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Lou Rosenfeld shares the questions one should pose when engaging prospective consulting firms for information architecture and information management project work. This list of questions should be very valuable if you are on the customer end of a client-vendor relationship.

It also seems like it would be an interesting list of questions to think about if you're a consultant and have never been on the customer end. As a consultant, you probably already ask many of these questions of prospective clients as well, as part of your first client interview about a new project. If you're on that end, this gives an idea of the kinds of things to be prepared to answer.

http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/bloug_archive/2008/05/questions_for_iaim_vendors.html

TextFlow is a new parallel document editing application and service that allows multiple users to work on a document simultaneously. The service should appeal to people who use the Track Changes feature of Microsoft Word. TextFlow lets users edit documents, and instantly see the changes suggested. One person can review the changes and apply them.

The difference between this service and something like Google Docs or working in a wiki, is that the changes are indicated visually, rather than having to go through the diff displays in revision history. It's simple and should be intuitive for users who use Track Changes in Word.

The service is currently in beta, and you can view a screencast demonstration on the TextFlow site.

http://www.textflow.com/

If you're ever in need of a vector drawing of a world map, Web Resources Depot put together a list of links to maps you can find for free.

Via swissmiss

http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/free-vector-world-maps-collection/3