I’m no longer in the enterprise search business, but I know that many readers here are. If you are one of those readers, then I strongly encourage you to consider participating in the Enterprise Search Summit, which will take place next May in New York. I presented there last year and enjoyed the opportunity to [...]

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I’m proud to announce that Eugene Agichtein, Marti Hearst, and Ian Soboroff have invited me to help organize the upcoming Workshop on Search in Social Media (SSM 2010). The workshop will take place in conjunction with the ACM  Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM 2010), a young conference that has quickly [...]

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Mathematics illuminates the patterns that abound in our world. The Math Factory strives to enhance public understanding and perception of mathematics. Its dynamic exhibits and programs will stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity, and reveal the wonders of mathematics. The museum’s activities will lead a broad and diverse audience to understand the evolving, creative, human, and aesthetic [...]

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Just a quick reminder that the submission deadline for HCIR 2009, the Third Annual Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, is August 24th, which is just 3 weeks away! Please spread the word; I know people can be forgetful during the summer months. The workshop itself will be held on October 23rd, at Catholic [...]

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No, I’m not recruiting for my team–though I’m always open to research collaborations. But I wanted to call readers’ attention to at least two places that are hiring folks with expertise in information retrieval.
The first is Panjiva, a startup that I’m advising. You can read more about them here. They are looking for a hands-on [...]

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I hope you all are gearing up for HCIR 2009! Those who have not yet read the call for participation or looked at the web site can safely ignore this message, which announces what we hope is a minor change for participants.
After receiving feedback to the CFP, we (Bill, Ryen, and I) decided to request [...]

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I am proud to announce that HCIR 2009, the third Annual Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, will take place at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC on October 23, 2009!
You’ll recognize the familiar crew of organizers:  Bill Kules, Ryen White, and yours truly. And we’ve lined up a great keynote speaker: [...]

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I blog a lot about the virtues of exploratory search and the narrow-mindedness that Google and others exhibit in their focus on ranked search result lists, as well as about my skepticism about the value and longevity of the ad-supported model. I think it’s safe to say that I’m largely preaching to the converted–if anything [...]

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Just a reminder that readers here can, at no extra charge, ask to be part of The Noisy Community. It’s a great way to reinforce that so much the value of this blog comes from you, the readers, who collectively contribute far more content to it than I do!

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I just noticed a post by Peter Morville today about a flex track session he’s trying to organize at the IA Summit this week to discuss challenges and brainstorm about the relationship between practice and research in information architecture. I’m not attending the summit myself, but if anyone here is, I hope they’ll participate and [...]

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