NECC Day 2: Nothing New Under the Sun?

So at the end of a long day of tromping around the exhibit hall and running from presentation to presentation, I was having a very overpriced drink at a reception with some of my friends yesterday and the question was, “did you see anything good today?” The answers were a pretty unanimous “not really.”  Unfortunate.  [...]

NECC Day 1: Media and Expertise

Another year, another NECC.  My conference started with an “extra-curricular” visit to the Newseum, Washington D.C.’s newest museum.  The Newseum’s focus (as you may have guessed) is the media: a history of newspapers, TV news, and more.  The highlight was the top-floor room with a giant timeline starting in the 1500′s and extending through today.  [...]

Bing gets lost in the Wave

I don’t write a lot about “the industry” here but I can’t resist sharing a quick thought on how things are changing in the world of computers and the internet.  Microsoft, once the behemoth of the technology world, announces a new search engine called “bing” and puts it into production.  Reviews have been mostly positive [...]