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Archive for September 2005

Unintended consequences…

…or, what if the things you believe are fundamental to keeping your society together are in some way linked to the negative effects that you see around you? That might be the sort of question you ask after reading a study published in the Journal of Religion & Society which suggests that a high level of [...]

Links Roundup for 2005-09-28

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-28 The Dialogue Mapping experience: Extract from forthcoming book on Dialogue Mapping Keywords: Collaboration, Compendium, Dialogue, KM A Short Course in IBIS Methodology: Keywords: Collaboration, Compendium, IBIS, KM

For once, a tale of good customer service

Like Gary Turner, I recently suffered a garage-burglary in which the scumbags helped themselves to a couple of bikes. Luckily though my insurance company works with Wheelies Direct to handle cycle-replacement claims. The staff at Wheelies have been friendly and helpful all the way from validating the details of the bikes I lost (they know their [...]

Links Roundup for 2005-09-25

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-25 On the concept of a concept: Denham Grey speculating on the nature of concepts, and in particular the interaction between a concept and the group who hold it. Keywords: KM

Working in the Twenty-First Century

I’ve been reading Working in the Twenty-First Century, which describes itself as an evidenced-based look at the future of work in the UK over the next 20 years by Michael Moynagh and Richard Worsley, published by the Economic and Social Research Council and The Tomorrow Project. Four main themes emerge from the report: The [...]

Problem with iTunes 5 and D-Link DSL-G604T

I’ve been having a problem with DNS failures on my home setup for the last week or so. So, it would appear, have a lot of other people with similar setups, and it turns out to be the fault of Apple who introduced a version of Bonjour into iTunes for Windows version 5. D-Link have published [...]

Links Roundup for 2005-09-20

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-20 Band shows fans how to get around copy protection on its CD: Tim Foreman from Switchfoot (who?) apologises for the copy-protection on their CD and shows fans how to get around it. [via Charles Arthur] Keywords: DRM

A synchronicity of KM?

Dave Pollard has written about the psychology of information, or why we don’t share stuff, the organisational and human factors that impede knowledge-sharing: Bad news rarely travels upwards in organizations People share information generously peer-to-peer, but begrudgingly upwards, and sparingly downwards in organizational hierarchies. People find it easier and more satisfying to reinvent the wheel. People only accept [...]

Links Roundup for 2005-09-19

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-19 Comment on Group unconscious: Keywords: mycomments Why software sucks: Scott Berkun on how not to get bad software Keywords: Software Trade Show Miles are the longest of all: …or why I was tired all last week! Keywords: World And finally, this is (for one day only) Evil Ivan… Keywords: Humour

Links Roundup for 2005-09-18

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-18 Email Protector: Jim Tucek’s javascript email address encryptor Keywords: Javascript

Links Roundup for 2005-09-16

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-16 Being a pirate on the seas of your own intellect: … is how Elizabeth Keogh describes the art of writing short answers. Keywords: Writing

Whose folksonomy is it?

In how to build on bubble-up folksonomies Tom Coates says: [...] The concept is really simple - there are concepts in the world that can be loosely described as being made up of aggregations of other smaller component concepts. In such systems, if you encourage the tagging of the smallest component parts, then you can aggregate [...]

Links Roundup for 2005-09-15

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-15 Contacts Sidebar - Thunderbird extension: Contacts Sidebar displays all available address books in a sidebar in the 3-pane-window of Thunderbird. It makes all your contacts easy accessible from the main window to quickly write messages, or to edit the properties of a contact card Keywords: Thunderbird Connected Services Framework [...]

Links Roundup for 2005-09-14

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-14 People (and some rules) make public places: David Wilcox summarises and comments on the new report from Demos - "People make places" (see adjacent entry) Keywords: Society People Make Places: Demos report on public spaces in the UK that explores how the best public spaces are created by people and [...]

Links Roundup for 2005-09-06

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-06 Windows forces disks to PIO mode: IDE ATA and ATAPI disks use PIO mode after multiple time-out or CRC errors occur Keywords: Windows

Links Roundup for 2005-09-01

Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-09-01 Could the labels actually be right?: Chris Anderson argues that moving to variable pricing on iTunes would be in the long-term interest of consumers because of the Long Tail Keywords: Economics Coding4Fun: Half-Life 2 Mod Spot: Microsoft tweaking Visual C++ 2005 to compile Half Life 2 game engine Keywords: Development Trust [...]

A Simplified Approach to Enterprise Architecture

Rule 1 - don't use the phrase "Enterprise Architecture"if you can show someone a picture instead!

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