Comments on: Email or Search: Which Wins the Gold http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/email-or-search-which-wins-the-gold/ by Stephen E. Arnold Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen E. Arnold http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/email-or-search-which-wins-the-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-20736 Stephen E. Arnold Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:57:31 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=1431#comment-20736 Answer Maven, I agree. But what happens when 80 percent of the people cannot read and if they do read, prefer illustrated novels, systems that tell people what is needed, and offer eye candy, not content? Answer: entropy. Stephen Arnold, August 20, 2008 Answer Maven,

I agree. But what happens when 80 percent of the people cannot read and if they do read, prefer illustrated novels, systems that tell people what is needed, and offer eye candy, not content? Answer: entropy.

Stephen Arnold, August 20, 2008

]]> By: Answer Maven http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/email-or-search-which-wins-the-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-20703 Answer Maven Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:26:57 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=1431#comment-20703 One hole in the argument: search can be done, ableit not as efficiently, in the analog world. The greatest "search engine" prior to Angie's list or Craig's List--the Yellow Pages. And let's not forget indexes and TOC's. Methodology does not dismiss capability. People can work without access digital information--the task of a welder is to weld, the task of the truck driver is to drive. Using digital content to manage the tasks does not undermine the task, it just increases efficiency. The truce is well conceived. Search engines make messaging easier and search does take all forms but without usable content what's the point? One hole in the argument: search can be done, ableit not as efficiently, in the analog world. The greatest “search engine” prior to Angie’s list or Craig’s List–the Yellow Pages. And let’s not forget indexes and TOC’s. Methodology does not dismiss capability.

People can work without access digital information–the task of a welder is to weld, the task of the truck driver is to drive. Using digital content to manage the tasks does not undermine the task, it just increases efficiency.

The truce is well conceived. Search engines make messaging easier and search does take all forms but without usable content what’s the point?

]]> By: SuMa Awards 2008 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/email-or-search-which-wins-the-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-20608 SuMa Awards 2008 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:59:06 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=1431#comment-20608 [...] or Search: Which wins the gold http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/email-or-search-which-wins-the-gold/ Share and [...] [...] or Search: Which wins the gold http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/email-or-search-which-wins-the-gold/ Share and [...]

]]>