought this news to our attention in their article, “Semantic Search Takes Thomson Reuters Eikon to New Levels.”