So, I was invited to an inspirational online class by a high-energy life coach with what sounded like a very personable presentation style. Looks like she speaks to hundreds at a time and really fires them up to reach their potential. The Price of Confusion But I never got far enough to see what her […]
Still Smarter than Bots
It’s been very enlightening finding out that we’re still smarter than those little programs that go around and index websites. I realize that computers like IBM’s Watson are making waves on Jeopardy and elsewhere, but semantic understanding seems to still be primarily the domain of humans. Bots come up with the darndest things! The Downside […]
PI Day 2019: Infinite Combinations
Since we are PI (Potomac Indexing), we’ve always held the mathematical constant, π, close to our hearts and use it in our logo. So, today being π day, we are duly celebrating the usefulness of this great and ultimately impossible-to-pin-down number (more on π’s unique qualities at Wikipedia, here). PI and Indexing As indexers and […]
Indexer Mind
Folks often ask, after the initial “Someone actually creates the index that goes in the back of a book?”: “How do you go about figuring that out?” Or someone who’s thinking about being an indexer will wonder if the career field is a good match for them. This is an important question because there’s a […]
PI Associate Interview: Maria Sosnowski
We’re running a series of interviews to introduce you all to our wonderfully talented group of independent indexers and taxonomists who enable us to say “yes” to the variety of project types and turnaround times our clients are looking for. Today, we’d like you to get to know our talented legal indexer, Maria Sosnowski. Your Business […]
PI Associate Interview: Jim Diggins
We’re running a series of interviews to introduce you all to our wonderfully talented group of independent indexers and taxonomists who enable us to say “yes” to the variety of project types and turnaround times our clients are looking for. Today, we’d like you to get to know our talented book indexer, Jim Diggins. Your Business […]
