When I threw this blog together, I had it in the back of my mind that this would be a place to discuss issues in my profession, gain some insights and become part of a larger community of people who also struggled with how to make the web a productive place. A part of me
If you've been reading my blog, you know that I'm piloting RSS within my organization. I started by setting nine co-workers up on Bloglines, and provided them with the following:A starter set of feeds A spiel about the value of RSSMethods to find feeds on sitesMy expectations for people in the pilotA reference sheet about
Apparently, not much. Cognitive science researchers at the University of Queensland say that the human mind can only keep track of four variables when trying to solve a problem. I'm not sure, but I think explains why I can't knit in front of the T.V. and read my knowledge management homework at the same time.
I've almost convinced my boss that we should have audio books on iPod Shuffles available for check-out in the company library. Once we get this in-house, I'll hit her with converting our company meetings and our president's speeches into MP3 and putting them on both the Intranet and iShuffles. After that, it's a baby-step into
After a year or more of explaining what blogs were... After citing examples of organizations using blogs to personalize their organization, further their message, connect with their customers... After the New York Times, Times Magazine and other MSM wrote about them... After the word was introduced into the common lexicon... After all that, I get
I despair of getting RSS readers installed on company desktops so my co-workers can read feeds produced inside our firewall. We have standard desktops, and changes to that desktop don't happen at the speed of business, IMHO. So, I thought that instead of lobbying for changes to the desktop, I'd go the route of web
After enduring the trials and tribulations of a computer outage at O'Hare International Airport (ORD), I made it to New York three hours later than expected (thanks United Airlines -- I'll rant about you later). So I had to make a choice between shopping in SoHo or hoofing to Central Park to see the Christo
43 Folders has five fast e-mail productivity tips, and I think it's a fine list. However, if you have more time and an interested group of people, I offer this suggestion: subject codes. In my organization, nearly every e-mail that's sent has one of the following subject codes in the title: AR: action required, the
I had some thoughts this morning about how to abuse the whole folkonomy trend. Concerns really, because I'm not sure these things haven't already happened: Ideological wars fought through tagging. Tag your opponent as "evil" or "wrong", "liberal" or "conservative" and have an army of information manipulators spread the tags through flickr, technorati and delicious.
Okay, here's a fun way to kill a few minutes: visit the Baby Name Wizard! You can check out any name and see its popularity ranking over time. Tammy seemed to hit its peak in the 1960s at number 14...Zesmerelda, on the other, has yet to make the list. *sigh*
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