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I'm commenting here partly in hope that Cathy might read it... the other day I spent 2 hours searching the TP site trying to find a book Tom recommended a while back (Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers). I knew I remembered Tom commenting he had contributed the foreword, and I knew it was about blogging, so I searched under 'foreword', 'blogging' and various other keywords but to no avail.

I ended up running through every TP blog archive for the past 2 years. I had a blast! Some of the discussions have been so entertaining/moving/stimulating!!! Just one example - a debate on Tony Blair's legacy - 18 months later that might have had a very different tone (no pun intended).

In the end I googled 'foreword by Tom Peters' and guess what - found it within 3 minutes! Another lesson learned!

Conclusion #1: I recommend (as a downtime activity) dipping into some of the past posts on this site - often a new perspective gives extra significance to a comment or recommendation that may have been passed over previously; Conclusion #2: Cathy, would it be feasible to create a Recommended Books archive, as per the Cool Friends/Blog archives, so that we can find these recommendations later, when they might assume a heightened relevance?

Just a thought.

Posted by Stephen Spencer at January 17, 2007 5:26 AM

It is ironic to hold a Human Resources conference in Saudi Arabia, whose growth is fueled by Oil and not human potential. I hope Tom told the Saudis to invest their money in Human Potential Development by creating world class research institutes in computer sciences, advanced manufacturing, genetics and life sciences. I hope Tom had the guts to tell the Saudis to wake up from their medieval centralized-power slumber and enter the modern age of people's intellectual power.

Posted by Abu Noaman at January 17, 2007 7:55 AM

Hello Stephen!
You've pointed out two failings with tp.com that we've known about for some time. We're working on fixes, but in the meantime, there are workarounds, as you found by going to Google. When our search function doesn't get results, using words remembered from tp.com as key words at Google often does. And once again Google gets a big thank you for being so good! The second problem with tp.com, along with search, is that if you click on a category in the left-hand rail, you should get all posts ever in that category. But the archive reached that way cuts off at a point in the past, and some of the earliest posts in the category are not shown. They can still be reached through the monthly archives, but when something would be easier to find by category, the archiving function doesn't meet the need. Because, all "What Tom's Reading" posts Tom ever did, including those from before we started blogging, are still available. You just can't see them all if you click on that category on the left. We'll talk about making a page to permanently feature ALL entries about What Tom's Reading. They make quite a reading list. Thanks, Stephen.

Cathy

Posted by cathy mosca at January 17, 2007 10:00 AM

Hi Cathy,

That's great - just the customer experience I'd expect (from tp.com but not too many others)!

I hope the feedback is helpful Cathy and I look forward to the reading list at some point! Thanks again for your prompt response.

Posted by Stephen Spencer at January 17, 2007 12:37 PM