The concept is simple: you want to make a web reference (HTML link) to an other web resource, but you don’t want that link to go bad. This requires a web link, with just a little bit of smarts on the server, and so I call that a T-Link and it is a key capability for a collaboration system. Continue reading
Category Archives: Social Business
Post the Document on-line before Emailing it
If you are sending information to a group of people, you should FIRST post that information on-line, and THEN you should email everyone about it. Today I experienced a classic violation of this guideline, and while the damage is not huge, it is so pointless. I am documenting this case as an example of what not to do. Continue reading
Enhancing the Productivity of an Evolving Workforce
Here is an article I wrote for Workforce Solutions Review, a well produced magazine from the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM). It seems that there is some interest in Adaptive Case Management from a HR perspective — and for good reasons. When I get the details of the publication issue I will include that here. Meanwhile, this post outlines a vision for ACM and Human Resources & Management. Continue reading
Bandwidth, Online Education, and Learning
For me, the highlight of the Fujitsu Laboratories of America Technology Symposium 2012 was the panel on “Bandwidth, Online Education, and Learning” where many new trends in education — something near to my heart — were discussed. Continue reading
Social Business: Identity and Reputation
Social Software is turning the idea of identity on it head. Actually this is a trend that has been happening for long time, but it is being thrust into the public consciousness by the desire now to bring social systems into the enterprise: ESS. It used to be that on the Internet nobody knows you are a dog), but that is changing. What they do know is your reputation, which becomes your identity. Continue reading
Review of “Purpose Case Management”
In April, Michael Poulin made a proposal for something he calls “Purpose Case Management“. While I am not convinced that this idea represents a new category of technology, the discussion and analysis of the problem is well worth the read.
AIIM2012 Ted Schadler Keynote
Ted Schadler from Forrester spoke on Wednesday at the AIIM Conference in a talk called “Provisioning Today’s Information Worker” on the subjects of content and mobile. What follows is my notes on the talk. Continue reading
AIIM2102 Dion Hinchcliffe Keynote
Dion Hinchcliffe has been a luminary in the social technology space, however with this talk “Mobility First: New Opportunities” he has shifted into being an evangelist for mobile computing. For a very good reason: the shift to mobile computing is the most dramatic technology transition in history. Ever. What follows are my notes from the talk. Continue reading
AIIM2012 Clay Shirky Keynote
I was really looking forward to the keynote by Clay Shirky, and I was not disappointed. The title of his talk was “To Make Sense of Data, First Make Sense of People“. Continue reading
Attachments Are Evil
Every day I get hundreds of email messages, and many of them have attached documents. To everyone of them, I want to send the following reply message: Thanks for Wasting Everyone’s Time. Continue reading