December 23, 2006 – MichaelZimmer.org

Wikiasari, an Open, Wiki-based Search Engine

Posted by Michael Zimmeron December 23, 2006in Search Engines1 Comment

The Times.uk reports that Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia wants to build and open, wiki-based web search engine to rival Google. The search engine will be called Wikiasari — a combination of wiki, the Hawaiian word for quick, and…

Polar Rose: More Amateur Facial Recognition

Posted by Michael Zimmeron December 23, 2006in Internet, Privacy1 Comment

Another facial recognition search engine product has launched - Polar Rose. This New Scientist Tech article notes some of the privacy concerns: Polar Rose and future developments that make facial recognition available to the masses risk encroaching on people's privacy,…

The five-things-you-didn’t-know-about-me meme

Posted by Michael Zimmeron December 23, 2006in Social Media

Seth Finkelstein has tagged me with the “five things you don’t know about me” meme spreading through the blogosphere, and I figure if Seth is game enough to play, I can too 🙂 About 8 years ago, before I returned…

Privacy, Libraries, ALA and FBI

Posted by Michael Zimmeron December 23, 2006in Libraries, Privacy

I recently discovered Don Wood's blog Library 2.0 (thanks Library Juice!). Don is the Program Officer/Communications at the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, whose goals is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance…