Here's something that isn't going to happen: shut down the internet because it is keeping people from communicating. At least Elton John thinks so.
"Time out (please?)" from Brett Miller and some reflection on Facebook has me thinking that the best Facebook application is my bicycle. Or the back porch and a Moleskin.
The Sunday sessions at BlogHer rocked! This was were all "unconference" style via Open Space Technology. As a result of this session, I've set up CoffeeNeeded.com and made even more connections with wonderful BlogHers.
People who have been following my blog for a while have probably seen me reference Brandon Wirtz' thought that Blogs are just a front porch. I like this particular analogy enough that I tossed it out as a topic at the BlogHer unconference.
The second unconference session was initiated by Aliza Sherman as a result of the communities panel from Friday, where there was not enough time to talk about how and why communities die / break-up / fade away.
Amy Gahran says, "I want one place for all my content: Pipe dream?" She mentioned this at BlogHer as well.
Does knowing who reads your blog change what you say and how you say it? Do you censor what you say because you don't want your readership (or potential readers) to learn something or to be offende...
My thoughts and comments for the BlogHer sessions on Saturday, July 28th.
Some of my reaction to the first day of BlogHer 2007 in Chicago.
Several people in my reading list have mentioned AideRSS in the past few days. The service just launched on Tuesday, so I thought I'd have a look.
I got my upgrade to MindManager 7, and the biggest difference is that the UI now incorporates the Microsoft "ribbon" concept, making the menu and toolbars look very different. Not happy.
I'll be at BlogHer '07 this weekend, and I know there are several people that I want to meet face-to-face. And I am sure there are more that will be a pleasure to meet this weekend.
Bill Brantley describes How education/training has changed in the last three years for him. People want to be able to remix their content, no matter what the source.
Patrick Lambe sent me a copy of his new book, "Organising Knowledge -- Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness," after I mentioned that I would love a chance to dive into the book. Given the title, how could I not be curious.
Tour de France 2007: Vinokourov tests positive; Astana withdraws from Tour. Too bad.
23 Skidoo, I am Catch-22. At least this five-question survey suggests that I am.
Victoria Ward has an interesting piece on translating poetry that I think has a lot to do with the difficulties of knowledge management.
Vic of the mind-mapping blog has built a mind-mapping specific search with the Google Co-Op tools.
Luis Suarez has a great story about knowledge management from someone who has nothing to do with knowledge management in Knowledge Management - Where Are the Bees?
Ever been annoyed that your local store always seems to be out of one of the ten items on your list? Me too. Amir Schragenheim has written a piece on Managing Distribution According to TOC Principles (pdf) in the latest TOC Update from Goldratt Marketing.