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Academic writing

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT

"But knowledge isn't a big pile of facts..."

Understanding big data vs. theory

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The problem is that knowledge often outpaces understanding. In the Age of the Net, if we want our knowledge to get very very big, knowledge is going to blow far past our understanding, and we aren't going to be able to afford to wait around for understanding to catch up.

Your business needs scholars

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:00:00 GMT

"These experts within your business show all the signs of scholarship, except that scholarly papers are not their ultimate output..."

Kapow, CapTech partner for SharePoint migration

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Higher-quality, lower-cost integration projects

How meaning stuck ...

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Attempts to permanently fix meanings to things, and attempts to identify knowledge as if it were valuable free of your context and projects, are misguided.

Interoperability as a worldview

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Usually when you hear someone use the word "interoperability," you should prepare to be pulled into a discussion about highly technical issues about the protocols by which electronic systems communicate, or, if you're very lucky, about the way in which data can be formatted for use across multiple systems...

The problems with facts

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Not all things that claim to be facts are facts. Some statements about the world are false. What's true and false is not up to us. Facts matter.

Learning like a developer learns

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT

If you want to see the future - and who doesn't? - the place to begin your search is now. If you want to see the future of education and knowledge, take a look at how software developers learn.

Who cares about knowledge?

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

I don't make predictions except when they're already true. So, here's one: The concept of knowledge is on its way out.

Curating abundance

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The rise of the digital is changing just about everything about curation, mainly for the better but not entirely...

Letting data out of its box

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Framing the Net, or being framed?

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The Net does not get framed so much as frames everything else.

The wisdom of impractical knowledge

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT

KMWorld award nominations now open

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Celebrating KM Promise and KM Reality

Explaining the Net?s dominance

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Is the Net really different from what came before? I'm going to say yes. The question is why...