links for 2010-02-02

"Telling people at parties that you are an 'Information Architect' generally leads to blank looks all round. Here is a brief overview of 'the art and science of organising websites'."

"In this Nodalities Podcast, I talk with blogger and Guardian information architect Martin Belam. Martin has an interest in Linked Data, and an interesting perspective on where it fits in with News, both as a tool for journalism and research and as a resource for the industry."

"Search is among the most disruptive innovations of our time. It influences what we buy and where we go. It shapes how we learn and what we believe". The website of the book.

Ongoing project to illustrate every one of The Magnetic Field's 69 Love Songs. How f***ing awesome.

Especially if they do that sneaky thing where they give it to you for nothing for a month and then you forget to cancel it, which is how come I now have ESPN at home...

Great scanned images of a beautifully typed up match programme from 70s non-league football, which mentions Walthamstow Avenue in passing

"The Scott Trust Ltd, owner of Guardian Media Group plc, is offering two bursaries to assist students who face financial difficulty in attaining the necessary qualifications needed to pursue a career in software development for the web."