Author: Vince Kimball

Stealing knowledge.  Can anyone steal your knowledge? In my understanding of knowledge, i.e., a complex linkage between context, information, personal frameworks and social mediation; it can never be stolen. Sure you may have your ideas copied, your information and documentation purloined, your opinions replicated with attributation, but it is just not possible to duplicate your… Continue reading Stealing knowledge

Preserving knowledge.  The key to knowledge preservation is to build a community and retain a relationship. Here tacit transfer takes place as people get to know each other and share emergent insights, implicit knowledge is discovered through dialog and the meaning behind explicit information can be shared. Knowledge comes in 3 flavors: tacit (what you… Continue reading Preserving knowledge

Everything depends upon the context.. Documentation & knowledge. A oft repeated question / assertion in KM is the link between explicit documentation and knowledge. The point I'm trying to make, is documentation alone does not = knowledge. To retain knowledge against attrition you have to have a community… [Knowledge-at-work] I have formed the view that… Continue reading Everything depends upon the context.

OCLC refines its ISBN-clustering service. Python hacker and OCLC chief scientist Thom Hickey has updated me on the xISBN project: Just thought I'd let you know that we've put up a new version of the ISBN database. We've done a lot of work to pull works with variant titles together (which helps with The Innovator's… Continue reading OCLC refines its ISBN-clustering service

The Grocery Chain That Shouldn't Be. Trader Joe's stores are cramped, the brands private label. But cost control, simplicity, and cheerful employees spell red-hot growth. [Fast Company]

Changing Business Models Recently, I heard on NPR (National Public Radio) that Tower Records had filed for bankruptcy.  It got me to thinking.  We used to make regular pilgrimages to Tower, never alone (Adult Supervision Required), always leaving the store heavy-laden with CD's.  We haven't done that in years. Nowadays we almost always buy our… Continue reading Changing Business Models

Microsoft developer network RSS feeds. [Scripting News]

Microsoft Security – don’t underestimate its secure future. David Cartwright wrote an interesting entry about some of the stuff Microsoft is doing in the security arena. I have pointed out this throughout entries on my blog for some time now… but David has pieced together information about the “impressive security structure” that Microsoft is building.… Continue reading Microsoft Security – don’t underestimate its secure future

Newsletters you should be getting. Catching up with some tech newsletters, and finding some great stuff. From the latest issue of Tech Support Alert, a long discussion of spyware, how some programs claim to be anti-spyware but actually are spyware, how to keep yourself safe and links to great tools like SpywareBlaster, The Spyware Blog… Continue reading Newsletters you should be getting

Microsoft: Oops! We Did It Again. Six months after researchers warned Microsoft about critical security flaws in Windows, the software company alerts users to the problem and offers a patch on its website. One researcher calls the delay 'just totally unacceptable.' [Wired News]