Month: March 2003

Fears That Hinder Implementation of KM. Christian Liiipfert, an in house counsel with BP America Inc. had some excellent comments recently on barriers to implementing knowledge management: “Lawyers . . . do not normally point out where they have made a mistake, or even admit that they would do something differently the next time. … Lawyers… Continue reading Fears That Hinder Implementation of KM

TextIndexNG 1.09 released. I am pleased to announce the release of TextIndexNG 1.09 TextIndexNG is a new pluggable index for the ZCatalog and is the most feature complete solution for fulltext indexing under Zope.  [Zope.org]

Another ReplayTV Convert. Well, I'm certainly doing my part to maintain SonicBlue's bottom line. Bryce Yehl just bought a ReplayTV 5040 and it's already having an effect on him: “In spite of the fact that I'm already used to watching my favorites shows on my own schedule, I do see my viewing habits changing. It's that… Continue reading Another ReplayTV Convert

SJ Mercury: Broadband competition might still be possible. Dan Gillmor. Tom Freeburg and his colleagues at Canopy Wireless Broadband Products, a unit of electronics giant Motorola, are telling one of the most intriguing stories of all. They've come up with a system that could bypass, at least for the near term, the wire-line duopoly in… Continue reading Broadband competition might still be possible

The Ascent of the Software Civilization. In his incisive, panoramic book on the history of the software industry, Martin Campbell-Kelly delivers context, insight, and even occasional humor. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]

Why are Microsoft's products derided by computer users? Last night I got another chance to play on OSX. Man is the UI nice. But, WHY is it nice? It's the small things. For instance, this guy makes a very good point about how Windows doesn't do work in advance for you. It's the small things… Continue reading this guy makes a very good point about how Windows doesn't do work in advance for you

If you're interested in a particular industry or human endeavor, you should learn the history of what happened in that space. It's what came before that'll explain — in large part — what will come next. Plus, if you ever want to start a conversation, you can always take your friends to the historic places… Continue reading always take your friends to the historic places

Chris Pirillo just won the best technology weblog in the “bloggies”. Excellent!  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Net Marketing Tool for Illinois Libraries!. Last week I promised a new marketing web site for Illinois libraries, and today we're introducing it to our members at SLS. Sponsored by the 12 regional Library Systems, it's called Project 12, and its goal is to help libraries raise their visibility using more sophisticated marketing tools. “Project 12 helps… Continue reading Net Marketing Tool for Illinois Libraries!

Masters of the Dataflood.  In the Information Age, Librarians Will Rule “In the information age, librarians will rule, because only they will be able to find things in the dataflood in a timely fashion. Teresa Nielsen Hayden has a post on how to welcome our wearing-their-glasses-on-chains-around-their-necks sweater-wearing overlords-to-be….” [Brad DeLong's Website] [The Shifted Librarian]