Author: Vince Kimball

how to manage smart people, not rocket science. Not quite on-topic but definitely an article I wish every boss I ever worked with had read: How to manage smart people. The following phrase is one of my favorite tools as a manager: “What do you need from me in order to kick ass on this… Continue reading how to manage smart people, not rocket science

Integrated Collaboration: what users really want. My colleague, Michael Sampson, has just published the first part of his two-part white paper: Collaboration Software Clients: Email, IM, Presence, RSS & Collaborative Workspaces Should Be Integrated for Business Communication. In his paper, Michael returns to “first principles,” as he discusses the types of software-facilitated interactions the information… Continue reading Integrated Collaboration: what users really want

Social categorization. The ability to develop and share a common taxonomy / classification / ontology is a very fundamental knowledge practice that leverages knowledge creation, communication, promotes meaning and enables sense-making. Tools to do this are far and few right now but likely to be moving toward center stage in the near future as: Social… Continue reading Social categorization

Relationships, not Information. Ever since reading his insightful weekly columns on Hotwired's too-good-for-its-own-good site Packet, I've been a fan of Michael Schrage, and the insight he brings to issues of business, economics, technology, information, and society. An old essay of his, “The Relationship Revolution,” has been recently reposted, and ought to be required reading for… Continue reading Relationships, not Information

My workstation OS: Debian. “What do you want from a desktop operating system? The real criteria are stability, package management, hardware compatibility, and the people behind the software, the community. For its superiority in those areas, I made Debian my workstation OS.” Read the article at NewsForge. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 Released with KDE/GNOME Support. Novell hacker Jan Holesovsky has announced a build of OpenOffice.org that has both KDE and GNOME support. When launched within KDE, KDE support is activated, similarly when launched within GNOME, GNOME support is activated. Jan's next project will be to plan for OOo 2.0. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Top Ten Tips to Tackle Tech. Aaron has a great list of tips for making sure your tech works at your library. I can not stress #4 enough. If you want to provide public access computing and you don't have time or money to train the entire public on your weird banjaxed system, make the… Continue reading Top Ten Tips to Tackle Tech

Reconsidering the Internet Bubble. Trader Mike points to a fascinating reconsideration of the famous Internet Bubble from Paul Graham called “What the Internet Bubble Got Right,” which discusses ten conclusions Graham draws from those frothy years. The money quote: “When one looks over these trends, is there any overall theme? There does seem to be:… Continue reading Reconsidering the Internet Bubble

The Art of the Start. I've long been a fan of Guy Kawasaki. In fact, I have autographed copies of two of his books because I saw him speak back in the old days when I attended meetings of the St. Louis Macintosh Users Group (which, if memory serves me was known as GMUG, or… Continue reading The Art of the Start

CEO details how a company can mess up on software marketing. Michael Hyatt, CEO of the ninth-largest publishing company in the world: The Concept 7 Sales Prevention Team. Turns out that companies can really mess up their marketing efforts and Michael details exactly how one company is losing him as a customer.  [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek… Continue reading CEO details how a company can mess up on software marketing