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By Joe Andrieu on January 2, 2010
This last year (2009) was the most challenging ever for me, both personally and professionally. Good times, tough problems, people that transformed my heart, and ideas that changed my perspective. It wasn’t always easy, but each challenge had its own reward. I’m looking forward to writing a bit more this year, opening the conversation up [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2009, 2010, Azigo, Doc Searls, happy new year, kynetx, project VRM, scanaroo, SwitchBook, the mine!, User Driven Services, VRM |
By Joe Andrieu on February 12, 2009
Last week we used a prototyping technique that has changed the way I look at development: paper prototyping. I had heard a bit about this before and it sounded great… but there’s always such a drive to just start coding! Before I reach Carolyn Snyder’s excellent Paper Prototyping, I hadn’t realized what I was missing. [...]
Posted in Search, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged carolyn snyder, development, paper prototyping, programming, ProjectVRM, search map, SwitchBook, User Driven Search, VRM |
By Joe Andrieu on February 8, 2009
Doc Searls recently brought my attention to a White Paper by Phil Windley, about his company, Kynetx. It does a good job explaining the thinking behind their architecture, and raises some questions that, for me, challenge some underlying assumptions and business choices. Problem Domain The distributed nature of the web is a big part of [...]
Posted in Identity, Intention Economy, Personal Data Store, ProjectVRM, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged ad blockers, Adaptive Blue, data rights management, Doc Searls, Glue, information cards, kynetx, MyDex, open source, open standards, OpenID, Personal Data Store, Phil Windley, privacy, r-button, rbutton, relationship services, search map, Skype, structured browsing, SwitchBook, User Driven Search, User Driven Services, VRM, web augmentation, Yahoo Toolbar |
By Joe Andrieu on January 19, 2009
Alas, a noble experiment has been slayed by the relentless hand of corporate focus. Google has announced its web-clipping scrapbook Google Notebook will no longer be actively developed. I’ve mentioned Google Notebook briefly in the past, as a tool for helping with user-driven searches (more) — or complex searches as I used to call them. [...]
Posted in ProjectVRM, Search, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged advanced search, Complex Search, Doc Searls, Google, Google Notebook, search map, SearchWiki, SwitchBook, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management, VRM, VRMWorkshop, VRMWorkshop2009, Wikia |
By Joe Andrieu on July 20, 2008
Whether it’s user-generated content like YouTube, user-written and edited knowledgebases, like Wikipedia and Freebase, or user-centric Identity like OpenID and Information Cards, user-driven thinking is transforming our world. With VRM– Vendor Relationship Management–that revolution reaches the market, creating tools for individuals to get more value out of their relationships with Vendors. The goal is to [...]
Posted in ProjectVRM, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged MatchMine, SwitchBook, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management, VRM, VRM08, VRMWorkshop, VRMWorkshop2008 |
By Joe Andrieu on July 12, 2008
It is time to give users more control over Search. At VRM2008 in Munich and at IIW in Mountain View, I started a conversation about User-Driven Search, the premise: what would it mean for users to truly drive their searches? User-driven is a new term that came out of the VRM community riffing on the [...]
Posted in ProjectVRM, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged Adriana Lukas, Doc Searls, Google, SwitchBook, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management, VRM, VRMWorkshop, VRMWorkshop2008 |
By Joe Andrieu on March 18, 2008
Microsoft Research recently revealed a new interface, called SearchBar, for tracking Advanced Searches. It’s pretty cool. The video is a must see for anyone interested in next-generation search. And the PDF is solid detail well worth the read. [You might also want to see their other Search UI innovations.] The new SearchBar addresses a lot [...]
Posted in Search | Tagged advanced search, Jacob Nielson, Microsoft, Microsoft SearchBar, SearchBar, SwitchBook |
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