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ISSN 1460-7239 4th January 2001 No.78
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IN THIS ISSUE
EDITORIAL
MY FAVOURITE TIPPLES
from Cvetko Ostroznik
FREE PINT BAR
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Reviewed by Simon Collery
TIPS AND TECHNIQUES
"Radio Industry Web Sites"
By James Hatts
BOOKSHELF
"Common Knowledge -
How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know"
Reviewed by Martin White
FEATURE ARTICLE
"Careers Information Resources"
By Brian Nisbet
EVENTS, GOLD AND FORTHCOMING ARTICLES
CONTACT INFORMATION
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EDITORIAL
If you read my Editorial in the last issue then you'll know that I was
just about to fly off to somewhere in the world for a 'survival' week
for the BBC's forthcoming new series of "Bare Necessities". Well, they
flew us to the Arizona Desert just outside Phoenix where we built
our hut in Gold Canyon at the foot of Superstition Mountain!
I can't tell you too much about it, however we had lots of fun doing
cowboy-like things among the cacti and did in fact survive (as you may
have gathered). We were forced to eat little wriggly things and yes it
was absolutely freezing at night. I won't tell you if we three
'librarians' (am I a librarian?) beat the 'car salesmen' in the race
for achievement points, so you'll have to watch BBC2 in February to
find out. For the benefit of the two thirds of Free Pinters outside
the UK who can't see BBC2, just watch your local variation such as
"Survivor" and you'll get the idea. Did the experience change me as a
person? Well, I do now have a greater appreciation of the little
luxuries in life, such as food. Would I do it all again? Yes please.
We have some very interesting articles in today's Free Pint. We take a
look at how the Internet is transforming the radio industry in
surprising ways, and where to find UK career information on the Web -
not job sites but where to get actual career guidance. There's a
review of an interesting Knowledge Management book, as well as lots of
tips and the regular review of the latest at the Free Pint Bar.
On the topic of survival, I would once again ask for your help in
encouraging your colleagues and friends to sign up for the Free Pint
newsletter. We do rely on your support to help us grow our community
and by using our paid services like the new UK company research
gateway at <http://www.freepint.co.uk/icc/> you can invest directly in
the continued growth of Free Pint this year.
On that note, from me and the team here at Free Pint, we hope you have
a very Happy New Year!
Cheers
William
William Hann BSc MIInfSc
Founder and Managing Editor, Free Pint
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MY FAVOURITE TIPPLES
from Cvetko Ostroznik
* Linkscan's Quickcheck - Integrity checks for links that have died,
don't work or have been redirected. <http://malch.elsop.com/quick.cgi>
* TheCounter.com - Free counter service with up to the minute stats
including referring pages. <http://www.thecounter.com>
* Internet.com - Valuable resource for all Web building needs.
<http://www.internet.com>
* Tifosi-Club for all the latest Ferrari F1 news. With inside stories,
a great online store, chat facilities and worldwide buddy link up
for international race travelers. Site monitored 24hrs a day.
<http://www.tifosi-club.com>
* F1 Rumours - For the best daily news during the Formula 1 season and
a great live simulcast across the entire weekend.
<http://f1rumors.net/f1rumors.html>
Cvetko Ostroznik is an Australian Solicitor and recent E-Com Graduate
living in Detroit USA. His site is NetNewsCafe
<http://netnews.50megs.com> with 40+ Internet topics, 4,000+ links and
twice daily updates.
Tell us about your top five favourite Web sites. See the guidelines at
<http://www.freepint.co.uk/author.htm> or email <simon@freepint.co.uk>
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If she's not careful, she'll end up dead!
Starting on 8th January, read the first instalment of the
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Reviewed by Simon Collery
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Sometimes I feel like an evangelist for all things online and in a
way I am. Sure, high tech companies took a knock in the financial
world last year, but for information people and researchers there are
many blessings to be counted and I'm looking forward to another year
of surfing. There are problems to be tackled but a lot of us would
be out of a job if there weren't.
Communications have been greatly improved by the development of the
Internet and those using it now have easy access to tools that didn't
exist a few years ago. I recently reviewed a site that lists quite a
number of these tools, which are freely available to everyone with an
Internet connection (6404). Some older forms of communication have
been enhanced too. Voluminous phone books can be replaced by
sleek online directories (6489) and even reverse look-up directories
in some cases (6405).
One of our subscribers wants to know if you can get your stationery
designed online without needing to visit the designer (6540).
Possibly, depending on where you live. But not everything online is
going smoothly. Recently we have heard from a Free Pinter whose ISP
has collapsed leaving a lot of people without a connection
(6521, 6560) and from another who is unable to contact the company
hosting his Web site (6468).
Finding business information has been revolutionised by the Internet
and we have had queries on landfill contractors (6382), economic data
on Cambodia (6426), company data (6461, 6535), business proposal
templates (6474) and annual reports (6528). There were also a couple
of questions about jobs (6518, 6554). We are still looking for a
listing of top UK PR companies (6573) and convertibility of currency
in current and capital accounts (6550) if anyone has any suggestions.
