Wagging the Long Tail
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
Initial Results from my RSS Pilot
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
How much can your mind keep track of?
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
The slippery slope…
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
The best laid lobbying ousted by mean competitiveness…
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...
Secure RSS Feeds?
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
