Sunday, July 25, 2004

Mind Mapping for Results

Looks interesting. I've been a long-time proponent of mindmaps and a user of MindManager for a while now. I've downloaded the trial version. We'll see where it leads.

Mind Mapping for Results. I've just finished the second of two delightful and informative web-conference calls with Nick Duffill of Gyronix. Nick and his associate have developed ResultManager - a powerful add-in to MindManager that allows it to be used as a visual project management tool. I must admit that I had initially looked at ResultManager as just a great collection support tool; however... [Eric Mack On-Line]
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Denham on Anywhere - Anytime knowledge??

Once again, Denham is spot on in his analysis. This is another instance of where organizations engage in magical thinking in lieu of the real thinking needed to tackle how to improve the way they support and leverage knowledge work.

Anywhere - Anytime knowledge??. Many organizations have pinned their hopes on delivery of knowledge anywhere, anytime, just-in-time. Time to share some thoughts: In many ways, this latent desire parallels the technology vs. people schism in KM. Almost all the talk and writings are about... [Knowledge-at-work]
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Wolfram explained

I confess that Wolfram's New Kind of Science has been gathering dust on one of my shelves. But it continues to intrigue me. Here's some material courtesy of David Weinberger that may help when I do get around to finally reading it.

Wolfram explained. I just came across a Forbes article by Michael S. Malone, dated 11.27.00, called "God, Stephen Wolfram and Everything Else." It's a good, non-technical introduction to Wolfram. Nicely done. Critics of Wolfram won't find much to like in it, and I still think Ray Kurzweil's piece is the best analysis/intro I've read, but Malone puts Wolfram into a useful perspective.... [Joho the Blog]

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NPR has RSS feeds with the usual clueless terms of use

And the terms of use are the usual stupid restrictions written by lawyers who haven't the foggiest clue was RSS is or does. The only way I can see to actually make use of the NPR feeds is to essentially ignore the terms of use.

About what you can expect.

Major major: NPR has RSS. I'm all over this! [Scripting News]

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