A blog about collaboration, trust, open source, workplace, and community behaviors.
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PBwiki is now PBworks. This name change makes sense to me, here’s why. Apparently they originally named the company PBwiki because they wanted to convey the sense that using a wiki is as simple as spreading peanut butter (PB). But they have been adding features that extend their offering beyond being a wiki-only product. One [...]
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A few weeks ago I posted a personal success story about how microsharing behaviors provided value to me when I was working at my last company. We were experimenting with tools — at one point, Yammer. I used to run a monthly meeting with a large team of analysts. We agreed to stop meeting and [...]
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I started me career in technology because I’m fascinated with people! I found that technology provides me with a perch from where I can observe and understand people — or at least those people who are impacted by technology. And I’m also fascinated by how people identify themselves in groups. In my professional life, I [...]
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Here’s a trick that can help you write better documents and blog posts: Use a mind mapping software tool to outline your thoughts. When I write a long document, white paper, or even an important blog post, I pop open Mind42.com. Mind42 is a free, web based, mind-mapper tool that lets me quickly organize my thoughts [...]
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The following idea came up yesterday in two unrelated conversations, so I figured it was worth putting down in words here, so I can reference this when it comes up again. Side note: This is a good pattern when you are a blogger — especially one who writes for your corporate (internal) audience. When you [...]
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We will one day look back and say that “Social Networking” was one of the biggest fascinations that defined this decade. I’m reminded of a post by one of my favorite colleagues at Forrester, one who really connected with me while I was there, and has the amazing ability to create new profound insight on a [...]
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A rant on a growing problem: The social computing community is creating innovative technologies and marketplaces faster than organizations can consume them. And this creates an effect that I call the “long neck”. Whereas the “long tail” provides the market with access to low demand items via the Internet — and is a beneficial result [...]
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