Archive for February, 2007

Chapter 1: Language, maps, communication and memory.

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Chapter 1: Language, maps, communication and memory.
“The horror of that moment,” the King went on, “I shall never, never forget!” “You will, though,” the Queen said, “if you don’t make a memorandum of it.”
Lewis Carroll ( 1832-98 ) - Through the looking glass (1872)
To exchange thoughts is a fundamental need of every human being. No […]

My MSc Thesis on Concept Mapping

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Abstract

When referring to a problem, we often speak of a space in which the problem’s parts exist. This allows us to speak metaphorically and to apply knowledge constructed in a given field to be useful in a less familiar one.
Concepts are universally separate from representation, yet the representation often subtly distorts or obscures the ideas. […]

TIBCO: could these padded jackets reduce M&A insanity?

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

I worked for Arthur Andersen a few years ago, specializing in systems integration using Middleware platforms such as TIBCO, IBM WebSphere MQSeries, Vitria and SeeBeyond. Since 2001 I shifted my focus from systems integration technologies to Knowledge Management integration strategy (more on that shift in a later post), but I do keep an eye on […]