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Google?s ?knols?: monetized memes?
2008-03-24 23:57:00 Google announced back in December that the company would be creating something called ?knols?, which Google describes as ?units of knowledge? ? which has been met with a mixed reaction. For example (and this is lifted, by me, from the Wikipedia page on knols), Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, suggested: ... More About: Google , Memes
Can a redirect drop your PageRank to zero?
2008-03-10 19:20:00 A little while ago, I decided to drop the ‘www’ from this site. I accomplished this by basically redirecting www.lucasmcdonnell.com to lucasmcdonnell.com. Seemed simple enough at the time — and I preferred leaving out the ‘www’ (it always seems redundant to me). What this also accomplished however, was to drop my Google PageRank from four to ... More About: Pagerank , Redirect , Drop
Is knowledge management dying a slow death?
2008-03-10 03:43:00 I thought my post about the potential decline of knowledge management on my other blog, memetiks.com, might interest my readers here. While I suggested in that post that the declining searches on Google Trends may be due to an increased understanding of what KM is about, I’m still reminded of the knowledge management as nonsense ... More About: Management , Death , Knowledge , Dying , Knowledge Management
Technology sometimes impedes collaboration.
2008-03-04 18:34:00 Well, I’m back to Toronto after my holiday. I had mentioned in my last post that I had visited Quebec’s museum of civilization — where they had an exhibit on the future of cities around the world. The exhibit is called Urbanopolis, and is a especially apropos since it’s the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. Within ... More About: Technology , Collaboration
On holiday in Quebec City.
2008-02-27 04:54:00 In case you’re wondering where I am at the moment: I’ve been in Quebec City for a few days now, and spent a very interesting night at (what I’m pretty sure is) Canada’s only ice hotel. It got a little chilly around 6 a.m., but I survived — and it was an amazing experience that ... More About: Holiday
Forums versus wikis: wikis often lose.
2008-02-12 22:46:00 It seems like everybody under the sun is putting together a wiki for something. There’s even a wiki for the board game Go. But with all these wikis around, is a wiki always the best tool for the job? Back in September of last year, I talked about some general questions people should ask before setting ... More About: Forums , Versus , Wikis , Collaboration
A new blog about memes: memetiks.com!
2008-02-06 02:40:00 I’ve been interested in memes (especially web memes) for quite a while, and I’ve wanted a place to post my thoughts on the subject — so I’ve created memetiks.com! Memes is “about memes, knowledge management and how we learn, interact and innovate through exchanging information, with a particular focus on how information and knowledge transform ... More About: Blog
7 ways to add value to content.
2008-01-30 18:24:00 Why do you read your favourite newspaper? What about your favourite magazine? You’d probably answer that it’s because they print content that you find interesting. Seems simple enough, doesn’t it? But, if you think about it, you also read your favourite newspaper and magazine because of the content they don’t publish. Lots of the time, whether ... More About: Content
4 influencing principle for knowledge ecologies.
2008-01-30 04:03:00 Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel, postulates that there are four important environmental factors that contribute to the ultimate success or failure of a society: 1. “Continental differences in the wild plant and animal species available as starting materials for domestication.” Having more domesticatable species of flora and fauna mean a head start for ... More About: Knowledge
Hosting issues resolved? for the moment.
2008-01-28 03:54:00 Well, after battling with incessant server errors, things seem to be back to normal here. I’m hoping they stay that way. Any problems you may have noticed on the site were caused by a few upgrades that were done by web webhost (BlueHost), but things seem to have gotten straightened out. However, I thought this would ... More About: Hosting , Issues , Moment
This site?s having BlueHost hosting problems.
2008-01-14 22:14:00 Well, it would seem 2008 has started out as a rough year for my webhost — all domains I own have been down more than they’ve been up for January. Apologies to everyone who has been trying to access the site in that period of time — I’ve spent many, many hours on the phone ... More About: Hosting , Site , Problems
This site?s having BlueHost hosting problems.
2008-01-14 22:14:00 Well, it would seem 2008 has started out as a rough year for my webhost — all domains I own have been down more than they’ve been up for January. Apologies to everyone who has been trying to access the site in that period of time — I’ve spent many, many hours on the phone ... More About: Hosting , Site , Problems
What do site statistics really mean?
2008-01-08 18:14:00 I’ve been debating (largely with myself) for quite a while whether to place full posts on the front page, or whether to abbreviate the posts with the ‘More’ tag. Most of the time, I’ve chosen to go with the abbreviated posts. Why? Well, my logic kind of goes like this. If you have a bunch of ... More About: Blogs , Site , Statistics
What do site statistics really mean?
2008-01-08 18:14:00 I’ve been debating (largely with myself) for quite a while whether to place full posts on the front page, or whether to abbreviate the posts with the ‘More’ tag. Most of the time, I’ve chosen to go with the abbreviated posts. Why? Well, my logic kind of goes like this. If you have a bunch of ... More About: Site , Statistics
A quick marketing lesson for Graffitti.
2008-01-07 23:55:00 I came across a post on Charles Stricklin’s blog about how the Graffitti content management system was knocking WordPress in their Google ads. Now I’m not really that partial to any technology, and I get a little freaked out when people evangelize to me about how great a particular technology is (people in general, I’m ... More About: Marketing , Wordpress , Quick , Lesson
A quick marketing lesson for Graffitti.
