July 31, 2003
Pushouts...
To Cut Failure Rate, Schools Shed Students: "Growing numbers of students - most of them struggling academically - are being pushed out of New York City's school system and classified under bureaucratic categories that hide their failure to graduate."
KM News Today
In the news today Knowledge Management Technology & Service Provider announcements:
Net-Intent: Offers 3 iFilters for MS Project, SolidWorks, Pro/E;
IBM Lotus Instant Messenger: Available for BlackBerry Enables Enhanced Ease Of Use And Deployment;
ServiceWare: will formally announce earnings on July 31;
CACI International Inc: Moves Earnings Release to August 13th After the Market Closes;
RightAnswers: Announces Knowledge-Pak Support for Microsoft Office 2003;
Open Text(TM): Blue Cross Of Northeastern Pennsylvania Selects Open Text To Deploy Enterprise Portal;
UniPress Software: Announces Enhanced Version of Web-based Inventory Tracking Tool;
CherryRoad Technologies and Entrieva: Expand Federal DoD Sector Partnership - Success with U.S. Army Knowledge Online;
Xybernaut and Jouve: Introduce AirGTI Mobile Solution.
July 30, 2003
KM & Homeland Security
InformationWeek > Knowledge Management > Homeland Security Will Drive Federal Spending On Knowledge Management > July 30, 2003: "The government's need to gather and share intelligence because of its homeland-security mission will propel spending on knowledge-management software and services, according to a report the market-intelligence firm Input issued Wednesday."
July 29, 2003
Storytelling...
Did you know that there is a National Storytelling Festival, and a Digital Storytelling Festival (oops, just missed this one last month), and a Center for Digital Storytelling, and a National Storytelling Network, and a Storytelling FAQ? This is of course just skimming the surface of the enormous pool of available resources on the art of storytelling as an intrinsic component of cultural communication and knowledge sharing...
Enterprise Storytelling
For Diversity Training, Employers Use Storytellers: "Employers are increasingly turning to storytelling as a tool in their diversity training, the Wall Street Journal reports. Advocates of storytelling say it adds an emotional element to the intellectual one in diversity training, making it more compelling to employees. "
Storytelling Beads
77 Mass Ave | Storytelling on a String: "Barbara Barry, a Media Lab PhD candidate, has invented a new way to tell stories: an interactive necklace of computer "beads" that hold wearer-selected images and text. The "StoryBeads" can be traded or strung together to create narratives."
Storytelling Beginnings
Lifetime of Learning Starts with Learning to Read: "Educators have discovered that reading and storytelling stimulate the imagination, enhance children's vocabularies, introduce them to components of stories - such as characters, plot, action and sequence - and provide them with information about the world surrounding them."
July 28, 2003
Intelligence, with artificial ingredients...
E-Commerce News: Socially Intelligent Software: Agents Go Mainstream
..."While the popular conception of an agent is a cartoon character who talks with or interacts with a visitor to a Web site , today's technologies are much more sophisticated than that. Venture investors are eying the agent niche -- and its associated artificial intelligence and linguistics technologies -- as a possible major market opportunity."...
AI and Alzheimer's
Intel and Alzheimer's Group Join Forces: "For patients with more advanced cases, the researchers held out the possibility of systems that use artificial intelligence techniques to determine whether a person has remembered to drink fluids during the day"
AI & Aging America
Wausau - Technology makes life easier for aging America: "Alex Libin, a research associate at the Hebrew Home Research Institute in Maryland, has developed a robotic cat that responds to human touch and human voice. Max, a robotic cat, is programmed with artificial intelligence, lifelike movements and a vocabulary of 48 different cat noises."
Mind-Controlled Wheelchair in Works
Mind-Controlled Wheelchair in Works: "Swiss and Spanish scientists are developing a mind-controlled wheelchair that could one day give severely paralyzed patients new independence... The system has been designed by Jose Millan of the Dalle Molle Institute for Perceptual Artificial Intelligence in Martigny, Switzerland, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and the Center for Biomedical Engineering Research in Barcelona."
Minsky on AI Deficiencies
Wired 11.08: VIEW: "What's AI's biggest deficiency right now? The lack of people with an interest in commonsense reasoning for computers. I've found maybe a dozen. Douglas Lenat's Cyc ['psyche'] is the only major program that has collected commonsense knowledge. But it's not there yet."
