Reuters: “Grass-roots publishing tools are putting the power of authorship in the hands of millions.” [Scripting News]
Bad Intranets [1] [Line56: B2B…
Bad Intranets [Line56: B2B News]
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…
*We are watching the detectors…
We are watching the detectors: Slashdot thread on a white paper about how to detect whether NetStumbler and similar programs are running on your network. Interesting, given that these are typically considered passive activities.[80211b News]
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]
The Trillion-Dollar Question [1]. Jakob…
The Trillion-Dollar Question. Jakob Nielsen has released another alertbox, this time discussing the value of a usable intranet. To quote: The average mid-sized company could gain $5 million per year in employee productivity by improving its intranet design to the top quartile level… [Column Two]
What’s Info Got to Do…
What’s Info Got to Do With It?. David Weinberg is wondering what information has to do with the web. [ia/ – news for information architects]
Weblogs and Leaky Pipes [1].
Weblogs and Leaky Pipes. Ross Mayfield writes: 1) The time cost of email is driving adoption of other modes of communication like blogs and online communities like Ryze. 2) Blogging is at the early adopter phase. Today the majority of users are programmers or writers. For blogging to cross the proverbial chasm, the whole product needs to support the needs of…
I’m surprised at how much…
I’m surprised at how much I like the new “Radio” aggregator feature that emails the latest news to me every hour. All I want now is to be able to hit a POST link on any of the stories to route it through my own weblog… [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]
Guerrilla knowledge management [1]. I’ve…
Guerrilla knowledge management. I’ve just become aware of a website created by Greg Searle devoted to Guerrilla Knowledge Management. This consists of a weblog, articles and other resources around growing the use of Communities of Practice. There’s a fair bit of good stuff… [Column Two]