Knowledge Rocks!

I received this advert (via email) from Borders telling me I can buy ebooks for $6 each. let me remind them (and others) we don’t buy ebooks – we license them. Try lending and ebook to a friend or selling it at a used book store. Until they get this model right this is like [...]

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One of my favourite magazines is MIT Technology Review. “Each year, Technology Review selects what it believes are the 10 most important emerging technologies. The winners are chosen based on the editors’ coverage of key fields. The question that we ask is simple: is the technology likely to change the world?” This year’s list contains [...]

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Business Week had an excellent article on the new Google home page (did you notice the changes yet?). The article reviews a number of design considerations and the design process. It highlights some of the subtleties that go into good design. You should also look at this graphic for a better understanding.

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I came across an article in the April issue of Wired, Clive Thompson on the Cyborg Advantage.In this article, Clive tells the story of how, after having been beat by IBM’s Deep Blue, Garry Kasparov observed that “(H)uman smarts and silicon smarts work in very different ways” — “which gave Kasparov an intriguing idea. Instead [...]

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Business week maintains a good collection of health IT articles worth browsing. You may want to check on this periodically.

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The Atlantic magazine carried an excellent article recently on electronic government. This article highlights some of the possible applications of technology to streamlining government services.

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I have started a list of expertise books on Amazon. There are several books on the subject that I have read over the last two years. I will try to keep this list up to date. If you know of other books that should be on this list, I would love to hear from you. [...]

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Sir Francis Bacon was right about knowledge. It is power. Ben Franklin agreed. “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” We think our perspectives on knowledge are new. Think again. If you have any old quotes / perspectives, please share them with us.

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I recently did a presentation as part of the KMDI alumni series for students interested in a career in Knowledge Management. The presentation is on SlideShare (this time I edited it in advance to avoid the formatting problems). Enjoy How Can Studying Knowledge Media Design Help You With A Career in KM View more presentations [...]

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I recently did a presentation on Expertise Networks to colleagues in the Toronto Knowledge Workers Group. I have posted the slides on SlideShare (if you have not explored SlideShare, I would encourage you to do so. A great place to find and share slides on almost any topic. Some of the slides are shared with [...]

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