Month: November 2001

Alternatives To User Requirement Gathering: New on Frontend Usability Infocentre. Market research techniques and customer surveys may seem to offer similar benefits to user requirement gathering, but in terms of assisting in application or site design they can be unhelpful or even misleading. [iaslash — news for information architects]

Darwin Magazine: Culture of Collaboration. But not every company is positioned to take advantage of the tools. The danger for many is overspending on collaborative technologies without making the cultural and organizational adjustments necessary to derive any benefit from them. [Tomalak's Realm]

Scott Kirsner: “Microsoft's investment makes it nearly impossible for another company to come along and purchase Beverly-based Groove, and keeping Gates & Co. happy could become a full-time job. 'The deal makes Ray a contract programmer to Microsoft,' says someone who knows Ozzie. 'Microsoft gets to take 80 percent of what he's got and put… Continue reading Scott Kirsner

Optimize your Copy. WebmasterBase Nov 5 2001 1:53AM ET [Web developer news]

The Economist.  Peter Drucker paints a picture of how we will transition to a knowledge society.  Keep clicking on the next article links at the bottom — it is worth the read. I can't help but think that this new knowledge society will be helped by K-Logs (Weblogs as Knowledge Management Tools).  The best way to tap into the knowledge… Continue reading The Economist

First Monday: Management and Virtual Decentralised Networks: The Linux Project. “This paper examines the latest of paradigms – the Virtual Network(ed) Organisation – and whether geographically dispersed knowledge workers can virtually collaborate for a project under no central planning. Co-ordination, management and the role of knowledge arise as the central areas of focus. The Linux… Continue reading First Monday: Management and Virtual Decentralised Networks: The Linux Project

Trevor Kerry in Saturday's Daily Telegraph: WHEN we think about schools, we get stuck in a time warp. As institutions, they have scarcely changed in 200 years…… In the information age, we must grasp the truth that learning is not about retaining information, but knowing how to access, evaluate, use and apply it…. [Adam Curry:… Continue reading Saturday's Daily Telegraph

Dan Gillmor: A Fraudulent, Cynical Settlement. This deal, assuming it takes hold, is not even a wrist slap. It's a love letter to the most arrogant and unrepentant monopolist since Standard Oil. It's an invitation to keep on plundering and whacking competition in the most important marketplace of our times, the information marketplace. [Tomalak's Realm]

David Bau, a veteran of the Internet Explorer development team, wrote an incredibly cool search utility/address bar/calculator for your taskbar. Download it here. [Joel on Software]

Remotely Working. Nigel Gordijk talks strategy about working remotely and keeping your design clients happy. Just because you're not there doesn't mean you're not working hard. [WebReference News]