Blogs and Business Value [1].

Blogs and Business Value. Information Week (John Foley):  Are you blogging yet.  Weblogs could have business value. [John Robb’s Radio Weblog] More fodder for the business value of blogs – a good thread from last week with input from John, Terry and me.[tins ::: Rick Klau’s weblog]

The Downside of KM? [1].

The Downside of KM?. Some cold water on the blogs as KM solution: Given a choice people tend not to communicate. Some don’t want to share, some feel threatened or diminished by sharing, some fail to understand that most things lose meaning unless they have adequate context, some enjoy a feeling of superiority by talking about their work in a…

It’s Knowledge Sharing – not…

It’s Knowledge Sharing – not Knowledge Management. Here’s a perfect example of how weblogs can create shared knoweldge: John Robb posts to his site about the State of Utah’s CIO asking his employees to start contributing to a K-log. Mohan Narendran adds a comment to John’s post, pointing him to the Singapore Business Times article interviewing Robert Buckman of Buckman…

Relive America’s Past [1].

Relive America’s Past. “ProQuest Releases Complete Digital Backfile of The New York TimesThis file begins in 1871 and runs to 1999. It includes over 25 million articles. From the news release, “Every backfile issue of The New York Times has been digitized from cover to cover, including news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements. Searchers can use basic keyword, advanced,…