links for 2008-05-13

"The rise of enterprise search has put an increasing focus on searching ever broader collections of content and documents within organisations. Unfortunately it is often the case that searching more is not better than searching less".

"It makes for odd reading that you are saying 'honestly. we just inept at our jobs', but its good to see you holding your hands up to this fact. I guess you have to, you must know half the country doesn't trust a word you say anymore" - Hank Reardon

"This brand confusion is the reason that the UN asked the producers of Doctor Who to rename the branch of the armed forces that the doctor sometimes interacts with from “United Nations Intelligence Taskforce” to something else".

"The BBC blamed exceptional circumstances, including hiring technical staff to set up the new iPlayer for TV programmes for that year's steep rise in staff costs".