KM Mag: The Power of One In attempting to apply their collective expertise for competitive advantage, corporations often overlook the fundamental truth that knowledge begins and ends as personal. Without human understanding, personal context and immediate utility, all we have is data. The Standard: Harvard, Stanford to Enroll in E-Learning In a move likely to boost the prestige of online learning for business executives and heighten competition in a crowded market, Harvard Business School and Stanford University say they will jointly provide non degree courses online. : All knowledge is local Key points – 1. Knowledge sharing can’t thrive without a community 2. Best practice can often be found within your own organisation 3.
Don’t try to amass all knowledge; focus on areas with clear commercial value 4. People need time and incentive to share knowledge. Zero-Knowledge: Private Sector – Newsletter on Privacy and the Enterprise (via Caleb os) Whatever your job title, if you are concerned about the impact of privacy on your business, this newsletter on privacy and the enterprise can give you the information you need to stay current in this complex and constantly evolving arena. ZDNet: Yahoo testing the waters for corporate IM In a strong indication of the growing appeal of instant-messaging in the enterprise market, Yahoo Inc.
is currently working on a version of its Messenger IM product for corporate users. Friday, December 1 The Chronicle: Scholars Want Permission to Copy Electronic Materials They want the office to urge Congress to revise the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to specify that a buyer of copyrighted electronic material can resell, lend, or share that material without the copyright holder’s consent — a provision known as the first-sale doctrine. Wired: Copyrights: Tech Blurs Control Yahoo News: net Library and Houghton Mifflin To Launch Digital Textbook Initiative (via) net Library, the leading provider of e Books and Internet-based content management services, and Houghton Mifflin Company, a leading educational publisher, today announced plans to launch a digital textbook initiative. net Library’s Meta Text division will create electronic versions of Houghton Mifflin College Division texts and, beginning in the fall 2001 semester, provide college students and instructors access to electronic textbooks through Meta Text’s interactive, Web-based learning platform. News. com: Consumers may find e-books a tough read Earth Web: Knowledge Management Meets the Portal Combining knowledge management and corporate portals helps companies and their employees gather, manage, share, and use previously disparate information.
Web word: The Intersection of Information Architecture and Usability Unfortunately, IA is still a pretty scary topic at corporations. Let me explain why. To many corporate project managers, IA spells three things: more money, more time, and more complexity. Face it, it’s a lot easier to talk about colors, type fonts, and new and dazzling features than to talk about how the whole site needs to be totally ripped down and overhauled! It’s a vicious circle. Many project managers and designers often find out about IA too late, when they do in fact need to redesign the whole site from the ground up — Interview with Alison J. Head, founder of Alison J.
Head & Associates. Creative pro: The Digerati Come Up for Air (via Doc Searls Weblog) Beneath its shimmering surface, technical innovation is changing what it means to be human. Glenn Fleishman reports from Pop! Tech 2000 on the hazards of swimming in technology’s deep end.