Category Archives: Using Weblogs and Technology

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 →

The podcast conversations I want to host on this site are with, and between, people who believe we have a responsibility to begin acting now to cope with, and help our children and grandchildren cope with, the impending crises that … Continue reading →

Because I read blogs to learn, all of the blogs on my blogroll at right* are written by thinking bloggers. So when I got tagged by Janet as one of five bloggers that make her think, and challenged to pass … Continue reading →

 Until about 15 years ago, the way people consulted with each other was through face-to-face meetings and visits (often impromptu, spur-of-the-moment occurrences). When that was impossible, people conversed by telephone, in real dialogue. Likewise, until about 15 years ago, the … Continue reading →

An article in yesterday’s NYT says we’re producing digital information in volumes that will soon exceed our capacity to store it. Something about these huge numbers didn’t ring right. “Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”, TS Eliot … Continue reading →

 Jon Husband has picked up an interesting concept from Evelyn Rodriguez and Matthew Dallman: that blogging could be considered a form of performance art. This has a kind of ego-stroking visceral appeal to bloggers (it sure beats the mainstream media depiction … Continue reading →

If you weren’t blogging, what would you be doing with the time instead? This is, of course, a loaded question. Is blogging your excuse for not doing some things you would rather not do, or don’t want to admit you’re … Continue reading →

I listened to a fascinating interview on the radio the other day. What made it fascinating was that the interviewer’s voice, and questions, had been entirely edited out. What you heard was a very eloquent explanation of a difficult topic, … Continue reading →

A while ago I published a workplace communication and collaboration tool decision tree. At that time I outlined five reasons (habit, personality, office layout, ignorance and unavailability) that cause many people to use the wrong tool, and stressed that cost … Continue reading →

Painting “In Deep Conversation” by Irish artist Pam O’Connell For a while now I’ve been promising to write about how blogs could be made more conversational. To broach this challenge, I thought it might be useful to look at the … Continue reading →