Brief hiatus

IM security is something to keep an eye on in the next little while. I've tried ZoneLabs' IMSecure and while I really like the application, the drawback is that you have to get all your colleagues to run it as well to make IM more secure. Now, since the basic version is free, there shouldn't…

This is an odd sort of post for this blog, but it is a good read. Think about how you develop ideas. How do they get going? How many are all set on the drawing board, but then don't get done? Just think and read on… Idea Analysis and the Parabolic Weenie RoasterJuly 15, 2004…

Blogs have reached the pont where, like e-mail and websites before them, they are a powerful tool for moblizing people in grassroots campaigns. Is this because they are better grassroots tools than e-mail or websites? To some extent yes, they do have the give and take of discussion board, but really I think their power…

A few simple things would have made things much better. I needed to get the driver’s-side side mirror fixed on my wife’s car. It had been bashed and wouldn’t stay in place. Since this is a safety issue, we wanted it fixed fast. Being new to the area, and far from our original dealer, I needed…

Nice article from South Africa on KM. Quick read, with (my favourite) good analogies. Sunday Times South Africa Jun 25 2004 2:27AM GMT [Feedster.com Results For: knowledge management]

Interesting snipets from an Internet with Groove's Ray Ozzie. Internetnews.com yesterday posted an interview with Ray Ozzie. Reporter Susan Kuchinskas caught up with Ray recently when he spoke at Kevin Werbach's Supernova Conference. Her first question to Ray: Is Groove Notes done right? Ray's reply: “The contrast mostly is that Notes, besides being e-mail, was…