June 1, 2001
O'Reilly Network: Hailstorm: Open Web Services Controlled by Microsoft.
Clay Shirky. Rather than subject Hailstorm to some sort of P2P litmus test, it is more illuminating to examine where it embraces the centralization of the client-server model and where it departs by decentralizing functions to devices at the network's edge.
Alan Cooper: Goal-Directed Innovation.
On the other hand, really useful benefits often come without lots of innovation. For example, Amazon continues to stay afloat in hard times for the same reason they grew so rapidly in boom times: because they focus relentlessly on customer satisfaction.
NY Times: Controversial Ruling on Library Filters.
Free speech advocates quickly expressed concern that the E.E.O.C.'s decision is a dangerous precedent that could pressure libraries to aggressively monitor patrons' viewing habits or install filtering software as a means to ward off potential discrimination suits.
Salon: The music revolution will not be digitized.
The power, then, is consolidated squarely back in the hands of the same record industry executives that held the reins before. Everyone with a good idea that doesn't fit into what the music moguls have already deemed appropriate is out of luck.
Internet Week: IBM Uses The Web To Listen To Its Employees.
WorldJam was important for two reasons: the ideas that were generated and the knowledge IBM gained on how to conduct such an event. IBM Research's Social Computing Lab is studying the WorldJam message boards to find out about the behavior of large communities online...
elearningpost: Grassroots KM through blogging.
In this article, we share our experiences with a strategy and technology so simple in design, that it could present the next wave of grassroots KM implementations. We are talking of the "storytelling" as the killer strategy, and "blogs" as the killer technology.
- Salon: From September 29, 1998; Story time.
Scott Rosenberg.
The Economist: Mightier than the mouse?
Emboldened by the popularity of pen-driven handheld computers, such as the Handspring Visor, the Compaq iPaq and the troubled grand-daddy of them all, the Palm Pilot, some computer makers are betting on a market for fully fledged PCs that can be operated with a stylus.
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