Tag Archives: User Driven Search

The Great Reconfiguration

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Joe Andrieu

The Internet is undergoing a major reconfiguration. No longer is it sufficient for companies to package a value proposition on their website and then drive traffic to it through ads, search engine optimization, and reciprocal links. Today companies must find … Continue reading →

Posted in ProjectVRM, Search, User Driven Search, User Driven Services, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged IIW, IIW2009a, ProjectVRM, User Driven, User Driven Search, User Driven Services, VRM, VRM Workshop 2009, VRM2009, VRM2009a | Comments Off

Paper Prototype Rocks

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Joe Andrieu

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! … Continue reading →

Posted in Search, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged carolyn snyder, development, paper prototyping, programming, ProjectVRM, search map, SwitchBook, User Driven Search, VRM | 4 Comments

Kynetx takes on Structured Browsing

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Joe Andrieu

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 … Continue reading →

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 | 1 Comment

Farewell Google Notebook, Move over SearchWiki, We need a Search Map

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Joe Andrieu

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 … Continue reading →

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 | Comments Off

Notes on User Driven Search

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Joe Andrieu

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in ProjectVRM, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management | Tagged MatchMine, SwitchBook, User Driven Search, Vendor Relationship Management, VRM, VRM08, VRMWorkshop, VRMWorkshop2008 | 7 Comments

Towards User Driven Search

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Joe Andrieu

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? … Continue reading →

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 | 9 Comments