Summary: While Google’s new SearchWiki won’t be an immediate benefit to lawyers, it may help them understand the value of commenting on and promoting content, which may lead them to want the same functionality inside the law firm. Google announced SearchWiki on November 20, 2008. Simply put, SearchWiki is not a wiki. It is an add-on to the standard Google search function that allows you to mark search results as favorites and make a free-form ...

You get what you measure. This isn't news -- first you decide what you want to achieve and then you design your metrics to let you know when you've arrived. That's good practice and it's the message of my earlier post, The Metrics Mess. Simple stuff, right? Wrong. You'd be amazed how often folks misunderstand where true success lies and, therefore, collect metrics that drive them in the wrong direction.Let's take the example of the ...

This past Thursday and Friday I attended and presented at our fall 2008 Oklahoma Distance Learning Association (ODLA) conference. I used Ustream.tv to live-broadcast and archive four different sessions at the conference: My presentation “Webcasting on a Shoestring” Scott Charlson’s presentation “K12 Student Engagement: Beyond the 3:00 Bell” My presentation “Creating and Collaborating: The Keys to 21st Century Literacy” Our late morning special videoconference activity on Friday: Jim Stovall (author of “The Ultimate Gift”) answering ...

The Village Voice did a great job covering Obama + Art custom show. They compiled a bunch of images from the exhibit (45 to be exact) showing the various customized Obama action figures. A definite must-see!

i.TV has updated their popular iPhone free application to include support for Netflix queue management.

第二天一大早匡宇准备了丰盛早餐将我塞的饱饱，又送我到火车站，按我的要求帮我拍了张能看见背包的照片。然后我道别、上车，出发啦。 别看包小，密度其实挺大的……感谢老妈在我读高中时每个周末都让我带很多东西回学校，由此练就了我高效填包/箱子的技能。 火车上还真遇到了穷游的jackiemeng。她刚下飞机就直奔莱茵，背包拖箱很不轻松，箱子外竟然还捆着一个大大的中国结，唉唉，比我要称职得多的拜仁球迷呀……（Hi meng，你也该回来了吧？）可惜我们只有很小一段同路，到 Ruedesheim 下了火车也就说再见了。 看着地图走进小镇坐前往 Niederwald-Denkmal 的缆车，路上看到葡萄园和城堡式的房子很是兴奋，拍了好些照。 后来才发现这只是序曲。坐上缆车，大片的葡萄园就在脚下蔓延，无边无际。 去 Niederwald 的时候是缆车 (Cable car)。 从 Niederwald 去 Assmannshausen 则是这样的椅子 (chair lift）。不过绝对安全，离地也不高，不用怕:)。偶尔能见对面过来的人，大家热情挥手，一声 Morgen，给彼此一份好心情。 Seilbahn Ruedesheim 的标志非常可爱。更逗的是刚坐上缆车开出站时忽然看到墙上有一个大大的照相机标志。已经习惯了各类 Nicht XXX 的禁令告示，心里一惊：难道坐缆车还不许拍照？紧接着看到更大的文字：Smile Now!立刻忍不住的，就真咧开嘴笑了起来。 那天早晨雾非常大，很有云中漫步的感觉。在快到 Assmannshausen 的时候忽然眼前开阔，看见金色阳光洒落山坡，远些就是莱茵和对面的古堡 （Burg Rheinstein），那份惊喜令人不禁叹出声来。 而此刻回头，看见漫山遍野的斑斓色彩，心旷神怡。 那天雾实在是太大了，在 Niederwald 纪念碑下甚至都看不清碑顶。 自然，这样的雾中向下望是看不见莱茵的。不过也没什么好遗憾，迷雾森林自有其诱人之处。 因为在雾中摸不准自己走了多远，就没有去 Seilbahn 工作人员给我推荐的 Magic Cave 和 Castle Rossel，径直走到另一缆车点下山，于是也就多了很多时间在 Assmannshausen 小镇慢慢逛。不知是否因为是周日的原因，那天的小镇特别安静。教堂的钟再怎么敲，11 点多了小镇也还是没有醒来的样子，几乎都见不到人。 德国人总喜欢用鲜花装点他们的屋子。（以下照片来自 Ruedesheim 和 Assmannshausen 两个小镇） 还有布谷钟， 和千姿百态的绘画， 连木质卷帘门都不放过。 最有意思的是这家，这面侧墙上的窗户、花、人物可都是画出来的哦！ 葡萄更是少不了的。可以在画上， 门牌上， 屋檐下， 露天餐桌上空， 甚至是教堂门口的神龛里。 已过了葡萄采摘季节，我还是往葡萄园里走了走。有幸见到了一串挂在枝头还正饱满的葡萄（每颗都只有指甲盖大小），可我居然光顾着拍照忘了偷一颗尝尝！ 原本是打算每天的行程写一篇游记的，可是看自己这啰嗦劲，还有那么多照片，这篇就到此为止吧。 Tips: 1，穷游上推荐的 eplus 电话卡非常不错，9.9欧含7.5欧花费，打回国0.15欧接通费加0.05欧一分钟，我每天都打回家聊挺久两周刚好用完。而且到处都能见到 eplus 的店面随时可以充值。不过得记得使用前需要网上开通（两分钟的事，很方便），每次开机都需要 PIN 码所以那张纸一定不能扔。 ...

In its first quarter as a combined company, Activision Blizzard raked in $711 million for the three month period ending in September, the publisher announced today. That's a big take prior to the holidays and bigger than the projected outlook, but still resulted in a loss of $194 million for the company. Acti-Blizz CEO Bobby Kotick pointed to titles such as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Guitar Hero: On Tour, World ...

Word reaches me from my nemesis and arch-rival for the hearts and minds of all right-thinking Copenhagians, Allan Jenkins, that a Demos report robustly suggests that companies pull their flamin’ heads in and embrace social technology. Says Jenko: "Companies should not dismiss staff who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo at work as merely time-wasters, a Demos study suggests. Attempts to control employees’ use of such software could damage firms in the ...

Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call yesterday from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and telling her she would make a good president someday. "Maybe in eight years," replied a laughing Palin. The Republican vice presidential nominee discusses politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy's "beautiful wife," in a recording of the call released yesterday and set to air tomorrow on a Quebec radio station.