Other free information resources are plentiful too and one of the
aims of my daily Tipples is to highlight the best I can find. You
can listen to numerous styles of music all day long (6423) while
viewing great art, literature and historical documents (6512, 6494)
if you like. But if you are at work you can search for events
(6513), ASPs (6523, 6477), patent data (6479), education information
(6451, 6471) and protection against discrimination at work (6534),
among other things.
Statistical and quantitative data is tricky, but there are plenty of
sites to check up (6438, 6439, 6501, 6509). Some specific questions
have been asked about UK sites without UK domain codes (6496) and
online advertising in the car market (6510) and they haven't been
answered yet. It's hard to say why quantitative questions can be so
hard to answer but some data is probably just not available. And I
suspect search tools are not so good at certain types of query.
Now, said search tools are given a hard time, but what they do is
often impressive. However, we are always looking out for superior
search tools (6415, 6596, 6444). Apparently there are people known
as Web ferrets who spend their time surfing for information, sales
leads, etc (6416). Haven't come across the term myself but it does
sound a little like my job. Perhaps some Web ferret would be
interested in answering questions about search engine registration
and rankings (6410, 6435) and indeed, questions about search engines
in general (6374).
Developing all these useful search tools, communications tools and
resources are the Web masters and technical bods. They have been
asking and answering questions about surfing with frames (6390),
problems with Dreamweaver (6412), IE favourites (6450), Lotus CC Mail
(6481), MS Publisher (6485), chatroom legal issues (6500), HTML title
tags (6508), Netscape bookmarks (6519), Web content management
systems (6545), creating Web sites (6547) and online survey design
(6580).
More miscellaneous questions have been asked about online auctions
(6392), Mailbase's change of name to Jiscmail (6398), rules to the
game "Tower of Hanoi" (6420), classified email directories (6440),
anti spamming laws (6456), autonomous learning (6559), customer
surveys on Intranets (6568), counterfeit banknote detection
techniques (6464), word and number puzzles (6589), occupational
awareness research (6592) and competitions for schools (6409).
And I think that just about wraps it up.
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The Student Bar is waking up after its Christmas lull with a question
about the opacity and/or transparency of medical literature. Does
anyone know about any research in this area? (1105).
Simon Collery, Content Developer <simon@freepint.co.uk>
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TIPS AND TECHNIQUES
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"Radio Industry Web Sites"
By James Hatts
Radio and the Internet go together very well. Despite early
predictions that the Internet would have an adverse effect on
traditional media such as radio, the past few years have shown that
there are many synergies between the two media.
In a local context, the World Wide Web has enabled radio stations to
communicate directly with their audiences and provide support
materials for their programmes. In a broader context, national and
regional boundaries have been blurred as even the smallest radio
station can stream its output over the Internet and reach out to new
audiences. And not only is audio streaming less bandwidth-intensive
than video, but it's possible to listen to radio whilst working on
other things.
This is a brief survey of industry websites. I have not attempted to
cover every aspect of this huge industry, but the sites I have
included should provide a good basis for further investigation of the
world of radio.
Industry sites
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Starting points for information on the industry wordwide include
About.com's Radio Guide <http://www.radio.about.com/>. Generally
speaking, radio portals seem to be country- or region-specific.
The best UK source for radio industry information is the formidable
Media UK Web site <http://www.mediauk.com/>. It has a comprehensive
directory of radio stations, a directory of radio presenters and links
to industry news sources. The Media UK forums offer a lively community
for discussion and gossip.
Industry news
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One of the best sources for industry news is ukRadio.com
<http://www.ukradio.com/> - it's constantly updated and you can also
receive a weekly email digest of the site's news coverage.
A radio news site covering the USA and Canada is RadioDigest.com
<http://www.RadioDigest.com/>. Media Central has a Radio news channel
<http://www.mediacentral.com/channels/radio/>, but it does not appear
to be regularly updated.
John Cull's long-established Waveguide service
<http://www.waveguide.co.uk/> now carries less radio news than it has
in the past, but it's still worth checking out if the Java menus don't
crash your browser.
It's a pity that the industry's leading printed magazine in the UK has
transferred so poorly to the Web - The Radio Magazine website
<http://www.theradiomagazine.co.uk/> carries a few news stories, but
you get the sense that they are missing an opportunity here.
For industry gossip, Radiogoss <http://www.radiogoss.co.uk/> is the
place to go. It has recently been sold by the founder and the site's
format has changed, but there are still some good nuggets of gossip.
The site survived an attempt to shut it down last year when EMAP Radio
objected to coverage of its stations.
The Radio Academy has a useful side panel on its Web site
<http://www.radioacademy.org/> which rounds up radio news from across
the Web.
The Guardian's new Media Guardian site
<http://www.mediaguardian.co.uk/broadcast/> has an impressive
Broadcast section.
Radio stations
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BBC Radio's homepage <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/> provides a gateway
to the Corporation's many radio services.
In the US, the National Public Radio site for more details.
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