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…
Applying the 80/20 rule to…
Applying the 80/20 rule to IA. Lou Rosenfeld writes about the 80/20 rule in IA. He highlights that a few key elements have a major impact… [Column Two]
activeBookmarks Tutorial [1]. I’ve published…
activeBookmarks Tutorial. I’ve published part 5 of the activeRenderer tutorial series last night. It covers publishing your browser’s bookmarks in a dedicated outline page or an activeRoll. These activeBookmarks are the latest feature of activeRenderer vs 1.1, released on Tuesday. [read more] [s l a m]
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…
Microsoft and the Portal [1]…
Microsoft and the Portal [Line56: B2B News]
Paolo [1] uses iChat and…
Paolo uses iChat and my weblog to customize his IM experience. Very cool. [John Robb’s Radio Weblog]
Information Week [1]. The “secret”…
Information Week. The “secret” CIO takes a potshot at corporate weblogs. My response. [John Robb’s Radio Weblog]
Video E-Mail Reviewed [1]. Before…
Video E-Mail Reviewed. Before long, correspondents won’t read memos so much as watch them — with video e-mail. Two programs can put talking heads in the In box. By David Pogue. [New York Times: Technology]
KM wiki resources [1].
KM wiki resources. KM Wiki maintains an evolving list of information sources on knowledge management. The idea of sorting them “in order of originality, consistency and KM focus” is great. I encourage anyone who puts lists online to order the items. However subjective that order may be, it’s still more informative than random order. [Seb’s Open Research] Good set of knowledge…
Digging deeper into knowledge hoarding…
Digging deeper into knowledge hoarding. Something tells my intuition that we’re not framing things correctly when we get wrapped up in discussions of the appropriate reward systems/incentives needed to encourage knowledge sharing. It’s encouraging to see the beginnings of some research data, but I remain suspicious. I suspect that we still need to get a more nuanced understanding of knowledge…