Ed Taekema - Road Warrior CollaborationA blog looking at business communication, knowledge management, scripting tools, OS technology news and other things of interest to mobile tech workers. As I find interesting news this will also contain pointers to thoughts related to configuration managment, change management and general software development.Wikis Are Not Unstructured- July 30, 2004 This Post sparked some interesting comments about "problems" with the implementation of Wikis. Here is one I hear all the time: The total lack of structure annoys me to no end. Maybe the people who build and evangelize wikis prefer that; they seem to find it a strength. I think they've just ended up building a tool that's great for people who think the way they do but not for others. I _want_ structure. Communicating and working out ideas is difficult enough that I have no use for a tool...http://www.doug-miller.net/blog/archive/wikithoughts.html WSJ: Altering How Employees Work Together- July 30, 2004 I understand that Kara Swisher has a great article at the WSJ ... is there a full text somewhere for those of us without a subscription Kara Swisher, in this morning's Wall Street Journal, writes about how 'Wiki' May Alter How Employees Work Together : Enter the wiki, which has aims to revive the idea of the "writable Web," which was how the medium itself was originally conceived by many of its earliest proponents. Using simple software, it allows anyone with Web access to post a page of...http://www.socialtext.com/weblog/040729wsjwiki.html Faceted Navigation - Capture Facets with Furl- July 29, 2004 I found a reference to faceted navigation via a trackback to my post about Social Bookmarking with Furl. According to Web Design Patterns Faceted Navigation works sort of like this: The idea is to navigate by 'facets'. So in the first step users can select a facet out of the set of all facets. In the next step, the users can select another facet out of the remaining facets. Which facets users will see as available navigation choices is dependent on the path they take. The Flamenco Project is.http://stateless.geek.nz/archives/2004/07/29/your-own-personal-google/ Offline Wiki - Unintended Consequences- July 29, 2004 A quick follow up to my prior post. I have found it interesting that making a wiki offline seems to change how I use as well ... it feels less like interaction with the community for some reason. I think it is an important capability to have for frequent travellers who are off the net, but it will interesting to see if it changes the wiki usage pattern or community development.http://www.pycs.net/users/0000177/2004/07/29.html CVS-like Access to a Wiki- July 29, 2004 Offline access to a wiki is something that I've wrestled quite a bit. Its the part of being a RoadWarrior that makes wiki use difficult. To solve it, I have made use of a mirror of the wiki (that basically creates a static copy of the wiki web) but then I don't get the opportunity to contribute to the wiki when I have the most free time. Like when I am on a plane or sitting in an airport without Wifi ... Have you ever had the problem of "where do I put this". At many places...http://www.javablogs.com/Jump.action?id=167279 Hierarchical organisations are killing knowledge management- July 28, 2004 This is a a very powerful observation, namely, that organizations are structured to actively work against knowledge management and empowered peer interaction which is so critical to KM success. via Column Two - Megan Santosus looks at the impact of hierarchical organisations on knowledge management. To quote: Becoming a true knowledge management organization, in which information is shared seamlessly among employees and departments, has always been an acknowledged challenge. But when I..http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/001369.html Python Class Diagram- July 27, 2004 This is a sample python class diagram.http://www.pycs.net/users/0000177/pictures/640x480/2.html Wiki vs SharePoint- July 27, 2004 Bebo is wondering about the difference between a Wiki and SharePoint. I am really into wiki. I have installed a wiki for our developers at work with great success. Nothing is easier and faster to propogate information and ideas.The company I work for wants to start using a SharePoint site. It thinks that this will be the cure for information sharing. I am skeptical, but I don't have any experience with SharePoint so I don't really know. It looks like it has a ton of cool features, but how...http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=14929#14929 Screenshot- July 27, 2004 Bookmarklet Screenshothttp://www.pycs.net/users/0000177/pictures/640x480/1.html Split Views- July 27, 2004 Jeff Mesnil has create some great bookmarklets to split the view within a broswer. He does it by putting the current html document into a frameset! Pretty clever. Checkout the screenshot. via Matt Payne - Omaha, NE - Computer Programmerhttp://mattpayne.org/b.cgi/2004/07/20#split1 |