Knowledge is power: KM remains vital to firm success. Nina Platt has written up the results of a recent informal survey of knowledge management in law firms. To quote: Knowledge management became a buzzword in law firms throughout the world in the 1990s. As firms learned how acquiring and… [Column Two]
ROI calculations: K-Logs vs. traditional…
ROI calculations: K-Logs vs. traditional Intranet Portals. John Robb has written a weblog entry that compares the ROI of enterprise portals and k-logs (k-logs are weblogs used inside an organisation). In it, he finds that k-logs provide similar benefits at a fraction of the cost. What is… [Column Two]
K-Log productivity: Time to find…
K-Log productivity: Time to find and availability. John Robb has written another weblog entry on K-log metrics (k-logs are “knowledge weblogs”). This one focuses on the time taken to find information in an organisation. To quote: An oft quoted statistic is that “knowledge workers spend 35% of… [Column Two]
Cheap Backup [1].
Cheap Backup. I do fairly regular backups from my server to tape, but I normally carry around most of my documents on my laptop as well. Copying them to the server is a pain, since many of them havn’t changed and the Windows GUI doesn’t have an easy way to copy just the updated ones (and please don’t suggest the…
Speaking of backups, Radio [1]…
Speaking of backups, Radio also has a way to make sure you don’t loose your weblog. Stop by http://127.0.0.1:5335/system/pages/prefs?page=2.16 and take a look. I keep the first box, “Check this box to have Radio back up new or changed data every night” checked and have the location set to a directory inside the afore-mentioned “My Documents” folder. That way I…
Are there any WiFi-enabled criminals…
Are there any WiFi-enabled criminals out there? Someone would like to speak with you; please read: As many of you are quite well aware, whenever you sit down at a conference or hotel or park or cafe or harbor with “open WiFi”, your network activity is possibly being recorded and reviewed by someone else very close to you. It doesn’t…
Simple instructions [1] on replacing…
Simple instructions on replacing your expensive and relatively useless KM system with a K-Log system that actually works…. [John Robb’s Weblog]
Article on blogs from the…
Article on blogs from the Chicago Tribune: Firms find way to avoid getting blogged downOriginally used by individuals for online diaries, the Weblog format is being adopted by more employers as a way to replace the e-mails, faxes and phone calls that slow office life.
Groove tackles project management [1]….
Groove tackles project management. Groove Networks on Tuesday rolled out a project management version of its desktop collaboration software designed to help distributed project teams work together more effectively. [InfoWorld: Top News]
Thoughts on micro-content, metadata and…
Thoughts on micro-content, metadata and trends. My investors, my readers and a variety of other people keep trying to get me to explain what I’m interested and why I’m interested in it. Here’s a first shot at this. Thanks to Steph, Kevin Marks and others on #joiito for a first pass edit. I’ve put it on the wiki as well…