Thoughts on Everything is Miscellaneous, Part 1

I just finished reading David Weinberger’s book, Everything is Miscellaneous (thanks, Brad!). It’s a great read - one that I highly recommend to everyone who reads my blog. You might not agree with everything in the book, but I guarantee the book will make you think.
First things first - Weinberger MUST know some librarians! Throughout [...]

Quintura, a Visual Search Engine

I just discovered Quintura, a new visual search engine interface (found via Robert Scoble’s blog). On the surface, it looks similar to Grokker or KartOO (two other better-known visual search engines).
You can play with Quintura’s online demo, but the real deal is downloading their Quintura Search product. It offers a visual map of searches done [...]

The Future of Tag Clouds

This is an interesting article about the future of tag clouds (written by Joe Lamantia). Here’s how Joe sees tag clouds developing over the next 18 months:

More people will recognize them and understand what they do (ok, that one’s a no-brainer)

more support for “cloud consumers” to meet context needs (interesting…)
attached controls or features and functionality [...]