July 27, 2003
vast vats of vertiginous verisimilitude
vast vats of
vertiginous verisimilitude
void of virtuosity
volley voluptuous varicosities
voluminously
©2003 judith meskill
July 25, 2003
Opensource | Content Management Systems
Opensource | Content Management Systems | CMS | Portals | Blogs | Groupware: "This site was created with one goal in mind. To give you the opportunity to "try out" some of the best php/mysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be the administrator of any site here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your needs."
July 24, 2003
if the "I" grows dry
if the "I" grows dry
is it the "We" that you see,
interactively?
haitech haikutm
©2003 judith meskill
KMpings Knowledge Pings
Knowledge Pings: "This page collects and displays the last 200 TrackBack pings sent to the knowledge management category for KMpings."
A great idea, until someone decides to use your computer to do a search on eBay and wonders "hmmm, what does this button do?" and accidently KMpings a basic eBay search! Still, however, a great idea.
A Geek Chorus
New York Times | In the Lecture Hall, a Geek Chorus: "Some people, of course, ignore speakers entirely by surfing the Web or checking their e-mail - a practice that has led some lecturers to plead for connectionless auditoriums or bans on laptop use. But others are genuinely interested in a lecturer's topic and want to talk concurrently about what is being said. They may also like to pass around links to Web sites that relate to, and may refute, a speaker's point. For them, wireless technology allows a back channel of communication, a second track that reveals their thoughts and feedback and records it all for future reference."
invest in knowledge
invest in knowledge
and continue to collect
limitless returns
haitech haikutm
©2003 judith meskill
July 22, 2003
some social software
some social software
portent prodigious portals
and some sit on shelves
haitech haikutm
©2003 judith meskill
July 21, 2003
College of NJ Interactive Multimedia Major
The College of New Jersey | Interactive Multimedia major: "The first undergraduate major of its kind in the United States, the degree in interactive multimedia combines into one program courses in interactive computing, professional writing, and digital media... Courses to be part of the new major include introduction to digital media, introduction to computational media, introduction to professional writing, computer animation, interactive storytelling, information retrieval, and human computer interaction."
Drucker's Knowledge Workers
Management Challenges for the 21st Century | Peter Drucker: "the most important, and indeed the truly unique, contribution of management in the 20th century was the fifty-fold increase in the productivity of the 'manual worker' in manufacturing. The most important contribution management needs to make in the 21st century is similarly to increase the productivity of 'knowledge work' and the 'knowledge worker.' The most valuable assets of a 20th-century company were its production equipment. The most valuable asset of a 21st-century institution, whether business or nonbusiness, will be its knowledge workers and their productivity."
July 20, 2003
Herding Knowledge Workers
Western Management Consultants of Ontario | Herding Knowledge Workers?: "So what is a knowledge worker? Ask a group of strategy leaders and you will get as many answers, including:
* A problem solver versus a production worker;
* A person who uses intellectual rather than manual skills to earn a living;
* An individual who requires a high level of autonomy;
* A manipulator of symbols; someone paid for quality of judgement rather than speed of work;
* A worker who uses unique processes;
* Someone who possesses un-codified knowledge which is difficult to duplicate;
* A worker who sources between his ears;
* Someone who uses knowledge and information to add to deeper knowledge and information."
Another Knowledge Worker Definition
knowledge worker | a searchCRM definition: "A knowledge worker is anyone who works for a living at the tasks of developing or using knowledge. For example, a knowledge worker might be someone who works at any of the tasks of planning, acquiring, searching, analyzing, organizing, storing, programming, distributing, marketing, or otherwise contributing to the transformation and commerce of information and those (often the same people) who work at using the knowledge so produced. A term first used by Peter Drucker in his 1959 book, Landmarks of Tomorrow, the knowledge worker includes those in the information technology fields, such as programmers, systems analysts, technical writers, academic professionals, researchers, and so forth. The term is also frequently used to include people outside of information technology, such as lawyers, teachers, scientists of all kinds, and also students of all kinds. "
Semantic Web
Analyst Corner | Summary of the Worldwide IT Services Marketplace, 2Q03 | Analyst Corner | CIO: "Gartner Dataquest identifies four new application/technologies (the semantic Web, the grid, enterprise performance management (EPM) and 'net fabric') as being significant areas of innovation and opportunity taking shape behind the high-profile push toward Web services. "
rubidium gas
rubidium gas
taking the pulse of slow light
superluminal
haitech haikutm
©2003 judith meskill
July 19, 2003
genealogy...
geºneºalºoºgy
separated by degrees
blogosphere expands
haitech haiku™
©2003 judith meskill
July 18, 2003
AOK Star Series Reminder
Come visit AOK - Association of Knowledgework - from July 21 through August 1, 2003 for Conversations with Megan Santosus, Senior Editor, CIO Magazine and Manager, Knowledge Management Research Center, CIO.com on: Knowledge Productivity: How Do We Know Knowledge Works? And don't forget to do the homework!
ponderings on social software...
