Kevin Kelly at Cool Tools has a nice piece today about books that discusses two things. First, it talks about how he uses books in addition to online sources to gather conceptual information. He then recommends the first of five books that are unique in capturing or describing unique concepts and trends. His plan is to post one new book review each day this week. Today’s post is about The Search, John Battelle’s book on the Google and how search functions have been developed and their current and future impacts. I’ve passed the book several times in the bookstore and have even skimmed it a few times. Every time I do, I think of my current reading list and put it back. Now as I start to "conceptualize" these actions I think it will be added to my cart during my next trip to the store. John Battelle also has a related blog that talks about "search".
Why? I’ve blogged before about why I think librarian blogs are good sources of information about where information technology is heading for Extension. Same with searching. It is the key link in how people find their information. I plan on visiting Cool Tools daily this week (no problem for me – its on my daily list in my news aggregator) to see what books Kevin is recommending.