Thinking out loud here…
Chat last night on Twitter about cloud computing, the definition having been recently updated on Wikipedia by @bobgourley. One gentle challenge was offered by @lewisshepherd: By the simpler definition, a print server would be deemed cloud computing – is that what is meant?
At one level, it is not altogether useful to [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Cloud Cognition
Posted in Cloud Cognition, Social Media 3 Comments
National Security Reform and Classification Policy
“The [U.S. national security] system fails to know what it knows, to make sense of information and trends in order to understand an increasingly complex global environment, to make effective and informed decisions, and to learn over time what works—and what does not work.”
In a blog posted to the FAS Project on Government Secrecy, Stephen [...]
Posted in National Security 7 Comments
On “Lessons Learned” Programs
Chain of events: Acquaintance writes email, referencing this blog from APQC. I respond with a rant, augmented by a couple of acidic twitter messages to release steam. These rants are posted to my Facebook status line, and results in a brief conversation there with a FB friend – who initially believes I’ve lost my mind.
And [...]
Posted in KM History 2 Comments
Twitterverse segmentation: The Journalists
I am seduced by the interest in yesterday’s post, which remains sloppy and in need of tightening. There are many types I missed, so let me try to flesh this out a bit. To review, these are observations, not completed analysis. But through this first pass, we may glean some common characteristics. To be serious [...]
Posted in Social Media 6 Comments
Initial Observations on Twitterverse Segmentation
Just some initial scattered thoughts regarding Twitter – if you don’t use it, this will make little sense to you. Perhaps.
I’m noticing possible user typologies, from my admittedly small vantage point, that are proving fascinating, at least to me. (All numbers are current as of 2 December 2008.)
What follows is tongue-in-cheek, as I am [...]
Posted in Social Media 2 Comments
Well, at least my blog has better hair now
Also it apparently lacks a Y chromosome, is considerably younger, and uses a Mac. But I suppose the “analysis” that gets me most is this absurd over-the-top silliness:
“Since they are not very good at seeing and understanding the needs of other people, they might come across as arrogant, impatient and insensitive to people that need [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment
