Links last week - 080511

The following links were collected last week (05 to 11 May), shared via Google Reader, added to FriendFeed or posted on Twitter. They have been organised by Library category: Systems and the elements - People, Information and Technology (including Office, Search and SharePoint)

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Systems

• The computer model that once explained the British economy - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/08/bankofenglandgovernor.economics
• Government of Canada and Web 2.0 (survey of what to do) - http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/08/government-of-canada-and-the-web-20/


• Open versus Closed disasters - http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/05/open-versus-closed-disasters.html
• How advertising works and why it won't work for Facebook - http://mattmaroon.com/?p=365
• Treating the organisation as a prototype - http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/treating-the-or.html
• Entrepreneurial Proverbs - http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/03/entrepreneurial-proverbs.html
• The Chief Executive's Handbook (hilarious) - http://www.iceland.co.uk/page/view/The_Chief_Executive

People

• The cost of being smart (we'll be extinct before the flies) - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/opinion/07wed4.html
• How to influence the decision you want (warping memories in court) - http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/05/warping_court_memori.html
• The CIA guide to optimised thinking (book to download) - http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/05/cia_guide_to_optimis.html
• Want to be come an expert? Avoid short cuts (i.e. practice, practice, practice) - http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/05/become-an-exper.html
• How to use your brain to change habits (you can't kill old ones, just circumvent them) - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/business/04unbox.html
• How little do we actually read? - http://www.useit.com/alertbox/percent-text-read.html
• Are we sleepwalking into the future? - http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/121
• Knowledge and collaboration tools - http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2008/05/04/knowledge_and_collaboration_tools.html

Information

• The importance of context to understand what information means - http://flowingdata.com/2008/05/08/why-did-andy-dufresne-escape-from-shawshank/
• The noise reduction system - http://scobleizer.com/2008/05/08/the-noise-reduction-system/
• A Pattern Library for Interaction Design - http://www.welie.com/index.php
• History of the Colour Wheel - http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/05/08/history-of-the-color-wheel/
• Information overload is so 1971 - http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2008/05/07/information_overload_is_so_1971.html

Technology

• The War for the Web: GYMA - http://www.andykessler.com/andy_kessler/2008/05/wsj-the-war-for.html
• You 2.0: closing the genetic gap (the next big thing?) - http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/news/2008/05/portfolio_0407
• CMS Horror Stories and the future of Community Platforms - http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/05/10/cms-horror-stories-and-your-soon-to-be-legacy-community-platform/
• Building a web app the Microsoft way - http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/dotnet/building-a-web-app-the-microsoft-way
• Microsoft Spatial tools for SQL Server 2008 - http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2008/05/06/microsoft-spatial.aspx
• Evacuation planning using Virtual Earth - http://blogs.msdn.com/markbrown/archive/2008/05/08/evacuation-planning-using-virtual-earth.aspx

Office Apps

• Pivot Tables (Excel) and calculated items - http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2008/05/08/pivottables-calculated-items.aspx
• SlideShare gets more money, when will MS buy? - http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9938811-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
• Microsoft supports DAISY for accessibility - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-07SaveAsDAISYPR.mspx
• Programming Office - http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/05/programming-office.html
• SAP/PeopleSoft Office integration kit - http://blogs.msdn.com/neilhut/archive/2008/05/05/sap-peoplesoft-office-integration-kit.aspx
• Why you should clean your documents before making them public (when talking about vampires on heat) - http://ricksegal.typepad.com/pmv/2008/05/the-coolest-bus.html

Search

• Microsoft Research paper - improving search results by mining web activity - http://searchengineland.com/080428-064639.php
• The Google Challengers: 2008 Edition (search start-ups) - http://futureofsearch.federatedmedia.net/archives/9
• i360 adds semantics to everything - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/i360_adds_semantics_to_everything.php
• Why firms are investing in SEO to get to the top of Google - http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3866889.ece

SharePoint

• What's in Service Pack 1 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936984
• Using the Virtual Earth control in SharePoint - http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans/archive/2008/04/12/using-the-virtual-earth-control-in-sharepoint.aspx
• Excel Web Access 101 - http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/05/excel-web-access-101.html
• SharePoint End User Security - http://blogs.msdn.com/arpans/archive/2008/05/09/sharepoint-end-user-security.aspx
• Building your SharePoint infrastructure - http://blogs.technet.com/tnmag/archive/2008/05/06/inside-sharepoint-building-your-sharepoint-infrastructure.aspx
• MOSS/WSS 3.0 Deployment Guidelines - http://blogs.msdn.com/mattbremer/archive/2008/05/06/moss-wss-3-0-deployment-guidelines.aspx
• A few useful links for SharePoint developers - http://blogs.msdn.com/saurabhkv/archive/2008/05/06/few-useful-links-for-sharepoint-developers.aspx
• Mobile development in Windows SharePoint Services - http://blogs.msdn.com/mcsnoiwb/archive/2008/05/05/mobile-development-in-windows-sharepoint-services.aspx

And finally, apologies as might only be of interest to UK readers, The Apprentice in Lego - hilarious!

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