And I mean that in the best sense. He is enthusiastic about the book, but finds lots to disagree with, pointing at omissions and places where I’m skating on ice that I haven’t let harden yet. Too much to chew on, at the moment, though, since I’m heading for a plane. But I’ll be back to re-read Frank’s review more than once.

Weblogg-ed writes about the book from the point of view of an educator, disappointed that there isn’t more in the book on that topic. There’s a useful discussion in the comments…

Tom writes beautifully about whether the change my book points to is significant or just re-tagging the deck chairs on the Titanic, so to speak. He uses this to try to understand Shelley‘s negative reaction to the book.

I of course do think things have changed significantly. To put it in its least popular way, I think we’re seeing the final nail in the Aristotelian view that there is a way the universe is ordered, that there is a best way to order, and that that order divides the world neatly through perfect definitions. Order is guided by interests, and we’re seeing a remarkable change in the who, how and what of order. Since knowledge has traditionally been about discerning that order, the same sort of changes are happening with knowledge. And likewise with authority.

IMO. [Tags: tom_matrullo shelley_powers everything_is_miscellaneous aristotle ]

JP Rangaswami is being way smarter about “Filter on the way out” (one of the principles in Everything Is Miscellaneous) than the book itself is. Plus there’s a discussion that expands JP’s thoughts provocatively. I love reading this. [Tags: jp_rangaswami everything_is_miscellaneous drm]

According to Ian McAllister, Amazon is rolling out more support for enabling users to subscribe to tags via RSS feeds. You can, for example, subscribe to the tag “sports” and specify that you only want books tagged that way or only products, or the most popular books tagged “sci-fi.”

It’s always good to add more and more leaves to the pile.

Tonight I’m giving a talk at Quail Ridge Books (3522 Wade Ave, Ridgewood Shopping Center) in Raleigh at 7.

On Wednesday, from 6-8, there’s a get-together for bloggers ‘n’ others – just a chance to talk. There will also be some free copies of my book around. That’s at Yahoo Brickhouse (3223 Mission St.). Thanks to Dabble and Brickhouse!

On ThursdayFriday, May 11, at noon, I’ll be at Yahoo in Sunnyvale for a public talk with Bradley Horowitz.

I hope to see you sometime soon. [Tags: everything_is_miscellaneous]

Tonight I’m giving a talk at Quail Ridge Books (3522 Wade Ave, Ridgewood Shopping Center) in Raleigh at 7.

On Wednesday, from 6-8, there’s a get-together for bloggers ‘n’ others – just a chance to talk. There will also be some free copies of my book around. That’s at Yahoo Brickhouse (500 3rd St, 5th Floor3223 Mission St.). Thanks to Dabble and Brickhouse!

On ThursdayFriday, May 11, at noon, I’ll be at Yahoo in Sunnyvale for a public talk with Bradley Horowitz.

I hope to see you sometime soon. [Tags: everything_is_miscellaneous]

Betsy Devine thinks the book “does a fine job of whacking a much-needed path” into the confusion that is its topic. “It is full of ‘aha!’ moments that you’ll start quoting to other people…” Betsy also has a picture of the book stuck into her kitchen miscellaneous drawer.

JP Rangaswami recommends the book and reflects on its personal meaning to him. “Anyone who is serious about the digital world would do well to read the book; anyone interested in information should read the book; anyone who is interesting in taxonomy and ontology must study the book.”

Susan Crawford — Cardozo law prof, ICANN member, and founder of OneWebDay (Disclosure: I’m on its board) — has blogged a review of Everything Is Miscellaneous. It’s, well, lovely.

Here’s a bit I like: “It’s not so much that everything is miscellaneous but that nothing need be. Shards of information are forever being gathered online, creating individual ‘knowledge’ that is revelatory. Weinberger finds music in the spaces between the notes, in the intersections and gaps and collections that make up online group-created knowledge.”