2008-01-07 23:55:00 I came across a post on Charles Stricklin’s blog about how the Graffitti content management system was knocking WordPress in their Google ads. Now I’m not really that partial to any technology, and I get a little freaked out when people evangelize to me about how great a particular technology is (people in general, I’m ... More About: Marketing , Wordpress , Quick , Lesson
Does your organization trust you to collaborate?
2007-12-21 18:16:00 Stephanie at Healthy Simplicity has written an insightful post about why it doesn’t necessarily make sense to ban allergens in schools. In my reply to her post, I talked about how banning something often gives people a false sense of security — and is, in reality, a security that doesn’t usually exist. This post made me ... More About: Organization , Collaborate , Trust , Organ
Does your organization trust you to collaborate?
2007-12-21 18:16:00 Stephanie at Healthy Simplicity has written an insightful post about why it doesn’t necessarily make sense to ban allergens in schools. In my reply to her post, I talked about how banning something often gives people a false sense of security — and is, in reality, a security that doesn’t usually exist. This post made me ... More About: Organization , Collaborate , Trust , Organ
The sad state of Canadian telecommuncations.
2007-12-13 20:00:00 I read an article recently in The Globe and Mail (a national Canadian daily newspaper) about a new notification system from Rogers (a major Canadian Internet Service Provider) that lets users know when they are approaching their bandwidth download/upload limit. The article cites various internet and privacy gurus who suggest that this new technology is nothing ... More About: State
The sad state of Canadian telecommuncations.
2007-12-13 20:00:00 I read an article recently in The Globe and Mail (a national Canadian daily newspaper) about a new notification system from Rogers (a major Canadian Internet Service Provider) that lets users know when they are approaching their bandwidth download/upload limit. The article cites various internet and privacy gurus who suggest that this new technology is nothing short ... More About: State , Adia
Art, bombs and user-created media.
2007-12-04 20:31:00 For those of you who don’t know, I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (there are approximately two and a half million people that live in Toronto, making it the largest city in Canada). A few days ago, I heard about the very bizarre story of an art project gone horribly wrong — where a Toronto art ... More About: Media , Tube , User , Bombs
Art, bombs and user-created media.
2007-12-04 20:31:00 For those of you who don’t know, I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (there are approximately two and a half million people that live in Toronto, making it the largest city in Canada). A few days ago, I heard about the very bizarre story of an art project gone horribly wrong — where a Toronto art ... More About: Media , Tube , User , Bombs
Creating and sharing sure beats managing.
2007-11-06 20:57:00 Today I came across an article in The Globe and Mail (for my non-Canadian readers, the Globe and Mail is daily national newspaper in Canada) entitled ‘Mobilizing minds‘. While the beginning of the article had the usual warnings about the importance of knowledge workers in the knowledge economy, and that catering to knowledge workers was often more ... More About: Creating , Beats , Knowledge Management , Sharing
Creating and sharing sure beats managing.
2007-11-06 20:57:00 Today I came across an article in The Globe and Mail (for my non-Canadian readers, the Globe and Mail is daily national newspaper in Canada) entitled ‘Mobilizing minds‘. While the beginning of the article had the usual warnings about the importance of knowledge workers in the knowledge economy, and that catering to knowledge workers was often more ... More About: Creating , Beats , Knowledge Management , Sharing , Shari
BRIITTER: knowledge sharing principles.
2007-10-31 21:06:00 Building on the principles that Shawn has put together over at Anecdote (which I came across this afternoon via Jack Vinson), I came up with a little acronym that I think summarizes some of the main points. Overall, I think in order to get people to share knowledge, we want them to be… B-R-I-I-T-T-E-R. Borrowing: Taking ... More About: Knowledge , Knowledge Management , Sharing , Principles
BRIITTER: knowledge sharing principles.
2007-10-31 21:06:00 Building on the principles that Shawn has put together over at Anecdote (which I came across this afternoon via Jack Vinson), I came up with a little acronym that I think summarizes some of the main points. Overall, I think in order to get people to share knowledge, we want them to be… B-R-I-I-T-T-E-R. Borrowing: Taking ... More About: Knowledge , Knowledge Management , Sharing , Shari , Hari
Knowledge management news portal: knowledgecog.
2007-10-30 16:58:00 I’m very happy to announce that the new site I have been a part of is now ready for its days in beta. The site is knowledgecog, has been completely redesigned to provide up-to-the-minute knowledge management news. I have to admit, I spend a ton of time on the web reading knowledge management news, articles and updates. But I seem ... More About: News , Management , Knowledge , Portal , Knowledge Management
Trying out PayPerPost.
2007-10-30 14:11:00 So I?ve decided to try out PayPerPost ? with the intent of determining whether I can provide readers with products and services that will be of value. Before deciding to sign up, I took a look at what kinds of opportunities were available through the site. I noticed that there were quite a few opportunities for ... More About: Payperpost
A few new site features.
2007-10-29 02:00:00 Just a brief post to let you all know that there are a few new features that have been added to the site. If you’re reading this in a feed reader, make sure you stop by the site to check out these great new features. The first new feature is that you can now now see ... More About: Wordpress , Features , Site , New Site
Is knowledge management bloated?
More articles from this author:2007-10-22 18:10:00 After spending some time categorizing the elements of knowledge management, it became obvious that knowledge management actually consists of many rather disparate components. While it would be nice to think that these components always complement each other, it also seems apparent from this list that there is certainly an inordinate focus on technologies. So the obvious question ... More About: Management , Knowledge , Knowledge Management 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
