Bill Kosolosky gives it a substantial review. Here’s his last paragraph: “If you’re getting your information more from the Web than the main stream media, as more of us are, you’ll need to find how to gain the best experience, either for entertainment, self-edification, or strategies for competing with other businesses. David explains it in his latest book, not as an observer but as the Web’s most dedicated participant.” Thanks, Bill!

Bill’s also took a photo of “Everything Is Miscellaneous” shelved in the “Business Best Sellers” category at Borders. If that’s a miscategorization, I’m ok with it.

The always enjoyable Andrew Hinton has an insightful, witty, surprising set of slides ‘n’ text that tries to explain not only what Information Architecture is, but why it’s been so hard to explain. Along the way he has things to say about communities vs. communities of practice, how to attract flies, and why Wikipedia is more like an AK-47 than like an M-16. Great stuff, entertainingly and elegantly communicated. [Tags: information_architecture andrew_hinton ]

EOM.

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Karen Schneider, who was one of my favorite librarians even before she reviewed Everything Is Miscellaneous, has posted her review at the American Library Association’s techie site. She says the book is “dangerous.” That’s not an adjective I often (ever?) hear applied to anything I do — I installed a seat-belt on our LazyBoy chair — so I’m just tickled pink. [Tags: everything_is_miscellaneous karen_schneider ]

Peter Morville, author of the excellent and enjoyable Ambient Findability, reviews Everything is Miscellaneous. He likes it, but thinks I don’t recognize that “third order,” digital organizational systems are often built on top of “second order” systems. I’m sure he’s right that I over-emphasize the new and scant the existing systems. I do, however, believe in mixed modes and hybrid systems that take advantage of every way of organizing information. Since we no longer have to settle on one, we should have lots. [Tags: peter_morville everything_is_miscellaneous reviews]

My publishers have loaded up the next two weeks with lots of stops on a book tour. But most of them are at various company headquarters. Here are some of the events that are open to the public:

Raleigh, NC: May 8, 7pm – Quail Ridge Books (3522 Wade Ave, Ridgewood Shopping Center)

San Francisco: May 9, 6-8pm – Bloggers get-together at Brickhouse (3223 Mission St.), sponsored by Dabble and Yahoo Brickhouse (thanks!)

Sunnyvale, CA: May 11, 11am – Yahoo, discussion with Bradley Horowitz

Menlo Park, CA : May 15, 7:30pm – Kepler’s Books (1010 El Camino Real)

I’ll also be on the radio, including on “Tech Nation” on KQED, May 15, 2:30-3:30 PDT. And I’m scheduled for a wide variety of other radio interviews as well, so don’t be surprised if you hear me sputtering in your ear while you jog… [Tags: everything_is_miscellaneous]

Scoble’s got a brief review of Everything Is Miscellaneous, which he calls “a great read.”

Ed Yourdon writes up the first chapter, quite perspicaciously!

Britt Blaser reviews the talk I gave at the NY Public Library and our dinner afterwards.

Chris Locke reviews why he hasn’t yet picked up his copy from the post office. [Tags: everything_is_miscellaneous]

Peter Morville, author of the excellent and enjoyable Ambient Findability, reviews Everything is Miscellaneous. He likes it, but thinks I don’t recognize that “third order,” digital organizational systems are often built on top of “second order” systems. I’m sure he’s right that I over-emphasize the new and scant the existing systems. I do, however, believe in mixed modes and hybrid systems that take advantage of every way of organizing information. Since we no longer have to settle on one, we should have lots. [Tags: peter_morville reviews]

Ethan Zuckerman has posted a review of Everything is Miscellaneous. He thinks reading it is like drinking a mojito: Towards the bottom you always end up with leaves in your teeth. Ok, so maybe that wasn’t the point of his metaphor, but Ethan does a great job explaining what the book is about. [Tags: ethan_zuckerman reviews]

Karen Schneider, who was one of my favorite librarians even before she reviewed Everything Is Miscellaneous, has posted her review at the American Library Association’s techie site. She says the book is “dangerous.” That’s not an adjective I often (ever?) hear applied to anything I do — I installed a seat-belt on our LazyBoy chair — so I’m just tickled pink.