http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/30/OnSearchTOC
Here is a searching series of articles on, well, searching -- a really deep delve into a topic which may seem simple, but which is not. Solving search issues in the author's opinion is essential for having computers work as real information tools, instead of being barriers to overcome. I quite agree with him -- this is a good example of the way in which the intellectual/theoretical 'plumbing' has to be put in place before any techological solution can really do much good.
Posted by jho at December 18, 2003 10:41 AM