Category Archives: Knowledge Management

Shiv Sing posted an article on Line56.com regarding the Intranet Trends to Watch. Many of the trends Shiv lists are not surprising. Like for example, the corporate telephone directory is not the killer app on the intranet. However, sadly with … Continue reading →

The other day I watched Brewster Kahle’s inspiring presentation at last month’s NotCon session titled, “Universal Access to Human Knowledge” (Page with 54 Minute MPEG @ 120 MB — worth every bite ;-) For those that don’t know Brewster Kahle, … Continue reading →

As expected, Adobe has come back at MSFT’s InfoPath with the preview release of Adobe Designer 6.0 Jon Udell of course is spot on with a review in his blog of Designer, which can also be found in this weeks … Continue reading →

Ironically, the week my InfoWorld subscription seems to have lapsed in the renewal process, Jon Udell, in his latest column, makes some of the very same points I mentioned yesterday regarding the bastardization of email for file sharing. Jon writes: … Continue reading →

It is increasingly vexing to me the way email is the defacto standard for sharing files. The reality is that email was never designed for sharing files. It is an all too common occurrence in a corporate setting where multi-megabyte … Continue reading →

After reading a bit about, Paper Airplane, my first impression is that it sounds a bit like Groove, but differs in that it’s integrated into the browser (Mozilla/FireFox currently) and built on-top of the Java JXTA and P2P Sockets framework. … Continue reading →

I was (and still am) fond of what the OpenCola guys created back in the P2P buzz days, but this recent spin-off, “Dude, check this out!” [DCTO?], started by a few of the OC founders and development managers, has me … Continue reading →

As others have predicted, we will see more an more of these… “MUTE File Sharing is a new peer-to-peer network that provides easy search-and-download functionality while also protecting your privacy.” I haven’t tried it yet, but it seems to be … Continue reading →

Ephraim Schwartz writes in InfoWorld about how Social Networking Software is targeting the corporate enterprise, with startups such as ZeroDegrees, Interface Software, ContactNetwork, and Spoke targeting CRM… “Leveraging advances in communication and integration, a new kind of application — corporate … Continue reading →

Ross Mayfield links to a fascinating article on Boxes and Arrows by Alex Wright about Paul Otlet: The forgotten forefather of information architecture. “In 1934, years before Vannevar Bush dreamed of the memex, decades before Ted Nelson coined the term … Continue reading →

CNET News.com has an article on a new Wharton Team that appears to be using k-log-like techniques to rediscover serendipitous data connections. “Although an unprecedented amount of information about technology is now available online, Ranieri notes that “everything is set … Continue reading →

Scopeware is a personal desktop search tool similar to X1, but with a different take on the user experience. I haven’t tested it yet, but it seems to be worth a look. Scopeware also offers a server-based solution.

Via Due Diligence “Enterprise collaboration and groupware company Intraspect Software has been sold to public company Vignette for $20m in cash and stock.” Tim Oren has a nice quote about the space Introspect served too… “This one’s a cautionary tale … Continue reading →

Joe Wilcox of Jupiter’s Microsoft Monitor Research Service talks about MSFT’s collaboration culture within business groups and relates it to what former Apple executive Michael Mace wrote in his rant about Who Killed Apple Computer?: From Collaboration: The Microsoft Way: … Continue reading →