Short article on some thoughts on Supernova 2004. Participants in the Supernova conference give insight into the social dynamics around the use of online social networking services, Weblogs and wikis. [eWEEK.com Messaging and Collaboration]

If you are a Trillian user, you're probably aware that Yahoo is blocking your access and although Trillian was patched to get their users back online, Yahoo has said it would keep blocking Trillian. Chris Cooper's article here touches on one of the fundamental flaws in IM, the lack of interoperability. Just because I use…

I am pleased to announce two new service offerings and the official launch of my weblog, View from the Isle. New Services I have been tracking the rapidly emerging developments in communications and collaboration over the past six months and I am very excited about the new opportunities that weblogs and RSS/webfeeds can offer businesses…

From Contentious…two Canadian goverment sites are winners the National Research Council and the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Beyond the Canadian pride in this, later in Amy's article she lists the points that the Nielsen Norman Group cites as Intranet best practices. Some of these have been published else where as well. Government Intranets:…

Can you imagine surfing the web if you had to remember all the digits of a website's IP address? For example www.cbc.ca resolves to: 208.38.45.182. I think typing in www.cbc.ca is much easier. Dr. Mockapetris, the inventor of domain names, discusses in this BBC article about how the system of domain names was just a…

This is interesting news. I hate using “convergence”, but this is really what this is. The steady merging of e-mail, IM, and voice. This should be an interesting time. Tool lets VoIP providers tap Yahoo IM | CNET News.com: “update CHICAGO–Can Yahoo replace the telephone? Net telephony software developer Sylantro apparently thinks so. The company…

Some good advice for the virtual company. I found many times moving away from the keyboard and picking up the phone resolved a question or problem in minutes. Voice inflection can be so important. As Dana points out, the article is a little dated, but still the concept is still true today. In Virtual Company…

It can be done! Telework isn't a pipe dream or really onerous. It will take some work, but as you can read there are significant payoffs to the bottom line. Delving a bit into history again, on the trail of the “virtual organization”, here's a great case study on the business case for virtual companies,…

Good advice for anyone with WiFi…watch those 2.4 GHz cordless phones (and baby monitors, and microwaves). My 2.4 GHz phone will stick with one channel and not move unless needed, so that keeps the interference down. I'm always keeping an eye on it, though. The Industry Standard: Guest Blog: Doc Searls: WTFone?: “I've spent much…

As those of you in Canada know we are in the final days of a federal election. The “major” parties, that is the Liberals, Conservatives, and NPD, have been focusing on healthcare, taxes, and other standard campaign issues. The Greens, not considered a “major” party although they are running candidates in all 308 federal ridings,…