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I really like this piece of commentary. I can't live without IM. I IM with my coworkers 40 nautical miles across the Straight of Georgia in Vancouver and my wife maybe 20 feet up in her office in the house. It's fast easy and can be simpler than a phone call or e-mail. But…some folks…

Wow, this is a really fresh approach to Knowledge Management (KM), think about how people actually work, what their roles are, and how that helps the organizations. According to the book The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations (Harvard Business School Press, June 2004) There are a few…

Telework is tough. Almost all the folks I've reported to in the past four years has told me (essentially) that they couldn't do what I do. They admire the dedication and focus I have working at home. The admit that they'd be playing golf or watching Oprah. It isn't for everyone, for sure, but I…

This article could have gone in a lot of different directions. They talk about employee experimentation, changing HR practices, but only touch on an important point. I think people are overwhelmed with new technologies that IT thinks is cool or that a director or VP has heard is cool and wants to implement. Sure, I've…

Clearly AOL had to do this since both Yahoo and MSN had developed similar agreements. Even free IM is ligitimate within the business world now, so by adding these are a core requirement. Of course only fairly larger American companies could afford to take advantage of these services. Small businesses and consultants will need to…