Author: fioritto

The issue is user created…

The issue is user created context. “What I think may be relevant today is that new tools (weblogs, wikis, etc) are pushing forward along the dimension of context management instead of content. Perhaps what we are building with weblogs, RSS, and the rest is the infrastructure for personalizing and managing context on a new scale. “[McGee’s Musings]

Why Charging For Newspaper Content…

Why Charging For Newspaper Content Online Doesn’t Make Sense. One of the arguments that shows up here repeatedly is on the backwardness of local newspapers charging for online content. There are a number of reasons why it’s a bad idea – from the level of taking yourself out of the online discussion and believing that walled garden content can survive…

BUSINESS 2.0: BEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES…

BUSINESS 2.0: BEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES. (expertise finder from Entopia’s Social Networks Analyzer)The November edition of Business 2.0 (only available on-line to subscribers) has selected Social Networking Applications as the Technology of the Year. Mentioned in the survey are Ryze, LinkedIn, Friendster, Zero Degrees, Tribe.net, Spoke Connect, and Visible Path. The magazine should be commended for this insightful choice, but they…

Internet Librarian: 30 Search Tips…

Internet Librarian: 30 Search Tips in 40 Minutes. Mary Ellen Bates on tips for searching effectively. These are her tips, not mine. My comments, when I have them, are parenthetical. I almost hate to share these, because these are the kind of tips that let people like me come across as an ?angel of information mercy? to the people who…

Social Software for KM [1].

Social Software for KM. Ross Mayfield writes about the need to rethink knowledge management, pointing to discussions by Dave Pollard and Jay Fienberg. One of the points made by Dave is about the use of social software for KM and its benefits: The entire issue of centralized content collection and management goes away. Everyone does their own. The intranet becomes…

Personal service-oriented architecture [1].

Personal service-oriented architecture. There’s an important lesson here I hope desktop applications will learn, courtesy of the emerging paradigm of SOA (service-oriented architecture). In the realm of SOA, events are represented in an open XML format and flow through a transparent pipeline that’s open to inspection and subject to intermediation… Ironically, the graphical desktop popularized the event-driven model that’s being…

Wireless-Warrior [1].

Wireless-Warrior. WiFi information resource for wlan admins and advanced wardrivers. includes over 700 (tendency rising) wireless related links to manufacturers, advisories, organisations, software and so on. With the latest News Related Knowledge Base Wireless Toolbox [Smart Mobs]

Doing Management (Ross Mayfield) [1]….

Doing Management (Ross Mayfield). Two great Knowledge Management practitioners just posted great insights about how Enterprise Social Software transforms the practice into Doing Management. Dave Pollard contributes a paper on the Future of Knowledge Management. He addresses the primary failings of traditional KM, the… [Many-to-Many]