The Archives
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05.02.08Cognitive heatsinksLike a lot of other folks, I'm really excited and inspired by Clay Shirky's Web 2.0 Expo talk (video here). As usual for Clay, it's engaging, informed, informative and has you thinking "what if" just moments in. And as usual, it's full of great quotes like: Desperate Housewives essentially functioned as a kind of cognitive heat sink, dissipating thinking that might otherwise have built up and caused society to overheat. Gold. And he does it every time he speaks. I still chuckle every time I recall his talk at Supernova 2007 on changing the dynamics of business and his great line when discussing ...
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09.08.07Office 2.0 - Hear me roarMy brain is very full ¾ of the way through Office 2.0. There are some amazing things being discussed here, and I think there's enough of a business presence (rather than vendors and those who live in the Web 2.0 echo chamber) for some changes to take place. There are also some astounding new products on show - almost too many to take in in any sensible way. I've just given my presentation - I am Knowledge Worker 2.0 - Hear me roar which went really well. I got some great feedback from the audience and lots of ...
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08.17.07Power to the peopleHere's the deck I presented at the IIM National Conference yesterday. It's a look at the shift in the nature of KM, knowledge work and knowledge workers and what their organisations can do to make their own and their employees' lives easier. For those reading via feed who can't see the embed, here's a link. The presentation went over really well. It's always good when passionate but friendly discussion takes place after you give a presentation. It's even better when you have audience members approach you and let you know that they were delighted to see a more visual, ...
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07.12.07Getting Enterprise 2.0 inside the wallNothing deep and meaningful here, just a few slideshows from others who I admire for their creativity. It's interesting how we all seem to think the same thing at almost the same time. Scott Gavin posted two slideshows from others today that I was also posting. He forced me to rewrite this post as a consequence (damn you, Scott!). To kick off, Meet Charlie, he's driving Enterprise 2.0 awareness everywhere. Next up, you should also meet Jessica, from Caroline Gagnon. Jessica's redefining the meaning of productivity in an always-connected world. You see, it's about outputs, not face ...
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07.08.07A little horn tootingI presented Liberate your control freaks at WebJam 3 just over a month ago now. Since then, it's attracted a surprising amount of attention in the blogosphere. Some of that attention is from people I have a considerable amount of respect for and simply wouldn't expect that I'd cross the radars of. I'm both a little surprised and very encouraged by this - I can only hope my upcoming presentations at Web Standards Group and the IIM National Conference go as well. In case you've not seen it, I've embedded it in the bottom of this post for reference.
