Monthly Archives: October 2011

Check out this column, “Top Ten Idea Killers in Software Development” by Navneeth Mandavilli.  on the IEEE web site. ”Killer” there means “will kill your software”, not “great”, ha. I think it does apply to any library that does any in-house … Continue reading →

The “+” operator used to mean “required” to Google, I think. But it also meant “and exactly that word is required, not an alternate form.” I think? Maybe it always was just a synonym for double quotes, and never meant … Continue reading →

According to this announcement, the Amazon Product Advertising API will change October 25 2011, to require sending an Associate Tag with every request. In the past, they’ve sent out mass email sometimes when this API changes to all registered users, … Continue reading →

Letter to the editor I just sent to the New Yorker…. In the Financial Page of October 17, 2011, James Surowiecki writes of the iPhone/iPad App Store, that “the system is far more open than the Mac ever was; there … Continue reading →

One simple thing everyone these days wants (or ought to) in a ‘discovery layer’ these days is persistent urls for nearly all pages; including both individual record pages and search results pages, as well as other appendixes. By persistent urls, we … Continue reading →