Month: December 2003

Pssss… Have You Heard About RSS?

Pssss… Have You Heard About RSS?.

Nice: Pssss… Have You Heard About RSS?

[elearnspace blog]

A very well done and thorough introduction to RSS. Here’s one quote that nicely captures the payoff from using RSS as a core component of your personal knowledge management strategy:

Since I started monitoring RSS feeds from about 80 instructional technology weblogs in January 2003, I can without a doubt say I have learned of more innovations and information relevant to my field than I would have gotten from checking web sites and reading listservs.

There’s been some recent noise about the bandwidth demands imposed by RSS readers that poll sites too frequently or not intelligently enough. I’m sure there are technical issues to be dealt with, but let’s not forget my bandwidth as an individual. RSS increases my bandwidth for monitoring things that matter to me by an order of magnitude.

Say yes to taking control

Just say no to Microsoft.

Gadgetopia links to this tremendous resource: Just Say No to Microsoft

[elearnspace blog]

Just nice to be reminded that there are alternatives.

An implicit message that I want to highlight is the issue of taking control of your own work environment. It is a personal computer after all. Even if you choose or have to stay with Microsoft products, that shouldn’t preclude your taking the time to make them work the way that best suits your needs.

BTW, that’s the logic behind why I shelled out my own money to add ActiveWords to my computing mix. I don’t use it anywhere near to its full potential, but even the little productivity gains and friction eliminators mean that I pay for ActiveWords in about half a day.

A link-rich meditation on time from Jay Cross

Time.

It’s about time

Time is all we have. Most of us can feel time speeding up. Many of us are enslaved by time. But most of what we consider “time” is actually in our heads.

“What part of now is it you don’t understand?” –Zydeco… [Internet Time Blog]

A link-rich meditation from Jay Cross. Just skimming what Jay has provided and linked to could easily take days.

Jay Cross overview of knowledge management

Knowledge Management. Knowledge management is a high-fallutin’ buzz phrase for creating and sharing know-how. A hot item circa 1998, overuse watered down KM’s popularity as a category (although it’s still a hot item in Europe). To vendors, KM became “whatever I want to sell you,” be it… [Internet Time Blog]

A predictably rich and interesting review knowledge management from Jay Cross. A nice mix of links and Jay’s usual insights