Systems Web design and usability guidelines A resource from the National Cancer Institute:Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines [https://usability.gov/guidelines/index.html] > Lorcan Dempsey Nov 2, 2003
Systems Adopting open source > Open source is an easy choice for the Early Adopter customer: low cost, time to market, and extensibility offer Lorcan Dempsey Nov 2, 2003
Research ∕ Learning Blogs There was some discussion about blogs at the all staff meeting the other day. I have little sense of what Lorcan Dempsey Nov 2, 2003 1 min read
Systems Udi Manber and A9 There does not seem to be much available on the web about Amazon’s new search technology company, A9. > Lorcan Dempsey Oct 31, 2003 1 min read
Collections ebooks in the UK > Content suitable for UK (and European) markets was, until recently, in very short supply, although pricing and access models Lorcan Dempsey Oct 30, 2003
Books New issue of Ariadne available I always look out for new issues of Ariadne as I set it up many years ago with John MacColl Lorcan Dempsey Oct 30, 2003
Systems Automatic classification and web harvesting > Jessica Lindholm, Tomas Schonthal and Kjell Jansson describe the background to and the work involved in setting up Engine-e, Lorcan Dempsey Oct 30, 2003
Systems Trip Report - DLF Steering Committee and NDIIPP The October DLF Steering Committee meeting included a presentation from Laura Campbell (LC) and Clay Shirky (consultant) about NDIIPP [https: Lorcan Dempsey Oct 30, 2003 1 min read
Systems Economist on Google IPO Via Brian: Even more frightening (especially to those who remember Netscape’s fate in the browser wars), Microsoft smells blood. Lorcan Dempsey Oct 30, 2003
Misc Clay Shirky Clay Shirky is working as a technical consultant to the Library of Congress NDIIPP initiative. > Mr. Shirky divides his Lorcan Dempsey Oct 30, 2003
Systems ZDnet on federated identity Article by Dan Farber overviewing some recent developments in federated identity management. Interestingly, he does not mention Shibboleth. > The Lorcan Dempsey Oct 30, 2003
UX Why aren't user interfaces more like cars .. > Now what about user interface design? Every software application I own has a bespoke interface. No doubt this has Lorcan Dempsey Oct 29, 2003