January 3, 2007 » Parable of the Juggler
Getting Things Done helps you juggle more effectively, but as Marcia Conner reminds us in this parable, you may want to consider whether it’s necessary to juggle that many balls in the first place. (LQY)
January 2007 Archive
January 3, 2007 » Power Relationships and Collaboration
At the Open Collaborative Services Initiative meeting three years ago, I met David Hartzband, who at the time was VP of collaboration technology at EMC. We had several fantastic conversations, including this thought-provoking claim: True collaboration cannot exist in a hierarchical relationship. (LQK) I disagreed with him then, and I disagree with this now, [...]
January 3, 2007 » Group Information Hygiene
Last August, I wrote: (LPS) When we founded BlueOxenAssociates, we were supposed to be a place for those on the cutting edge of collaboration. I quickly discovered that most people who want or claim to be on the cutting edge are held back by poor PersonalInformationHygiene. People need to start with themselves before they [...]
January 3, 2007 » Getting Things Done
Last year, I reached a point where I wasn’t managing my time and tasks to my satisfaction, so I decided to check out the Getting Things Done bandwagon. I went to Green Apple to buy David Allen‘s book, but I couldn’t find it in the business section. I asked a salesperson for assistance, and to [...]
January 2, 2007 » Commenting on Blogs
Mark Bernstein recently complained that the right place to comment on a blog post was by private email or by linking from your own blog, not via the blog’s comment mechanism. I still agree with this view, although my belief has been greatly tempered by own experiences. (LOS) Several months ago, I turned off [...]
January 2, 2007 » Folksonomy Taxonomy Philosophy
I love playing The Book of Questions types of games with friends and colleagues, but when it comes to answering those types of questions myself, I’m a terrible waffler. When I play these games with my friend, Steph, she often complains scornfully, “You’re such a ‘P’.” “P” refers to the “Perceiving” Myers-Briggs personality type, which [...]
January 1, 2007 » The Varieties of Second Life Experience
I liked Clay Shirky‘s commentary last month on Second Life, along with Howard Rheingold‘s qualifications in the comments. More than anything, Clay seemed to be lashing out against thoughtless discourse, which is a big pet peeve of mine as well. Of course, posts like these generally generate more thoughtless discourse. It’s the cost of having [...]
January 1, 2007 » Engelbart’s “Whale” Slides
I call my favorite set of Doug Engelbart slides the “whale slides.” He calls them the “Coevolution Frontier.” They show a graph of collective tool utilization versus human systems development. His first slide shows our typical view of the distribution among organizations around the world. (LN2) (LN3) Looks like a sperm whale, huh? [...]
January 1, 2007 » Standards of Education
Last November, Sunlight Foundation organized a meeting in San Francisco centered around Open Data / Open Government (dubbed “ODOG”). As what might be expected at a gathering of excellent people facilitated by Allen Gunn, it was a terrific event. While we covered tons of interesting ground, the thing that stood out for me the most [...]
