Author: Vince Kimball

AIFIA | Tools. “[Here] you will find document templates, process map posters and other tools to help you in your practice. The documents, which have been donated by various people in the organization, have been found to be useful at one time or another. Items can be used in combination or alone as needed.” [xBlog:… Continue reading AIFIA | Tools

Active PHP Bookmarks. “Active PHP Bookmarks (APB) is a web-based program that allows you to store your bookmarks and display them in many useful ways. It will sort your bookmarks with usability in mind, keeping often-used bookmarks at your fingertips. It has a bookmark search, private/public bookmarks, nested groups, usage rankings, popularity sorting, and a… Continue reading Active PHP Bookmarks

Over the weekend a new version of ShareKMC became available. Several of us at Microsoft are using this to make our Tablet PCs become a second screen for our desktop computers. Very cool.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Placing Productivity.  In his column in the October issue of KM World, Steve Barth describes his recent efforts to reorganize and redesign his workplace. The report on his progress hit some buttons with me: “There is a point at which a messy desk becomes a barrier to clear thinking — not to mention a fire… Continue reading Placing Productivity

Office Surprise.  Having just read Steve Barth's recent column about reorganizing your workspace, the new catalog from Topdeq could not have hit my in box at a worse time. Or more opportune. Dealing in “European design for the American office,” the office furniture and accessories retailer specializes in highly designed items created by Philippe Starck,… Continue reading Office Surprise

Linksys Ships VPN Server. Linksys ships the WRV54G, which offers up to 50 VPN connections in an office: This $230 device could replace much more expensive equipment for managing VPNs. It handles just the IPsec-over-L2TP method, as far as I can figure out from the extremely detailed user manual. It looks like just the ticket… Continue reading Linksys Ships VPN Server

Trumping Google? Metasearching's Promise. Information services organizations (libraries) continue to be challenged by information seeking behaviors and expectations of web search engine users. In a recent Library Journal article, Judy Luther discusses issues related to metasearch engines. In the article she writes, “For many searchers, the quality of the results matter less than the process… Continue reading Trumping Google? Metasearching's Promise

Cataloguing Cultural Objects: Guide to Describing Cultural Works. The Visual Resources Association has recently published the Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO) in the hopes of developing guidelines or standards for describing and retrieving information about cultural works. CCO provides guidelines for selecting, ordering, and formatting data used to populate catalog records. CCO is designed to promote… Continue reading Cataloguing Cultural Objects: Guide to Describing Cultural Works

Back from visiting family and working in Ohio.  Had a great time!

Off to visit family in Ohio for the weekend . . .