Are you a Friendster? Do you realize everyonesconnected? Will you ryse to the opportunity of better business networking? Have you attended the Ecademy lately to share in the World Wide Wealth? Are you LinkedIn to realizing that your network is bigger than you think? Are you a FOAFnaut? (A 'friend of a friend' who is not afraid of a little RDF?) Or are you more inclined to meetup in the physical realm?
Inspirational attribution: Leander Kahney | Wired News: Making Friendsters in High Places
on blogs & politics...
journalism.co.uk | Citizen blogger Posted: 17 July 2003 By: Jemima Kiss: "We believe that blogs can help to introduce a more open and relaxed tone of voice to politics, which encourages debate. If blogs help to do only this, their contribution to a renewed political conversation will have been immense." James Crabtree, director of e-democracy think-tank VoxPolitics
July 17, 2003
dendrite distraction aimless axon anxiety
dendrite distraction
aimless axon anxiety
sudden slumbering
haitech haiku™
©2003 judith meskill
I am currently experimenting...
I am currently experimenting with Amazon Light, courtesy of Kokogiak Media, and Google AdSense in the right hand column of this blog. I know that these features have been available for some time now but perhaps everyone who reads my blog does not have knowledge of them. Please let me know your thoughts on these two services.
July 16, 2003
burgeoning bodies of knowledge...
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) has a Body of Knowledge for Software Quality Engineer Certification (CSQE), The ASQ also has a Body of Knowledge for Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, The IEEE Computer Society has a Body of Knowledge for Software Engineering still under development and a 228 page Public Draft available, Candidates for the Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) designation have a Body of Knowledge available to them, the IAAM (International Association of Assembly Managers, Inc) has a Body of Knowledge task force, Systems Administrators have a Body of Knowledge, The Project Management Institute (PMI) has A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge for Project Managers, The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has a Body of Knowledge for HIM professionals, The Research Administrators Certification Council has a Body of Knowledge for Certified Research Administrators, and The Society for Technical Communication has a Body of Knowledge for their Usability Special Interest Group for User-Centered Design Professionals. While this is most certainly not an exhaustive list by any measure, it is a beginning...
July 15, 2003
MAKE Study Results
The KNOW Network | International Knowledge Management News: "Organizations dedicated to growth through innovation and knowledge management create shareholder value twice as fast as their competitors, reports Teleos in the 2003 Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Study."
Banking IT Spending Flat '04
destinationCRM.com | Banking IT Spending Flat in '04: "A new Giga/Forrester report says regulatory compliance, risk management, and cost-cutting top the list of priorities...Spending on knowledge management and CRM is a close third, according to the report."
keys click constantly
keys click constantly
an endless breathless patter
numerical bits
haitech haiku™
©2003 judith meskill
July 13, 2003
Van Gogh's Moonrise
Nature | Science Update | Van Gogh's Moonrise: July 13, 1889 at 21:08. © Kröller-Müller Museum: "Moonrise will be recreated on 13 July this year - the 150th anniversary of van Gogh's birth - when the Moon will emerge again from behind the cliff. Although there is a full Moon every month, it revisits the same point in the sky on the same date only once every 19 years."
July 12, 2003
Join AOK for Star Series Discussion
Join AOK - Association of Knowledgework - from July 21 through August 1, 2003 for Conversations with Megan Santosus, Senior Editor, CIO Magazine and Manager, Knowledge Management Research Center, CIO.com on: Knowledge Productivity: How Do We Know Knowledge Works?
July 11, 2003
Van Gogh's Moonrise Mystery
Southwest Texas State University | SWT astronomers sleuth van Gogh “Moonrise” mystery: “Timing is everything, as they say, and sometimes the arts and sciences fall into synch. In 2003, the Netherlands celebrates the 150th anniversary of van Gogh’s birth, while at the same time, the progression of 19-year-long lunar Metonic cycles coincides with that of 1889--meaning that skywatchers in Saint-Rémy are in for a celestial encore. (Van Gogh painted Moonrise July 13, 1889 at the Saint-Paul monastery in Saint-Rémy, France. At 9:08 p.m., local mean time, to be precise.)”
seven come eleven
seven come eleven, the friday five is alive...
