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Sunday, July 21, 2002 |
Low-cost Klog Network.
Low-cost Klog Network
The level of investment required for really excellent km tools, such as weblogs, has gotten so low that it is much easier for a relatively low level employee to start a grass-roots movement within the staff if they are motivated. Given the failure of enterprise level KM initiatives and the burst .com bubble, this could be the perfect time to stealth in some web-based knowledge sharing tools.
In this article I will discuss how you can create a low-cost knowledge weblog (klog) network using free and/or donor supported software. This method is well suited to the stealthy introduction of weblogging as a knowledge management tool. All you need is one server to host the klogs and you can be off and running before senior management has a chance to quash your initiative. Or take credit for it. :)
Read more... [High Context]
1:06:09 PM 
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Good High Tech News: Documentum!!!.
July 19, 2002
| During a week in which most software companies were happy if revenues didn't fall too much, Documentum Inc. reported a 17 percent increase in second-quarter revenues over last year's, including a 26 percent increase in software license revenues.
The enterprise content management software developer recorded revenues of $54 million for the quarter, up from $46.1 million in the same year-ago period. License revenues jumped from $21.4 to $27 million year-to-year. |
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Despite the revenue gains, Documentum, of Pleasantville, Calif., still ended up with a slight net loss for the quarter, of $473,000. The company lost $14.1 million in the same period last year.
More... [The FuzzyBlog!]
1:03:02 PM
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Dealing with too much information
Ignorance is Bliss - Sometimes too many people working together on one thing do not create a bold new thing. Instead, they create a patchwork of compromise, where the whole is vastly less than the sum of the parts.
This happens in lawmaking too, but mostly because of the influence of lobbyists representing special interest groups. It's not just a problem of too many people, but rather it's a problem of people having too much information.
Here is my brief take on that problem. Comments are appreciated.
[Ernie the Attorney]
Something to think about. Certainly, organizations have "solved" the information problem with a vengeance. Now we had better start reflecting on how to make effective use of all that data and information.
11:33:27 AM Google It!
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First Monday: After the Dot-Bomb. Described below are some "pet peeves," some problem areas identified in the design of Web information retrieval to date. These problems are accompanied by suggested solutions, or, at least, directions to go in to develop solutions for the next round of Web information retrieval development. [Tomalak's Realm]
8:59:52 AM
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klogging in the state of Utah
Top down endorsement for klogging..
The Utah State CIO made this Offer to Utah State IT Employees.
I believe that the 900 or so IT employees of the State of Utah would benefit from speaking and listening to each other more. I think we need groups of specialists inside various departments to communicate with others in their specialty and without. Consequently, I'd like to see more people writing blogs and communicating their ideas through an open forum like the one blogs engender. To that end, I'm willing to pay the licensing fee to Userland for the first 100 employees who start a blog. Here are the conditions:
- Download the software and begin using on the 30-day free trial. I'd like to see you get a start before I pay the fee. Let me know when you're up and running.
- I'm biased toward IT employees, but other are welcome too, particularly if they're interested in eGovernment.
- You're responsible for what you post. If you're going to talk about things that shouldn't be public on Userland and need to be kept behind the state firewall, let me know and we'll set up a place inside the state network for that. We could even set up an authenticated area, if needed.
"It is good to be king." Royal suggestions cut through all kinds of trust issues and formal decision making. I've been asking for prerequisites to success on various knowledge management lists. Uniformly the top answer is "senior management endorsement, buy-in, enthusiasm."
UserLand's hit a sweet spot too.
- Low price point cuts risks of trying and eventual rollout
- Newbie-friendliness gives immediate satisfaction (egoboost, social affirmation)
- Syndication/etc. amplifies social networking effects, reinforcing current participation and bringing in new users
One other thing: you can see from Windley's post there is something real about the sense of ownership and control you feel when the tool and your writings are on your desktop. Radio gives you this. The tradeoffs of remote access and managed desktop are also real, but have much less emotional investment. These feelings of control worth of attention as the klogging meme spreads.
[a klog apart]
An unfolding example of klogging in the enterprise worth following.
8:58:56 AM Google It!
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Ontologies. Deborah L. McGuinness has written a very thorough article on ontologies, in relation to building the current, and next, generation [Column Two]
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© Copyright 2002 Jim McGee.
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