Category Archives: Knowledge Management

Verna Allee at Knowledge Workers Toronto tomorrow night

Value Network Analysis is a method that can help you understand what motivates people to participate in exchange monetary and non-monetary (e.g. goodwill, favors, customer insight) transactions across ecosystems (e.g. companies, non-profits and adjoining industries). By knowing the VNA method … Continue reading

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Lifestream logging: I’m lifetrailing my laptop and iPhone.

Over the past few months I have been experimenting with collecting “life-trail” information about where I go and what I do. If I use an application, or make a phone call, I want it logged. I automate the collection of … Continue reading

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I bought MacSpeech Dictate

For sure, I think most quickly and creatively when I talk out loud. And I express most succinctly when I type. Too often I have flourishes of thoughts that I wish I could reclaim. Sometimes I’ve gone so far as … Continue reading

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Toronto Wiki Tuesdays July 2008: Truthiness for the Masses – what makes Wikipedia sufficient truthy?

Speaker: Maury Markowitz This month’s speaker will be Maury Markowitz, discussing how Wikipedia is addressing the problem of ensuring truth in articles. Maury is a renowned Wikipedia editor with over 1,000 new articles and over 20,000 edits to his name. … Continue reading

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Forums and Wikis: Providing conversation-knowledge linkage for WordPress MU

Below is a copy of an email I sent to WordPress Pro mailing list addressing the dynamic between information stored in a wiki and knowledge spurred on by conversations in a forum. In it I make recommendations as to why … Continue reading

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WikiSym2008 – I’m Chair for Demos and Posters

A bit of news – I’ve been asked to be on committee to hold the position of Chair for Demos and Posters at WikiSym 2008 in Portugal this September. This is great as I’ll not only see breaking ideas as … Continue reading

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Wikis in Legal Practices – Toronto Wiki Tuesday – Feb 2008

My congratulations go to Connie Crosby for her talk on Wikis in Legal Practices (Do Wikis belong in Law Firms) Slides here Despite howling winds driving a blizzard conditions and a late change of venue, 16 people successfully ventured toInsomnia … Continue reading

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Toronto Wiki Tuesday mentioned in Canada’s National Post

Toronto Wiki Tuesdays got a brief mention in today’s National Post ‘‘I will be heading to Rower’s Pub to this month’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday, Toronto’s dedicated Wiki event. We’ve had some great topics, talking about how using a wiki efficiently … Continue reading

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I’m speaking at Office2.0 on mindmapping and culture of Enterprise 2.0

I’ve accepted an invite to speak on two panels (Thurs-Fri) at Office 2.0 in San Francisco, California this week: Cultural and Technology in Enterprise 2.0 rollouts (hosted by Jevon MacDonald). This will explore the cultural nuances related to designing, developing … Continue reading

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Last night’s VizThinkToronto4 – ConceptMapping

Last night was http://barcamp.org/VizThinkToronto4 “Concept Mapping”- presented by David Gelb of York University, Michael Jones from Sheridan College and myself. (Sorry, for all the promotion we did with my pause in blogging I forgot to blog about it). At the … Continue reading

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