By Melody Smith|August 11th, 20112011-08-10T18:37:41-04:00
What is your definition of a geek? It may not surprise you that there is no standard definition of a “geek.” However, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has created an interesting taxonomy for its annual “Science and Engineering Indicators” report.
By Melody Smith|August 11th, 20112011-08-10T18:35:29-04:00
In some ways the genre of government in relation to information technology is the same as every other business field. In some ways, they couldn’t be more different. One technology reporter muses on this pseudo-dichotomy and what he has learned from his years entrenched in government information technology.
By Melody Smith|August 11th, 20112011-08-10T18:32:25-04:00
Elegchos has launched a sneak preview of their free of charge and commission free booking site and Hospitality Experience Benchmark: Bookingsquare.com. Guests can make reservations without having to pay commission for hotels, apartments, B&Bs, etc. In addition, they offer a Premium version with extra functions and services for a minimal cost.
By Melody Smith|August 10th, 20112011-08-09T19:59:59-04:00
We have a common question in our home, “what did we do before Google?” “Googling” is the most popular way we currently search for information, whether it is for home or work. But what does the future hold? Nothing stays the same and the web continues to evolve and grow beyond anyone’s predictions. With social and semantic technology, indexing the web has become more challenging for search engines to index. So what information are you getting, and why? Trust me, no one is worried about this more than Google itself. The future of search is undefined.
By Melody Smith|August 10th, 20112011-08-09T19:54:34-04:00
Asking the experts is the logical approach to gaining knowledge for databases. Insights into consumer behavior and preferences can be surfaced not only from social media conversations but may also be found in an organization’s internal, private data. When building your data management system don’t overlook resources like online conversations within the engineering team, emails between client and customers, and engineering exchanges. Using latent semantic analysis methodology and statistical language modeling technology can reveal new solutions, information, and ideas.
By Melody Smith|August 10th, 20112011-08-09T19:52:39-04:00
Engaging with businesses online is the norm and no longer the exception. Therefore, it is important to have a presence online that describes your services and promotes visibility. Many providers out there promise this result if you engage their product and services, particularly for social bookmarking.
By Melody Smith|August 9th, 20112011-08-08T22:39:14-04:00
Healthline Networks is one of the fastest growing providers of intelligent health information services and their president and COO, Dean Stephens, will moderate an mHealth panel at the first HealthTech: Next Generation Conference on August 12. The event takes place at the Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront Hotel in Burlingame.
By Melody Smith|August 9th, 20112011-08-08T22:36:59-04:00
Knowledge is power, that is no secret. In the legal services world, nothing could be truer. According to Ted Tjaden, national director of knowledge management at McMillan LLP and author of “The Seven Faces of Legal Knowledge Management”, there is a method to knowing what to know and why.
By Melody Smith|August 9th, 20112011-08-08T22:35:20-04:00
ProQuest has acquired UK-based Expert Information. Together, they will expand the global reach of ProQuest’s dissertations publishing program with Expert Information’s Index to Theses and Theses.com.
By Melody Smith|August 8th, 20112014-03-18T21:35:45-04:00
Why is it that people seem to feel that they need to get the platform and the technology in place and tested before they ever work on the organization of their information and cleaning up the data? They do not look at the data and what the data needs to be best used by the user community. I am repeatedly getting told that the DTD/Schema for the data and the taxonomy implementation have been pushed back because they are working on implementing the platform. What do they think the platform is for? Without well organized and well formed test data how will they even begin to know that the system will be able to work well for their information? How do they know that the user can find anything in the proposed system if they have no idea what the data is like? Where are the taxonomy terms going to go in the database or the record or the system? How are they bound to the information they reference? Building the platform first is like buying a pair of shoes without knowing either the size of the foot or the occasion for which they are to be worn. Rant! Rant
