Archive for the 'Information Management' Category
Recently I attended an event the Oracle Middleware 11g Forum around the launch & release of their Fusion Middleware 11g suite of products.
Oracle should be commended on the swift work they have done of incorporating the technologies and services they have acquired into their own product set. Within the 11g release there is the unified [...]
As an almost constant home worker, my work connections are 90%+ virtual. I rely heavily on a variety of collaboration tools to help me overcome the barriers to successful engagement, construction of trusted networks and getting the job done in a geographically dispersed team.
This clip from Phil Montero (via Michael’s news updates) rings true with [...]
With the growth of near real-time content becoming prolifically available and therefore harder to be selective about the content that is contextually relevant to yourself. I have found the use of Notify.me a useful tool to help the filtering and parsing of flow of information around me.
The essence of Notify.me is pretty simple feed it [...]
Technorati Tags: rss,feeds,feed readers
TechCrunch blogger MG Seigler recently blogged on Google Reader: “Google-reader-still-trying-to-figure-out-this-whole-social-thing-still-failing“
I use Google Reader, but not as a social platform, purely as the back-end service that collects feeds that I subscribe to, and connects to various end-points I use to access the feeds. In fact I don’t even use it as a the [...]
Technorati Tags: Feedly,feed readers
If you use Firefox (or derivatives) as a browser and Google Reader as a feed store; then I would highly recommend you consider using Feedly as feed reader.
Why do I use it? I use for the following reasons:
1. The UI
The magazine format really works for me. Simple easy to read and [...]
Google Latitude is certainly sparking a debate as who will champion & dominate the location based micro-blogging and connectivity services. It is also an interesting service launch from the Mountain View co. in the light of its recent service cut backs and closures – Google trims down. No doubt this could be viewed as a [...]
Technorati Tags: Speech recognition,productivity
Today I have tried the using speech recognition software, that comes with Windows Vista.
For the home worker, who is normally working in a quiet and undisturbed environment. There is the opportunity for the use of voice control software to manipulate and drive the interaction between the user and their device. This [...]
Technorati Tags: Flock,Firefox,add-ons
Everyone has their favourites and I’m no different. Even though I don’t even use Firefox itself as the main browser, I use Flock -an enhanced social networking derivative of Firefox 3.0 ; that in itself isn’t to everyone’s taste.
Flock is compatible with the majority of the add-ons and I begun to enjoy and [...]
Technorati Tags: Enterprise 2.0, RSS, Keynote
This is a quick summary of my thoughts on the 1st day of Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, June 2008
Morning Key Notes:
Fedex – Rob Carter CIO:
Discussed the value in networks and connectedness, a digital network must be connected, interoperable with and overlay your physical network.
Demo’d Fedex Adobe Air client. [...]
Technorati Tags: AIIM, ECM, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0
For those who are not aware of what AIIM seeks to do here is a brief summary:
wikipedia – aiim.org
AIIM is a not-for-profit organisation seeking to educate, inform and construct best practice approaches to the use of ECM and DMS within the enterprise. It works with all connected parties as [...]