• Mining Company, Dave (2/13/98)
  
• The Brain, Dan (2/12/98)
  
• Photoshop Layers and Beyond..., Dan (2/12/98)
  
• Visual Thesaurus, Chi-Wang (2/9/98)
  
• J-Schools create RoboReporter avi, (2/6/98)
  

Descriptions:

The mining company
Reviewed: Dave Host Site: Minginc Compant
An interesting approach to remedying the Web's lack of content-full hyperlinked documents. Their outlook: regardless of the current spate of "revolutionary new" computerized tools, we will always need smart people to do the repetitive dirty work of organizing networked information. Is this opinion easily refutable, or will our current grand endeavors lead to the same conclusion? Is the future of "library sciences" the art of trailblazing?

This is your brain. This is your brain as a computer interface. Any questions?
Reviewed: Dan Host Site: NY Times
A new product that acts as an organizer for your mind, allowing you to automatically and graphically organize thoughts and data tidbits.

Metropolis Magazine: World History
Reviewed: Dan Host Site: Metropolis
Photoshop layers and beyond. This feature discusses the impact of CAD on history of documents. Where before, each document would have to be completely remade to add changes, documents now have changes made on the data itself, leaving little to no history. The story also discusses how Photoshop (and other products) have implemented workarounds via layers.

Visual Thesaurus
Reviewed: Chi-Wang Host Site: Plumbdesign
May be of importance to us. It is a thesaurus designed visually that is nagivated via floating words, which are arranged in a unique spatial context.

J-Schools create RoboReporters
Reviewed: Avi Host Site: Wired
Using wearable headgear, researchers are implementing a a journalism tool that will put online, via wireless modem and gps, a massive database allowing a reporter to make connections about a given locale/event without lugging around a laptop.