Category Archives: Using Weblogs and Technology

Next month I’m participating in a ‘fireside chat’ on the future of education with a group of leading thinkers on the subject from around the world — in Second Life. We’ll all be there, represented by our avatars, sitting on … Continue reading →

I attended a meeting yesterday of a self-managed KM group facilitated by the Conference Board of Canada. The subject was Social Networking in Business, and we talked about the tools in general, and social network analysis in particular. Here’s what … Continue reading →

Later this week, I’ll be posting my first podcast, an interview with Chris Corrigan, Open Space guru and author of the Parking Lot blog. Chris is a conversationalist extraordinaire, so interviewing him was a piece of cake — future interviews … Continue reading →

Suppose that all the politicians, business czars and celebrities of today had had access to blogs and social networking tools when they were teenagers, and that all the archives of local newspaper articles and crime blotters from that time were … Continue reading →

Social networks are by nature complex phenomena — they can never be fully known or understood, and there are an infinite number of variables that affect their evolution and their success or failure. My observation is that they are also … Continue reading →

A lot of my friends and readers are technophiles. They believe that social networking and other technologies can make the world a much better place. I’d like to believe it, but I don’t. The industrial economy is rigged. It is … Continue reading →

 I‘m trying to understand why social networking applications (and to some extent online research) are still not getting much mainstream traction in organizations. The vast majority of SNA use, it seems, is for personal purposes, or by technology geeks. Meanwhile, researchers and … Continue reading →

(This article is a heresy, especially coming from a self-proclaimed champion of innovation. It’s not quite polished enough to be a Dangerous Little Meme yet. But there’s definitely something here. I’m expecting a rough ride for it, but I’m ready.) … Continue reading →

As part of my current work contract, and in some of my blog posts, I’ve grappled with the ineffective and inappropriate use of the various communication tools that are available in the workplace. I’ve developed a variety of ‘tool choosers’ … Continue reading →