InfoWorld. Ray Ozzie uses an example to point out why certain tools work for KM and collaboration and others don’t: Offering a timely example of how collaboration tools may be present, but not used, Ozzie related the experience of the U.S. Joint Forces Command, an intelligence and military branch of the U.S. government, during the investigation of the bombing of the…
Are weblogs legit business tools?…
Are weblogs legit business tools? Mike Masnick says yes. Mark Hurst says that Mike’s company does nothing but blogs, so of course he thinks they’re business tools. To Mark I’d say, one day someone said that about phones, and today every company organizes its business on the phone, and using other communication tools such as airplanes, hotels, notepads, whiteboards, email,…
NWFusion [1]. Mark Hurst falls…
NWFusion. Mark Hurst falls into the anti-hype trap regarding weblogs. Like many consultants today, he is using anti-hype in a way that sounds very much like hype. In this new anti-hype bubble (which seems to emerage during every tech downturn), consultants emerge to say the predictable things: all new technology sucks, existing tools can do the job, IT departments should cut their…
Portals, Blogs, & RSS: Why…
Portals, Blogs, & RSS: Why They Are Your Future. HTML Slide Show presentation connecting the dots between portals, blogs and RSS, from the point of view of librarians. [Hypergene MediaBlog]
Building A Community Wireless Network…
Building A Community Wireless Network From Scratch [Slashdot]
FogBUGZ 3.0 [1] is now…
FogBUGZ 3.0 is now shipping! This is a really huge upgrade; FogBUGZ moves up from being a simple bug tracking package to a rather robust management system that handles the entire development process. [Joel on Software]
*Suction cup 7 dBi antenna*:…
Suction cup 7 dBi antenna: Mike from Signull Techologies sent me the URL of a spec sheet for their 7 dBi suction cup antenna pictured deployed on automobiles! Wardriving made easy.[80211b News]
The Art of Unix Programming…
The Art of Unix Programming – Eric S. Raymond
Roles and tasks of a…
Roles and tasks of a community manager.. So klognets are little ad-hoc communities in blogspace. Suppose you want to support and nurture them? What do you do? Sift Online Communities Insider posted these key roles and tasks to the Knowledge Board‘s Communities of Practice SIG. Amongst the key roles of the community management function are: A visible custodian of the user’s experience…
Jon Udell [1]: “A linked…
Jon Udell: “A linked web of XML documents is a potent architecture that Web services can and should exploit. Happily, GWS does.” As usual, a tremendously articulate and thoughtful analysis. Thanks, Jon. [Ray Ozzie’s Weblog]