This has been lurking in my RSS aggregator for the last couple of months, patiently waiting for me to get around to reading it (one of the core benefits of using RSS feeds). David Gurteen provides a nice starting point for discussion around attributes of effective knowledge workers. While I would certainly want people with [...]
Got an email from Hylton Joliffe at Corante last week about the FASTforward conference and the opportunity to contribute to the FASTforward blog in advance of the conference. The topics are squarely within my interests and I’ve had some good experiences with FAST through my ongoing interactions with the folks at Traction Software, so it [...]
Case examples of organizations employing information technology in strategic ways that are relevant to Enterprise 2.0 can be difficult to find. I know of an example from the late 1990s that nonetheless offers relevant lessons for today. Black and Veatch is an engineering management and design firm that builds large-scale projects such as power plants. I [...]
If the set of technologies loosely identified at Enterprise 2.0 are to have any hope of real success, we need to take a closer look at how they are introduced into organizations. I see two basic patterns for technology introduction in general use and neither holds much promise. The first pattern is embodied in the [...]
I’d have to agree with Virginia Postrel here. The article is a very succinct and thought-provoking summary of Amazon’s plans to make elements of its technology and distribution infrastructure more generally available. Amazon’s plans strike me very much as an example of the real time lags we need to account for when trying to understand [...]
I came across the following quote courtesy of my friend Morry Fiddler at DePaul’s School for New Learning. I wanted to make sure I captured it for future contemplation: Science is a kind of open laboratory for democracy. It’s a way to experiment with the ideals of our democratic societies. For example, in science you [...]
Just got tagged by Dina in this latest blog game. Seems only just, as we met courtesy of blogging even though we live half a world away from one another. We did manage to have dinner in Cambridge two years ago when our travel schedules meshed. 5 things most people may not know about me? [...]
I have long been an advocate of full text feeds for blogs. Here’s some data to support the contention from Amit Agarwal. Full text feeds pay off for this blogger I love Amit Agarwal s analysis on the full-text vs. partial text debate. I HATE partial text feeds. I am subscribing to a few now [...]
I found this little experiment while tracking down a new blog reference out of a magazine column that I was reading while waiting for my laptop to boot. Serendipitous enough? Not entirely clear whether I will ever visit either place again, but in the interests of research (however loosely defined) here goes. Measuring the speed [...]
The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) Rating: 4 out of 5 Author: John Maeda Year: 2006 Publisher: The MIT Press ISBN: 0262134721 Here is an example of a short, little, book that benefits from the author’s decision to keep it focused. Maeda is a designer/computer scientist at MIT’s Media Lab and he [...]
