Why Information Will No Longer Be Free: “Later this year, the Tribune Company may become the first major chain to dramatically expand its pay-for-content services…. [PAID: the economics of content]
What consumer electronics markets could…
What consumer electronics markets could a hand-held hard drive gut (when thinking about this, it is important to think of 2010 when you will likely have a TB in a hand-held package)? A fully realized system would radically impact the following: Digital still cameras. Digital video cameras. Portable radios. Portable CD players. TiVo (if shipped in combo with a base station…
Is knowledge work improvable? [1].
Is knowledge work improvable?. Dehumanizing Knowledge Management. Kim Sbarcea, CKO at Ernst & Young Australia (formerly a knowledge manager at Australian law firms Phillips Fox and Allens Arthur Robinson) dislikes the term knowledge management. It reminds her of “Taylorism”?the scientific management of factory work. Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915), was a mechanical engineer known for his innovations in industrial engineering. He…
Top 50 Online Publishers: Media…
Top 50 Online Publishers: Media magazine, part of the MediaPost group, has released its annual list of the top 50 online publishers for 2002, categorized… [PAID: the economics of content]
Hoover’s Gets New Buyout Bid…
Hoover’s Gets New Buyout Bid of $8/Share: Corporate data provider Hoover’s said its board will consider a buyout offer from two private investment firms–Austin Ventures… [PAID: the economics of content]
Knowledge work and productivity [1]….
Knowledge work and productivity. I’m rereading one of those classic Peter Drucker articles that make everything seem so straightforward and obvious. This one is from the Winter 1999 issue of the California Management Review and is titled “Knowledge-Worker Productivity: The Biggest Challenge.” (CMR, V.41, #2, Winter 1999, pp79-94) If it is typical Drucker, the rest of the world will start…
BostonWorks – Software Engineer Jobs…
BostonWorks – Software Engineer Jobs “Software Engineer Job Listings from BostonWorks and The Boston Globe.” [Recently approved feeds from Syndic8.com] This is a great idea. I hope to make our Career Central databases of library-related jobs in the Chicagoland area available via RSS at some point. Ideally, you’d be able to subscribe to a feed of new listings for public…
Blogs are conversations [1].
Blogs are conversations. Joi: A Cluetrain Moment. This combination of Google and blogs may create an opinion management and cluetrain manifesto sort of human conversation about products in a much less centralized method than some of the earlier models like epinions. Dig Marc’s comments on Joi’s blog (scroll down).[The Doc Searls Weblog]
Journalizing Journalism [1].
Journalizing Journalism. Chris Gulker: In my mind, the rise of Weblogs parallels events in the 16th Century when one of the first networks – reliable postal service – appeared. Shortly after people like Locke and Galileo and Descartes began writing each other about their discoveries, and then scientific academies formed, where these letters would be read aloud to others who…
Oreilly.net [1]. Andy Oram in…
Oreilly.net. Andy Oram in Oreilly.net: Media is Ripe for a Convergence of a Different Sort. Good thoughts here. [JD’s New Media Musings]