Don’t shoot me, but I’ve got to say: “search” is just the end result. The essential building block is “cataloging.”
To this end, David Weinberger (The Cluetrain Manifesto), has published “Everything is Miscellaneous.” It is the best book I’ve read about how we find, classify and prioritize information about information (meta data).
The book takes readers from the organization of a Staples store; to Darwin; to the revolutionary but ultimately flawed Dewey Decimal system; to our present day, miscellaneous “third order” cataloging via Flickr, Amazon, iTunes, and De.lic.ious.
I was congratulating myself yesterday when talking with Matthew Berk at Marchex and knowledgeably discussing “Decision Trees.” Now, I am looking forward to also matching wits with Gib Olander at Localeze. Thanks to the book, feel free to also ask me about such arcane things as “Smart Leaves” and “the Semantic Web.”
Note: A lot of us are participating on Facebook’s virtual bookshelf. We’ve got to get one going just for “Local Search.” In the meantime, why not add the bookshelf, and recent books you’ve read?
Peter, having witty coinversations with you is always one of my favorite things & thanks for the book recommendation. I have placed my order and am anxiously awaiting it’s arrival.
Great Idea for a local serch, book club, Ambient Findability by Peter Morville would be my recommendation.
I ordered this book as well. thx for the recommendation and the link. I recently finished ‘The Brand Gap” by Marty Neumeier. This was a short but excellent read. There is also a great summary presentation by the author at http://www.slideshare.net/coolstuff/the-brand-gap