Category Archives: social networking

Lifelet: He made me think!

Posted on October 19, 2013 by

While writing my blog post today on “Epistemology of Software,” I credited Drew Paine with “making me think.” In 1981, I worked for an executive vice president at Digital Equipment Corporation, Don Busiek. Whenever Don would introduce me to someone, … Continue reading →

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What could an old fart possibly know about technology?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by

The day started with my wonderful son-in-law sending me a reminder of how ancient a technology mariner I am. He’d found this “What if?” answer from XKCD on “If all digital data were stored on punch cards, how big would … Continue reading →

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Integrity – Easily Lost, Hard to Regain

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

In writing the blog post on “Succumbing to the Ultimate Power Trip,” I was reminded of a bookend to this experience. One of the more interesting players in the Watergate affair was Egil “Bud” Krogh. Bud was the 32 year … Continue reading →

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Organizations Don’t Tweet, People Do – Euan Semple

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

Once you figure out how to dip your “knowledge net” into the stream of search engines, blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, the world just shows up at your doorstep (oops, I mean browser window).  Well, sort of.  It helps a … Continue reading →

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Is the university experience wasted on the young?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Every now and again, the universe conspires to free up some time to do some face to face learning with terrific resources in the academic world.  After a whirlwind set of face to face meetings with professors at UW Seattle … Continue reading →

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A Little Strategic Networking to Finish the Week

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Not often enough my schedule conspires to present a strategic networking day.  An excellent article in the Harvard Business Review “How Leaders Create and Use Networks” makes the distinction between Operational Networks, Personal Networks and Strategic Networks. Most of our … Continue reading →

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Too Much to Know – The Death of the Long Form Book?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

At dinner the other evening at Crush with my valued all things marketing and branding colleague, Katherine James Schuitemaker, I shared with her that I finally produced a draft of the book on Attenex Patterns I’ve wanted to write for … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, ebook, Human Centered Design, Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management, Learning, social networking, WUKID | 13 Comments

Digital Humanities – Really?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Russ Ackoff shared that the best knowledge system he knew was to have an intelligent set of graduate students that knew him.  In 1985 when we were meeting regularly, he described the joy every morning of coming in and having … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, ebook, Human Centered Design, Idealized Design, Intellectual Capital, iPad, Knowledge Management, Learning, Relationship Capital, Russ Ackoff, social networking, Teaching, University, WUKID | 13 Comments

Good Software Never Dies – ALL-IN-1 becomes Enterprise Vault

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

In 1979, John Churin and I created an enterprise Office Automation product called ALL-IN-1.  I left the full time management of the project in 1986 and then left Digital Equipment Corporation in 1990.  For some 18 years, ALL-IN-1 generated $1 … Continue reading →

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What if Business were Art Making?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

At the UW Bothell Bootcamp Part 1 facilitated by Michele and Jim McCarthy, a powerful part of the process was the making of team art.  The supplies were all there and we were encouraged to “make art” throughout the weekend. … Continue reading →

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