The current ‘highwater mark’ on…

The current ‘highwater mark’ on weblogs.com is 1036 updated weblogs per hour. The number of weblogs appears to be growing at a spectacular pace. While reading this infoanarchy article about the current copyright issues facing the entertainment and technology industries, a few things dawned on me: We need a name for this conflict. Some candidates might be: Hollywood vs The…

Whither blogs? [1].

Whither blogs?. Where are weblogs going? How will they adapt to the workplace? 1. Blogging platforms are quickly growing smarter. Blogs are document centric (the post is at the core) so they can evolve toward what you think of as project / process / knowledge management tools. XML, SOAP, databases, and content management services are part of the blogging toolkit.…

On the naming of things…

On the naming of things (klogs=knowledge sharing notebooks). (SOURCE:McGee’s Musings)-Hmm. I think we are getting there!I personally don’t like any name with the term “knowledge management” because this conjures up visions of hard to use systems dictated by a centralized knowledge management priesthood, but I like “knowledge sharing notebooks”, “personal knowledge publishing” and “professional knowledge publishing”. There’s been an interesting…

Weblog Policy: A number of…

Weblog Policy:  A number of people at Groove have started blogs, and I’m really trying to encourage more to do the same.  The more we live it, the more that we’ll learn from it, and the more that we’ll learn through it as we’re engaged in conversations with our customers.  And thus, the sooner that we’ll be able to improve our products and…

NYT on Jaguar [1]. David…

NYT on Jaguar. David Pogue gives a rave review to the new Mac OS X.2, AKA “Jaguar,” in the NYT: Plenty of other big-ticket features appear in 10.2: iChat, an instant-messaging program that’s compatible with AOL Instant Messenger; a surprisingly effective junk-mail filter in Apple’s Mail program; a new “clean install” option that lets you reinstall Mac OS X without…

Thomas Vander Wal grooves on…

Thomas Vander Wal grooves on Maslow and information needs. Springing from Lou’s post on splitting IA and IT, Thomas Vander Wal has an interesting piece on “Information Needs” reflecting Maslow’s famed hierarchy. [ia/ – news for information architects]