Archive for September, 2006

The Power of Blogging

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

It’s not everyday I get a phone call from New Zealand. But, about 8 hours after I posted that I was looking for a job opportunity, that’s what happened to me.
It’s too early to say how this opportunity will pan out, but I will say this, blogging to the world dramatically shifts the people you […]

Martin Cleaver is looking for the right opportunity :)

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Hi all,
There is no point being shy about these things - especially as the market and opportunities I prefer to focus on is so narrow…
Currently I am a contractor working as a Senior Manager for a Knowledge Management firm in Toronto, Canada. We specialise in knowledge management
for strategic alignment, focussing on innovation and growth. My […]

The more help the better!

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

Hey Stefano,
Thanks for your reply
Time is particularly an issue and I both appreciate and accept your offer to help. You’ll note that when you log in you see an extra menu… Site Admin… along with Alfi you have full rights through the web.
If you want shell access, we can talk about that too. I’ve added […]

[AnnounceCmapTools] Announcing KEA, an open architecture based on Web Services, Concept Maps, and IHMC CmapTools

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

KEA provides the data and procedural framework to allow third party developers to design programs that interact with the CmapTools suite of programs, and includes a new, open, xml-based file format for Cmaps. …
– Apologies for duplicates — Disculpas si recibe este mensaje duplicado —
(Posted on the cmaptools mailing list)
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Dear CmapTools […]

Plenty of people blog about concept mapping

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

I’ve not sorted through the 76,300 google hits for “concept mapping” blog yet, but at this number its clear people do blog about conceptmapping.
Yet I am troubled by the slowness of uptake on this site. Why do people not comment on the postings that are here?

Is the problem usability? Like, do people not find the […]

Do you blog elsewhere?

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Three of the people I spoke with at the CMC commented that they blog elsewhere. Do you?
I am investigating how much effort it would take to aggregate concept mapping related posts on the site. If you know of a related blog that we should aggregate, or you blog elsewhere, please leave me a comment here.
Cheers,
Martin.

Tim Berners Lee used concept maps in 1989

Monday, September 18th, 2006

I was looking for something quite different just now, but ran across http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/conceptual.html which led me to this:
“A concept map from Tim Berners-Lee’s original World-Wide Web proposal, a hypertext system called the “Mesh”, presented in 1989. See the full “Information Management: A Proposal”. (http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/FUNET/history/internet/w3c/proposal.html)

Commenting on your own posts keeps the story intact

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Both Karel and Freddy have reminded me about this… when people comment on your blog Wordpress notifies you by email.
So, the temptation is to use email to respond, but this buries the response and closes off the line of questioning to further replies. So, instead, just comment on your own blog. Then everyone can see […]

Wikis vs. Blogs

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Judging from CMC2004, few people in our community back in 2004 knew about blogs, let alone wikis. After CMC2006 I think the situation has got better but there is still considerable confusion.
The article, Stewart Mader: Wiki vs. Blog, has a couple of illustrations.
I’ll continue to look for some more good reference materials for our community.

The Gliffy Collaborative Concept Mapping Tool

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

Ben @ The TechSavvyEducator talks about Gliffy and relates it to his experience with CMapTools:
Gliffy is everything a concept mapping tool should be, and doesn’t require money or a download in order to use. Users can make concept maps, flow charts, floor plans, network diagrams, and just about any other simple diagram or chart you […]