Looking forward to this. I always enjoy panel discussions, especially around a topic with so much diversity in it.

How Many Bloggers Does It Take To Blog A Gathering Of Bloggers?. "October 5 weblog panel in Chicago. All About Weblogs announces an upcoming program on October 5, at 2 pm, at the Sulzer Branch of the Chicago Public Library at 4455 N. Lincoln Ave.:

I'll explain what a weblog is, what types and genres of weblogs exsist, taking the audience on a short tour to a few of my favorites. I'll explain some simple ways to find blogs that you might be interested in, and ways to track them. I'll also briefly cover how to start you own, and offer some tips for running one. ... [W]e will have a panel of some smart local webloggers who will discuss what blogging has done for us, what it's done for the Web, and what it can do offline. These and deeper questions will be discussed by a panel which will include AKMA, from AKMA's Random Thoughts, Dan Hartung of Lake Effect, Jim McGee of McGee's Musings. They'll be few more as well.... [T]his promises to be the largest gathering of Chicago bloggers ever assembled.

Sounds fun. I'm sure many will blog it for the rest of us, right? All About Weblogs is a new blog by kiplog. I'd have used a permalink above, but currently it gets an error, implying that perhaps the archives have never been published." [Radio Free Blogistan]

I'm going to try to attend, but it will depend on scheduling. It sounds de-lovely!

[The Shifted Librarian]

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Very thoughtful reflection.

Why has knowledge management come to prominece now. I was asked the other day why has knowledge management come to prominence now. There is a short answer that is summed up in that one word called "Internet". Connectivity, capacity and access for all make it possible to share knowledge. But the point is - we always have and we always will. The Internet is change in means and mode, not a root cause. I think knowledge management's prominence has deeper roots in an individual's need to learn at this point in history. People are finding they need to become more reliant and old ways don't serve them any more. We are no longer content to take what the boss gives us and seek greater choice. We are starting to see the need to learn again and that is best done in a community. Knowledge sharing/management is a community based activity. The change we are facing is nothing new. Changes of this magnitude have happened before and will happen again (Industrial revolution anyone?). It's just this time around we have a name.

Posted by David C. Buchan

[thought?horizon :: non inferiora secutus]

5:31:17 PM •  • comment  

Valenti's summary of what Hollywood wants.

It reminds me a bit of design meetings with managers whose view of technology is driven by "magical thinking" -- the technology wizards can do anything I can describe. Not surprising and something that technology wizards tend to promote. I suppose it's even worse in Hollywood where sreenwriters and special effects artists aren't constrained by the niggling engineering details of how warp drives or transporters might actually work.

In the real world, however, we have to deal with limits on two levels. On a theoretical level, I'm believe that foolproof protection of digital assets is impossible. Bit are bits, computers are Turing machines, and anything you can program I can reverse engineer (DMCA notwithstanding). Given the current level of technology knowledge among plolicy makers, I don't expect this argument to carry the day even though it trumps the practical arguments

On the practical level, some technology solutions can't be delivered within the current constraints of time or budget. Even if a solution were possible, the costs in terms of replacing existing infrastructure and practices is too high. This is where today's debate is anchored with the predictable problems that costs and benefits aren't evenly distributed among the players. We'll end up with the predictable dogs breakfast of a solution.

SJ Mercury: Valenti presents Hollywood's side of the technology story. Dan Gillmor. I made that offer after I heard from a colleague that Valenti, meeting recently with journalists in Los Angeles, had complained about what I'd been writing. So while I don't agree with much of what he said -- and I'll respond in a subsequent column -- it's only fair to give you his side of the argument. [Tomalak's Realm]

5:15:53 PM •  • comment  

Nice resource - Thanks Rick

Annotated Blog Bibliography.

An annotated bibliography on weblogs & blogging, BlogBib CARL 2002 [LLRX Newstand]

Hadn't seen anyone else pick this up. Caught it at Sabrina Pacifici's LLRX site. The Newstand is a great collection of daily links to tech news around the web.

[tins ::: Rick Klau's weblog]

4:15:03 PM •  • comment  

Ray's comments help me understand why the digital dashboard mock ups haven't caught my interest. I don't see any reason to believe that one single tool on my desktop is any more desirable than one single tool in my workshop.

A few comments about John Robb's liking of digital dashboards. [Ray Ozzie's Weblog]

In an era where we do more and more and more of our communications and work with others online, we need tools that help us to get that work done faster and more effectively. That means creative, innovative software, hardware, and systems. That means leveraging the power of technology with effective human and inter-human interface as the #1 goal. Different interfaces for different activities on the PC, different devices as appropriate if not. Best-of-breed, and highly-tuned.

3:08:22 PM •  • comment  

A worthwhile analysis and summary. My only quibble is with the quote Steven provides. I don't believe it was the "creative community" that objected to new technology. It was the distributors who were connecting the creative community to consumer markets who objected.

First generation analyses of electronic commerce assumed that markets would be "disintermediated" (don't you love consultant talk?) and that distributors were at greatest risk. In most industries, we're finding that intermediaries of all sorts continue to be important, but that the particular ways they've bundled their services in the past are at risk. If the RIAA, Jack Valenti, Disney, and others devoted as much energy and creativity to capitalizing on technology change as they do trying to make it conform to supporting their current way of doing business, they'd be richer and we'd all be a lot happier.

To Copyright Owners. Gary Shapiro: "First, do no harm. If we had previously heeded the concerns of the creative community, we would have no radio, no TV, no VCR, no computer, no e-mail and no Internet. Yet each of these technologies has enhanced the revenue stream for copyright owners." Well put, this keynote by the head of the Consumer Electronics Association. [Steven's Weblog]

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