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

A Fraudulent, Cynical Settlement

Dan Gillmor: A Fraudulent, Cynical Settlement. This deal, assuming it takes hold, is not even a wrist slap. It's a love letter to the most arrogant and unrepentant monopolist since Standard Oil. It's an invitation to keep on plundering and whacking competition in the most important marketplace of our times, the information marketplace. [Tomalak's Realm]

David Bau

David Bau, a veteran of the Internet Explorer development team, wrote an incredibly cool search utility/address bar/calculator for your taskbar. Download it here. [Joel on Software]

Remotely Working

Remotely Working. Nigel Gordijk talks strategy about working remotely and keeping your design clients happy. Just because you're not there doesn't mean you're not working hard. [WebReference News]

Research Matters at Harvard University

Research Matters at Harvard University. Quote: “Research Matters is an elegant Web site. It is simply constructed yet rich in detail, well illustrated yet quick loading, light and easy to read and yet connected to some of the most advanced research anywhere. Universities would do well to examine—and emulate—Harvard's Research Matters” [Serious Instructional Technology]

Web Services and K-Logs: Connections to Web Services can significantly enhance a K-Log.  How?  Here is my thinking on how this could work.

One of the most powerful features of a K-Log client is that it can aggregate data/content from almost any source, store it as XML in an integrated database, display it as a Web page for local review through use of its integrated CMS and HTTP server, and then provide the ability to publish it (with annotation) to almost any location.  In this sense the K-Log is a content router on the desktop.  

Web Services can provide an important source of data and distribution to a K-Log (in addition to RSS newsfeeds, e-mail, bookmark lists, and local files).  Web Services also provide a growth path for corporate specific uses for the tool.  Here's how:

1) To convert information in ERP, CRM, and financial systems into corporate knowledge.  For example, the head of sales could get an automated daily report from her CRM system on sales information from the previous day.  The result would be displayed as a Web page using the K-Log client's content management capabilities.  The head of sales could then review the information, click on a post button, annotate a comment, click a category (to route the information to specific readers), and then publish the annotated data as HTML to her K-Log on the Intranet.

2)  To publish to non-Web devices and systems.  As mentioned earlier, K-Logs can use Web Services to publish to gateways that connect to SMS phones, faxes, and text-to-voice systems.  Sal Central and others are working on these gateways.  Additionally, Web Services can enable K-Loggers with the ability to publish data to specific applications. 

3) To connect K-Log clients for collaborative applications.  Increasingly K-Logs clients will be able to connect via P2P.   Jabber's support for XML-RPC and UserLand's (still under wraps) structured Instant Messaging system point in this direction.  With P2P connections that provide presence and firewall tunneling, K-Logs can be place where advanced collaborative Web apps run.  These collaborative apps will provide a new source of data that then can be published with annotation to an Intranet K-Log.

The key to all of this is the ability of a K-Log to break down data silos (both personal and corporate) and provide static information with the context it needs for better understanding.  The ultimate goal of a K-Log is the system for aggregating all relevant data, improving it, and then publishing it for personal and corporate consumption (aggregate-improve-share).  By using Internet standards for the basis for the tool, the K-Log will be able to grow quickly to become a vital part of corporate infrastructure due to low programming costs, ease-of-use, and simple integration. [John Robb's Radio Weblog

Web Services and K-Logs: Connections to Web Services can significantly enhance a K-Log.  How?  Here is my thinking on how this could work. One of the most powerful features of a K-Log client is that it can aggregate data/content from almost any source, store it as XML in an integrated database, display it as a Web page for local review through… Continue reading Web Services and K-Logs: Connections to Web Services can significantly enhance a K-Log.  How?  Here is my thinking on how this could work.

One of the most powerful features of a K-Log client is that it can aggregate data/content from almost any source, store it as XML in an integrated database, display it as a Web page for local review through use of its integrated CMS and HTTP server, and then provide the ability to publish it (with annotation) to almost any location.  In this sense the K-Log is a content router on the desktop.  

Web Services can provide an important source of data and distribution to a K-Log (in addition to RSS newsfeeds, e-mail, bookmark lists, and local files).  Web Services also provide a growth path for corporate specific uses for the tool.  Here's how:

1) To convert information in ERP, CRM, and financial systems into corporate knowledge.  For example, the head of sales could get an automated daily report from her CRM system on sales information from the previous day.  The result would be displayed as a Web page using the K-Log client's content management capabilities.  The head of sales could then review the information, click on a post button, annotate a comment, click a category (to route the information to specific readers), and then publish the annotated data as HTML to her K-Log on the Intranet.

2)  To publish to non-Web devices and systems.  As mentioned earlier, K-Logs can use Web Services to publish to gateways that connect to SMS phones, faxes, and text-to-voice systems.  Sal Central and others are working on these gateways.  Additionally, Web Services can enable K-Loggers with the ability to publish data to specific applications. 

3) To connect K-Log clients for collaborative applications.  Increasingly K-Logs clients will be able to connect via P2P.   Jabber's support for XML-RPC and UserLand's (still under wraps) structured Instant Messaging system point in this direction.  With P2P connections that provide presence and firewall tunneling, K-Logs can be place where advanced collaborative Web apps run.  These collaborative apps will provide a new source of data that then can be published with annotation to an Intranet K-Log.

The key to all of this is the ability of a K-Log to break down data silos (both personal and corporate) and provide static information with the context it needs for better understanding.  The ultimate goal of a K-Log is the system for aggregating all relevant data, improving it, and then publishing it for personal and corporate consumption (aggregate-improve-share).  By using Internet standards for the basis for the tool, the K-Log will be able to grow quickly to become a vital part of corporate infrastructure due to low programming costs, ease-of-use, and simple integration. [John Robb's Radio Weblog