The Siemens example mentioned in this posting is worth a read. Beyond the clear plug for Groove, it really is the way teams should be organized. When a project is initiated, pull all the needed team members in, set everyone on course with the same information and roll forward. And no, you don't all have to be in the same room to do it.
This article starts out with some interesting statements. The one that caught my eye was the dire prediction that spam, if left unchecked, could make e-mail as we know it useless and discourage those who aren't online to get online. Then Mark takes the article down the road of personal property rights…therefore the title. Personally…
As per usual great news from Michael Sampson of Shared Spaces…who also caught a bug on a recent post of mine and IMed me to let me know (thank you again Michael!) Lot's of great information today (or yesterday). Lookout is available for download again, so if you use Outlook…snap it up before XP SP2…
There seem to be a lot of articles on metrics lately. This one is great for making the case that the basic glance at page views and visits isn't enough. Dig deeper, try to understand what users are trying to do. Then you find the real gems. With Data Analysis, Less Isn't More
Okay beyond the “Is it too late to apply for the fall semester” jokes, I think this is as important as computers, then laptops becoming deriguer on campus. I like the fact that Duke is giving them to the students, not requiring them to buy them. I was looking at Apple's site yesterday to read…
Shared Spaces news for July 2 Today's highlights: Oracle Collaboration Suite Revenue; Antepo and BT Syntegra; IBM Conferencing GUI; Oracle increased its revenue take for Collaboration Suite from $1 million in 2001 to $5.5 million in 2003. Comment: That's a good enough growth rate for 2 years, but it's still a tiny proportion of the…
The problem with articles like this is that while they do represent a real problem, they are also used as ammunition against telecommuting. But, as the first comment pointed out, companies have not leveraged the cheap and widely available realm of desktop-based video conferencing. Even if it isn't like t.v. or what the entertainment industry…
