Are You Prepared for Unpredictable Business Losses?

Freelancing is business. Loss from unexpected problems, such as a robbery, is a business loss, not a reflection of who you are.

Maislin, Seth A. Editorial Freelancers Association (1995). Careers>Freelance

Indexing America Online (Part One)  

Indexing America Online was the most absurdly daunting project I had ever faced. This article is the story of that contract.

Maislin, Seth A. STC Indexing SIG (1998). Articles>Indexing>Online>Search

Indexing America Online (Part Two)  

To deal with AOL's size, I contracted others to help me with 'the dirty work' of typing search words in the database records. At the height of the project, four people worked in a large room at open desks. Although I was in charge of the project, most of the nitty gritty was accomplished by two other individuals. Following my lead, they reviewed each of the AOL pages, decided the important concepts of each area, and chose representative vocabulary. With their assistance and the involvement of several Songline employ- ees, the project took under one year, from the initial planning stages through testing, review, and summary. In theory, then, AOL's size could be conquered by allowing enough time to complete the project and contracting enough indexers to do the work.

Maislin, Seth A. STC Indexing SIG (1998). Articles>Indexing>Online>Search

Indexing Online: The New Face of an Old Art

What happens to a book index when you remove the page numbers? It's called 'indexing online.'

Maislin, Seth A. Hyperviews Online (1999). Articles>Indexing>Online

Indexing Without Page Numbers  

The page number provides an intuitive context. Embedded indexing tools suffer because this context is transparent to authors. Further challenges arise from the low design priority awarded to embedding indexing tools of several applications. Hypertext-based indexing, such as on the World Wide Web, is an extreme case with difficulties ranging from a huge scope with negligible natural content, to a programming language that provides no straightforward technique for indentation.

Maislin, Seth A. STC Proceedings (1999). Presentations>Indexing