I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, because the topic is so important. Search, in any of its forms, is fast becoming one of THE skills to master for the 21st Century. I first heard Rich Schefren a few years ago at a private conference refer to it as “search literacy”, and [...]

The last few weeks have seen the annual "March Madness" surrounding the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, with the conclusion only days away.
While the competition is fun to follow, especially if your favorite team or alma mater is still in the running, I’d like to draw your attention to some factors in play, hidden in plain [...]

Micro-blogging service and Twitter competitor Pownce is shuttering its site. Presumably the company was purchased by SixApart (makers of the MovableType and TypePad blogging software and service), and its technology will presumably be rolled into a SixApart offering at some point in the future.
Pownce never reached the critical mass of Twitter despite having arguably better [...]