There’s a researcher in my field (info sci) who has been studying the info needs of female police officers going undercover as prostitutes. What do they need to know in order to blend in? … to feel safe, yet really pass as prostitutes? I thought about that research today when I ran across this product (on a shoe blog actually): GPS platforms, being marketed to sex workers.

It made me curious about the info world of sex workers - these shoes are obviously being marketed on the ‘Net. Do sex workers surf the web for supplies and products? Of course they do. And do they share web URLs with one another? Probably. Are there blogs and online magazines they read to keep up on the latest…? I bet.

You hear that everything is on the web. Sometimes I try to force my brain to think of things it would not think to look for. The idea that “You don’t know what you don’t know” has always made me crazy.

I cannot believe that I am the first to create a “shoe” category on this blog (esp. w/KB and MP as contributors). Maybe I should tag it “fashion” but somehow it seems right to make it its own category. Just wanted to share a recent blog post from the Manolo Shoe Blog. It’s about librarians and shoes, but really it’s about money and how we make choices about spending it (read the comments; there’s some arguing about librarian fashion). I like Zappos and I also like eBay NIB (new in box).