Archive for the 'TorCamp' Category

A ratings system for postings?

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

I tap away at this blogging malarky for many reasons but, as in everything, I strive to improve.
So, I was looking to augment the technology powering this blog, with a means to gather quick feedback. ds-rating-plugin is a candidate: it provides the means to allow readers to star-rate postings.
Ideally I’d have it provide ratings along […]

DemoCampToronto11 - open to any?

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

I agree with Rohan: last night’s democamp failed to live up to expectations.The demos

The best demo was indeed Sunir’s demonstration of the Design Bibliography wiki, which had some pretty funky gadgets to support the application-specific workflow. Yet as I’ve said to Sunir before, there are plenty of wikis out there (40 new *wiki*.(com|org|net) sites are […]

eWeek: Wikis Are Alive and Kicking in the Enterprise

Monday, November 20th, 2006

eWeek Wikis Are Alive and Kicking in the Enterprise
By Stan Gibson
November 20, 2006
If you haven’t heard that cry already, chances are you will soon, as the use of wikis in enterprise environments spreads like wildfire.
Proliferating virally, wiki usage has grown exponentially in recent months, along with other consumer-centric technologies—including blogs, podcasts and RSS—that have […]

Resuming Toronto Wiki Tuesday

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Its been a few months since our last TorontoWikiTuesday event. As you can see,by  averaging 12 people, we’ve never had tremendous turnouts.
Speaking with Seb Paquet last week I was stunned to hear that Montreal Wiki Night frequently has turnouts exceeding 50 people.
Its clear we need a new strategy. I suspect a pub venue (while mandatory […]

Knowledge management is dead. Long live Knowledge Management

Monday, November 20th, 2006

In his post, The relevance of knowledge management today, says about Knowledge Management:
The terminology and tools have substantially moved on, yet the fundamental problems are not new. As such, the wheel does not need to be reinvented, and those who have been in the knowledge management space can apply their expertise with enormous relevance.
Ross Dawson […]

Web 2.0 is about participation, more than personalisation

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

I was in a conversation at Toronto’s Enterprise 2.0 Camp on Tuesday night with a guy in telecoms (sorry if someone knows his name please let me know) who said for him that Web 2.0 is personalisation. He sketched the following:
When I click a button on my phone to fetch a cab it would know […]