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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Call for responses - Consultation Paper launched

29-Feb-08

We celebrated a project milestone at work this week. At yesterday’s meeting of Academic Board, the Vice-Chancellor tabled “Scholarly Information in a Digital Age: choices for the University of Melbourne.”
This consultation paper outlines:

changes in society and scholarly practice that affect how we value and manage our scholarly information
the history, size and resourcing of our current [...]

The editor’s dilemma

22-Feb-08

Oh yeah, I know that feeling…

Source: xkcd.com, a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, maths and language.

Tags: xkcd, art, editing, gtd, authority

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The committee’s first meeting

21-Feb-08

For a successful project, you need an effective steering committee and an influential sponsor who cares about what you’re trying to achieve in the project. Ideally the sponsor should chair the committee.
We had our first steering committee meeting today.
The sponsor/chair opened the meeting.
He tabled a single printed page, an excerpt from a book: Yes Minister’s [...]

Search analytics: masterclass with Rich Wiggins

14-Feb-08

Next month in Sydney, Richard Wiggins (Michigan State University) will lead a one-day masterclass on search analytics.
Rich has been working with Lou Rosenfeld on a new book about search analytics, so I’m looking forward to hearing what he has to say.

Tags: analytics, user experience, search, wiggins

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Toolkit: Simple Tags plugin for WordPress

09-Feb-08

Over the years, I’ve built up a toolkit of essential software, gadgets and reference material. This ‘toolkit’ series introduces some particular favorites that you, too, might find useful.
Simple Tags plugin for WordPress
Created by Amaury Balmer, the Simple Tags plugin works with the latest version of WordPress blogging software.
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allows you to add [...]