From managing knowledge to coaching knowledge workers. I’m continuing to work out the implications of shifting attention from knowledge management to knowledge work. It may not sound like a big difference, but I believe it will prove to be a crucial shift in perspective. One important view of organizational design is the long standing notion that certain parts of the…
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Adjusting to P-time [1].
Adjusting to P-time. Earlier I wrote about P-time. I’m now trying to see if I can create a work style around it. I am getting up at 5-6am, sitting in my living room with all of my IM buddy lists, IRC and mail tracking the presence of as many people as possible. I have iTunes and iChat Streaming Icon on…
IBM’s WebFountain [1].
IBM’s WebFountain. ResourceShelf writes about an exciting web search technology, described by IBM’s Paul Horn as “Google on steroids.” The company has high hopes for Web Fountain, which was originally developed for a record company. The technology reads and understands text, and uses natural language to make correlations between words. Unlike traditional search, Web Fountain searches everything on the Web,…
Listening to Linux [1]. Good…
Listening to Linux. Good news in the continuing the Linux installation saga: I’m now using my Linux box as a tunes server. Well, actually, all I’ve done is move my mp3s onto it and am playing them through xmms. The slightly impressive bit is that Mandrake’s samba recognized the mini-drive I have plugged into a USB port on my XP…
*Strategic Positioning: How Professional Content…
Strategic Positioning: How Professional Content Can Profit From Individual Context. : What can premium content vendors learn from premium search techniques: an interesting and important story by John Blossom, of Shore Communications…”Premium content vendors may sniff at auctioned ad placement as a concept, but if they take the time to… [PaidContent.org]
Google now has a built-in…
Google now has a built-in calculator. Coool. How about a built-in dishwasher? [Scripting News]
J.D. Lasica [1]. Personal Broadcasting…
J.D. Lasica. Personal Broadcasting opens another front for journalists. Excellent. The only thing I want to reinforce is the idea of audio and video weblogs as discreet entities is wrong-headed. It is the combination of all media in a single weblog that has power. The only element that is missing from taking video and audio weblogging mainstream is an efficient delivery network. It is…
NewsKnowledge [1], a spin-off of…
NewsKnowledge, a spin-off of NewsIsFree, provides topic, corporate and custom feeds for clients to integrate into corporate portals. RSS based.
Jon Udell [1]: “There is…
Jon Udell: “There is an ongoing controversy in the XML world about the use of a feature called namespaces.” [Scripting News]
Crude classifications and false generalizations…
Crude classifications and false generalizations. Those that belong to the emperor. UUIDs in Python. In defense of Fahrner Image Replacement. That famous quote from Jorge Luis Borges. New writing from Leslie, Michael, Michael, stavros, and JD. (589 words) [dive into mark] A short catch-all post from Mark Pilgrim illustrates the wonderful serendipities of the blog world. In amongst his brief…