1. michelle angiotti who lived down the street, we used to save butterflies from the storm drain
2. unfortunately, no...
3. absolutely, a few in fact...
4. through mutual friends and dancing
5. yes, someone from university, we were like two halves of one whole...
July 10, 2003
fearless fly alights
fearless fly alights
sips sweat from freckled forearm
diptera delights
haiku ©2003 judith meskill
July 09, 2003
Withering Heights
CIO.com | Withering Heights | The New Work Order: "We thought companies would want to single out their "high end" knowledge workers for special treatment. We were wrong."
July 08, 2003
Weblog & Manila
Mike Walsh's Weblog - Will Trade Beach House for Manilla Knowledge: "OK. Here's the deal. Someone needs to develop the Quick Start Guide to developing a weblog using Manilla."
Not Very Intelligent
Economist.com | THE GLOBAL AGENDA | Not very intelligent: "The White House has admitted that a key part of its case against Iraq had been discredited by intelligence sources."
July 07, 2003
Smart Sensors Hit Highway
Technology | canada.com | 'Smart' Sensors to Hit the Highway: "On Thursday the province launched a $500,000 study of the benefits of creating an "intelligent Transportation system" in Alberta."
July 06, 2003
Drones, Men & Dolphins
Science Blog | Underwater drone works with men and dolphins: "Now here was an awesome alliance: in March, when supply and hospital ships were on their way into Iraq's port of Umm Qasr, and the sea channels had to be cleared of the mines the Iraqis had planted, a group of Marine Corps reconnaissance swimmers, Navy SEALS, Explosive Ordinance divers, dolphins, and underwater drones joined forces."
Knowledge Continuity
PCN | Global | Knowledge Continuity: The New Management Function: "Knowledge is the catalyst for everything that happens in an organisation... Many business inefficiencies, and outright failures, are the result of employees not "knowing the ropes" well enough to perform confidently and productively in times of change."
BlogTree
BlogTree.com | Weblog Genealogy: "BlogTree.com is a web site that maintains a database of blog relationships and allows you to browse blogs' pedigree."
gnats dodge and drift
gnats dodge and drift
flitter on vision's edges
silent scavengers
haiku ©2003 judith meskill
MIT Media Lab
MIT Media Lab | Computing Culture Group | Open Government Information Awareness: "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both."
- James Madison (Fourth President of the United States)
July 05, 2003
the friday five
the friday five: on saturday... (^:=
1. thumbelina, russian fairytales, sleeping beauty, alice in wonderland, the secret garden, the wind in the willows, the lion the witch & the wardrobe
2. all of the above
3. yes, the layers of meaning that grow with us
4. young, before pre-school
5. i got in trouble for reading little women when we were supposed to be having a "nap time" in kindergarten
July 04, 2003
Declaration of Independence
"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness), it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government."
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), from the Declaration of Independence
July 03, 2003
RSS Killed the Infoglut Star
InfoWorld | RSS Killed the Infoglut Star | July 03, 2003 | By Chad Dickerson: Standards and Protocols: "At last, a way to manage the Internet information overload."
ProBlog Blogologue
ProBlog Blogologue | Zacheus Manifesto: "Members occupying web spaces, entering global spaces through electronic gadgets, and those who obtain reports of online spaces that can often only be imagined, be on notice... a powerful global media ecosystem is emerging."
Intelligence Blog
Intelligence Blog | The exploration of new ideas and techonlogy trends: "Industry-sponsored research, while far from conclusive, suggests that companies that engage in corporate spying see a payoff in increased revenue, costs avoided, and better decision-making. With the economy in free fall, those advantages can make all the difference."
July 02, 2003
Keillor's Love Me
The Atlantic | July/August 2003 | Love Me | Keillor: "I fell into bed like a boxful of hammers and woke up at noon with this great idea"
July 01, 2003
Convera / CIA
Yahoo Finance | Independent Research Firm Cites Convera as a Leader and Strong Performer In New Report on the Future of Search: "The Future of Enterprise Search, Convera (Nasdaq:CNVR) was cited as a leader in the category for unstructured content, limited topics and a strong performer in the category for unstructured content, unlimited topics."
Intelligence Gathering
Nature Biotechnology | Competitive business intelligence gathering and analysis: "The US National Security Agency gives the following illuminating definition of 'intelligence' in this context: it is '...knowledge and foreknowledge of the world...[that is] the prelude to...decision and action'1. The term 'foreknowledge' refers to the future and its evaluation relative to the present."