Google's Barcode of Favorite Places

Anothe cool tool application by Google! It is something I never thought about although now that I have the information, I like it and I find it fascinating. Here you can explore the favorite places of local experts from cities around the world. And you can find out where they like to go, and why, from their own perspectives.

Favorite Places: Introducing a collection of favorite places around the world

Here are my favorite places. These are the places that shaped me into who I am today. Warning: Some of my comments might make you gag!

5 Top Publishers Plan Rival to Kindle Format

You know I love my Kindle!!! I love to read books on it. And books only!

I do confess to reading magazines on it but it really is not as much fun as reading books on the Kindle. One of the reasons is that the Magazine format is still clumsy and does not feel as if you are really reading a magazine.

And then forget newspapers. I won't even try and I'm not about to buy a Kindle DX. I'm not even interested in seeing a demo. I'm of the generation that wants to read her newspaper articles on the Web. If I want to catch up on the daily news in print form I'll quickly check the front page at work on the Web. It'll give me an idea of what's going on around the world and then I'm fairly happy. I can do this with newspapers from other countries as well. All in one setting.

Now five top publisher are looking to create digital newspapers to rival Amazon's Kindle DX as a joint venture. I found the following article on ABC. Will it work? Will this be profitable for the Newspapers? Will the cost of newspapers go up since it's being read on a digital device?

5 Top Publishers Plan Rival to Kindle Format
by: RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer

Mapping the Geographies of Wikipedia

This map displays the total number of Wikipedia articles tagged to each country. The country with the most articles is the United States (almost 90,000 articles). Anguilla has the fewest number of geotagged articles (4), and indeed most small island nations and city states have less than 100 articles. However, it is not just microstates that are characterised by extremely low levels of wiki representation. Almost all of Africa is poorly represented in Wikipedia. Remarkably there are more Wikipedia articles written about Antarctica than all but one of the fifty-three countries in Africa (or perhaps even more amazingly, there are more Wikipedia articles written about the fictional places of Middle Earth and Discworld than about many countries in Africa, the Americas and Asia).

For the full article and additional images go to: Mapping the Geographies of Wikipedia.

Program management meets Web 2.0

Dec 3, 2009 - By expanding the ways in which people share information and collaborate, Web 2.0 promises to open the workplace to a freer flow of ideas and spur innovation. But despite proponents’ enthusiasm, constant communication and crowd-based creativity don’t fit every situation.

See: Program management meets Web 2.0

Article by Federal Computer Week

Glossary of Project Management Terms in French, Spanish & English

Here is a URL to a great site with Project Mange,emt Terms in three languages. They are all basic terms but still very useful.

Here are some terms you are to learn:

English: Project Management, French: Gestion de Projects, Spanish: Gerencia de Proyectos
English: Planning, French: Planification, Spanish: Planeamiento
English: Activity, French: Tâche, Spanish: Actividade

And a lot more terms... Enjoy!

'Ink And Paper' Technology

Since I've had my Kindle, I've been asked if I don't miss reading a book, holding it in my hands, flipping through actual paper pages. And I've honestly said no. My goal in reading books is not holding bound paper but reading the content. The only thing that I do miss from time to time is the way a paper book may fit into your hands.

I did, however, wonder why the Kindle feels so good? I love the contrast of the ink against the creamy white background. And here may be the answer. It's in the Ink!

E Ink is responsible for the Kindle display and their goal was to make the text on the Kindle look more like a real book and I'd say they've come pretty darn close! Here is more on "Ink and Paper Technology" an article from NPR.

Plagiarism-detection software settles centuries-old mystery?

How Plagiarism Software Found a New Shakespeare Play

Plagiarism-detection software was created with lazy, sneaky college students in mind - not the likes of William Shakespeare. Yet the software may have settled a centuries-old mystery over the authorship of an unattributed play from the late 1500s called The Reign of Edward III. Literature scholars have long debated whether the play was written by Shakespeare - some bits are incredibly Bard-like, but others don't resemble his style at all. The verdict, according to one expert: the play is likely a collaboration between Shakespeare and Thomas Kyd, another popular playwright of his time.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1883770,00.html