A comment about comments

Recently, I've been talking about blogs to non-bloggers to get them interested in blogging. One of the points I make to these folks is that the value of blogs lies in building unofficial networks of people, not creating individual posts. Blogs are essentially conversations. Often, especially at first, they're one-sided

How to make me a happier feed jockey

I have come across a frustrating number of feeds of late that put no work into their headers or feed displays. I don't understand why folks would not take every opportunity to scream who they are and what they're trying to accomplish. That's marketing 101, right? I'm going to pick

What’s Your RSS Reading Strategy?

Lee Lefever at Common Craft asks what's your RSS reading strategy?  I think it's a good question since more and more of the content I read on-line has gone to RSS.  My strategy goes like this: I have +/-175 feeds in Bloglines categorized by the subjects I'm currently pursuing (Topical,

Interesting KM Observation in today’s Fast Company

In Fast Company's article Free Agent, Free Spirit, Kinko's founder Paul Orfalea says he uses voice mail as his favorite knowledge sharing tool.If Orfalea is at a Kinko's outlet and he hears about a good idea, he immediately dials into the company's voice-mail system, introduces the coworker who described the

Knowledge Management II Class :: Notes/Thoughts

PIM In preparation for this class, we were asked to describe our personal knowledge management (PKM) schemes. How did we organize e-mail, paper, bookmarks, files, etc.? There were, of course, a variety of answers: to do, doing, donethe 4 Ds: deal with it, delete it, delegate it, date activate itin