Witterings from within

Implicit versus explicit

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:06:50 +0100

I loved this quote:

” … the world is not a meaningless collection of billions of facts. Rather, it is a field of significance organized by and for beings like us with our bodies, desires, interests and purposes.”

johntropea:

“Implicit knowledge isn’t explicit knowledge that we’re not currently thinking about. Implicit knowledge isn’t there the way ore is buried. It’s “there” only in the sense that we can generate it when required. Most simply: That we can come up with an answer doesn’t mean that the answer was lying dormant in us all along. Answering questions is a creative act. Similarly, the context that is our world is not made up of facts and knowledge, although it is only from that context that facts and knowledge can emerge. As Dreyfus says: ” … the world is not a meaningless collection of billions of facts. Rather, it is a field of significance organized by and for beings like us with our bodies, desires, interests and purposes.” (p. 26)”

- David Weinberger

SocialVibe

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:38:21 +0100

SocialVibe:

You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.

We’ve teamed up with…

May Wrap-Up

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:37:56 +0100

May Wrap-Up:

Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.

May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…

Things in transition

Sun, 17 May 2009 17:36:41 +0100

Things in transition:

Back in October, I was reminding people to keep up with their social networks as the recession brought challenges.

While it was hardly prescient, it was brought home to me when my role…

What’s my blog about?

Sun, 17 May 2009 12:35:48 +0100

What’s my blog about?:

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Forthcoming blog post subjects

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:14:12 +0000

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The Foreign & Commonwealth Office - social media experts?

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:35:16 +0000

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office - social media experts?:

I’ve just remotely attended a really interesting presentation in London [OK, I attended remotely], by Media Snackers who talked about engaging with the young, through social media and so on.

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Social Media & Knowledge Management

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:29:48 +0000

Social Media & Knowledge Management:

Social Media in the Enterprise

I wondered about the impact social media tools were making in knowledge management for the enterprise. We have got some very rapid growth in the takeup of…

@SouthwestAir responds to questions to La Guardia

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:26:58 +0000

@SouthwestAir responds to questions to La Guardia:

I’ve posted about corporate use of Twitter before. I like the way it can build a brand’s position and personality.

I really liked this use of a response to a question from Jaunted by the Twitter…

Flock O’ Tweets - sorts tweeters into flocks

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:25:32 +0000

Flock O’ Tweets - sorts tweeters into flocks:

Every now and then you find a little mashup that makes you go “Now that’s a good idea!”.

Flock O’Tweets is one.
Put a group of those you follow in, separated by commas: out pops a…

Will your social media engagement scale?

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:02:34 +0000

Will your social media engagement scale?:

Do you listen to your customer?

We do … that’s what we all say. It’s what we all want to do. Sometimes, particularly in a big corporate, it gets to be a bit difficult to hear what…

Websites, blogs and content management

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:25:48 +0000

Websites, blogs and content management:

Please, can we have a website?

How many of us get questions like that?

I did, and the Cromarty Coastguard website was the result.

So, the answer was “Yes”.

Recently, my local…

Phil on Skype

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:04:35 +0000

Phil on Skype:

Just a grabbed snap of my bearded son!

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Phil on Skype

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:11:22 +0000

Just a grabbed snap of my bearded son!

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Giving customers what they want

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:46:18 +0000

Giving customers what they want:

or, are we dinosaurs?

@jobsworth has written another thought provoking post on the customer’s voice and choice, and I commend it to everyone.

We need to be in the business of…

Even Demos says allow Facebook at work

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:45:30 +0000

Even Demos says allow Facebook at work:

Image via Wikipedia

In an article on use of social networking sites reported on the BBC, a Demos report states that firms should allow the use of these sites at work.

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Social Media - Agile Knowledge management?

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:18:53 +0000

Social Media - Agile Knowledge management?:

Absolutely belting article by Joe McKendrick.

My favourite quote from Tony Baer

“Conventional knowledge management is more of a waterfall process [one department hands off work to another], whereas social media tends to be more agile [working collaboratively, real-time].”

Keep up with your social network as the crunch comes

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:24:36 +0100

Keep up with your social network as the crunch comes:

Everyone needs friends and contacts

While we find our way through the next year or two, there are going to be many changes. Orders get cancelled, expenditure is cut, and jobs will go.

If…

Social Networking fixed my heating!

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:52:47 +0100

Social Networking fixed my heating!:

I started to write this post in the summer, when someone asked me about social networking. As the weather turned cold, and the heating came on, it’s given me the impetus to publish it.

They…

The URI is the Thing (TUITT)

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:22:09 +0100

The URI is the Thing (TUITT):

Paul Downey - also known as @psd - has done another one of his pen & ink masterpieces conveying the importance of the URI.

I’ll admit to my shame, than it wan’t until I started reading…