knowledgeer-at-large

I suspect few of my USA-based readers are old enough to remember the Ed Sullivan TV Show in the 1960’s, but I seem to recall there being a reoccurring juggling act mixed in among Elvis, the puppet mouse and the Beatles.  In the act, the juggler used breakable plates that he spun on a series [...]

I have been following the mentions of Personal Leaning Environments for over a year now.  I continue to be amazed at how badly the concept and the practices employed are misappropriated. Its a mess.  Then I found this old article by Tony Karrar on the topic and decided to put my two cents in.
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I just happened upon an old Tom Davenport post… Was Drucker Wrong?
Of course the answer is…  The great man was correct.  He was great for having been more right than perhaps he even knew.
Our group has come to understand this now and with the knortal project will provide the leverage that effective knowledge work requires.
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In my previous post: WTS,  I introduced an on-line book and accompanying materials.  This is part 2 of my book report for Working Through Screens (WTS) by Jacob Burghard.  Please forgive the long title of this post, but its the one that “fits.”
WTS is a comprehensive examination of how one is to consider and approach [...]

Late last week, I happened upon one of the most interesting website/information posts I have seen in quite some time: Working Through Screens.  This information comes in the form of an innovative, multi-function on-line book with some supporting materials.  Both the information contained within this book/materials and the company (Flashbulb Interaction) that the information comes [...]

Continuing my examination from the earlier post; “Defining Knowledge Work as a Domain,” I thought it might be insightful to look at perhaps the activity that knowledge work is most centered in: learning.
The dictionary will tell you that learning is: 1. to come to be able.  2. to come to realize.  3.  to come to [...]

The CapSys knortal project team is just about to initiate it’s actual design work.  So its only fitting that we are looking for some timely inspiration.  However, inspiration is a funny thing, as it can come from any where, and any… time.
The knortal project is an open-source initiative we are launching to provide an edge-of-the-field [...]

The annual Internet Identity Workshop-B is to take place tomorrow through Wednesday (Nov. 10-12) out in Mountain View, CA.  This un-conference has been the event that has largely set the pace for developing both the community that has assembled around identity and the direction that is being set for nearly all development in personal identity [...]