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Afghanistan's Archiver of Culture

Afghanistan's Archiver of Culture. In the face of the Taliban's hell-bent quest to destroy all vestiges of arts and culture in the country, one man with a website hopes to keep Afghanistan's history alive. By Robin Clewley. [Wired News]

ICANN Eyes New Vote Plan

ICANN Eyes New Vote Plan. The Internet's chief regulatory body is considering a proposal that would allow anyone who owns a domain name to vote for the board's directors. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]

Kernel Changes in 7.1

Kernel Changes in 7.1 lists the changes so far in 7.1. We'll keep updating it as more changes are made. [Frontier News]

Alternatives To User Requirement Gathering:

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]

Culture of Collaboration

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

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

The Economist

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

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

Saturday's Daily Telegraph

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