Author: fioritto

Papers from KMWorld and Intranets…

Papers from KMWorld and Intranets 2002. A selection of papers and presentations has been published from the recent KMWorld & Intranets 2002 conferences held October 28-31, 2002 in Santa Clara, California. This will continue to grow as presenters get round to uploading their files…. [Column Two]

Wicked problems [1].

Wicked problems. Wicked problems. Amy Lee is a work colleague and very patient wife of Mike (look at him now…he’s acquired a light on… [IDblog] Pointer to  a site of Jeff Conklin’s.  This is good for two reasons. One is that the work Jeff has done on applying technology tools to http://www.cognexus.org/id42.htm is important. Jeff was one of the early researchers…

Sucks-Less Writing [1].

Sucks-Less Writing. Gar’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing. My pal Gareth Branwyn was and is a great mentor to me. When I started bOING bOING (the print zine) in the late 1980s, he helped me with my writing immensely. Now he has posted a wonderful tip sheet at Street Tech, called “Gar’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing.” Thanks for sharing your secrets,…

Categorizing knowledge [1].

Categorizing knowledge. Theoretical discussions of knowledge management typically start with the distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge. Ignore the tacit dimension for a moment and consider a progression of four kinds of explicit knowledge that can shape how I collect, organize, and share knowledge. Sharing Answers   (What answers could be reused?)   The starting point would be concrete, specific…

K-Log Pilot Recap [1].

K-Log Pilot Recap. A number of people have e-mailed me asking how our pilot project is going. Quick recap: around the beginning of October, I started testing out a k-log (“k-log” is the unfortunate acronym that refers to a knowledge weblog – a system in which several employees use weblogging tools to share information internally). We chose to do a…

How Idiots Track Success (HITS)…

How Idiots Track Success (HITS). Martin White has written a blog entry discussing ways of measuring intranet success, such as usage stats or surveys. This is certainly a difficult area, one that I think we are all still struggling with. To quote Martin: Web page… [Column Two]