Author: fioritto

Clay Shirky [1] on online…

Clay Shirky on online community.  Clay’s contrasting of “audiences” versus “communities” is also relevant in the enterprise environment.  “Employees”, like “audiences”, are intentionally gathered sets of individuals, linked by organizational affiliation and by the business processes within which they need to participate.  The bonds that hold communities together, however, are edge-based forces – the same forces that bring people together to solve problems, to innovate.…

Instant Messaging [1] in the…

Instant Messaging in the enterprise: “The problem is how do (the IM vendors) get paid for letting (another) client interconnect to (their) network,” Maghsoodnia said. IM will grow up in the enterprise “based on economic models that justify the cost of interoperability.” He’s implying telco-like interconnect fees, and he’s flat wrong. Read this note carefully, and consider what the world would be…

This is pretty interesting. Using…

This is pretty interesting.  Using (I think) flash, it allows people to create database entity diagrams on a webpage.  er-diagram.   Given that it is on a server and not protected by a password, people can stomp on each other in real-time.  However, a variant of this aimed at digital dashboard construction could make it very easy to manage and edit webservices on the…