October 15, 2007 – 9:06 am
Received wisdom online says: it’s so obvious that we’re overwhelmed by information. There’s just too much of it and most of it is garbage, especially now that anyone can post her thoughts on the Internet. Fortunately, we have ways of telling what’s important and who’s an authority… like by looking at who has the […]
October 11, 2007 – 7:50 am
I was fascinated to read on the Oracle AppsLab blog that they’re experimenting with a bullpen-style layout in Building 300, where I used to work. My greatest day at Oracle was when I achieved my own office. Cubicles were bad enough, but bullpens? Personally, I want more separation and privacy than that.
I wrote it up […]
October 7, 2007 – 11:51 am
A piece I wrote for GigaOM a while ago on the Connected Age was published this weekend, with a table taken straight out of my book manuscript for Connect!: Web Worker Daily’s Guide to a New Way of Working. I do mean straight out — as Judi pointed out to me, there’s even a red […]
September 24, 2007 – 5:02 pm
I’m wrapping up the manuscript for Connect!, Web Worker Daily’s Guide to a New Way of Working. The manuscript will be done by Friday — at least ready for production and copy editing — and so I’m transitioning over into the promotion phase. I know this phase will likely be as or more difficult than […]
September 20, 2007 – 4:15 pm
The Internet is the introvert’s best friend, because you can show up at all the right places without ever leaving home. You don’t have to deal with crowds or small talk or even brushing your teeth, though I did indeed brush my teeth multiple times today.
I’m wondering if the key to promoting your work online […]
September 10, 2007 – 4:56 pm
Richard Ogle’s Smart World proposes that the world of ideas thinks for itself. Its not lone geniuses out there coming up with breakthrough innovation but rather networks of people and ideas.
“Networks of people and ideas”: sounds like the web, doesn’t it? Especially in blogging, you feel the truth of what Ogle says, that ideas and […]
August 27, 2007 – 4:56 pm
Steve Rubel suggests that the web is making friendship “more about quantity and less about quality.” I see something quite different. I have more friends because of the web, but at the same time, my relationships whether friendship or acquaintanceship are stronger.
Maybe the web makes it possible for us to have more friends without decreasing […]
August 22, 2007 – 4:30 pm
What is the critical ingredient in the performance of virtual teams? It’s not communication; it’s trust. Trust mediates the relationship between communication and performance. In the absence of trust, more communication will not help your virtual team function better. Here’s a PowerPoint describing some of the relevant research.
Why is trust so important to the functioning […]
August 15, 2007 – 5:06 pm
My most marked-up book of recent has been Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age by Duncan Watts. Among the many insights I found:
Some communities can be too clustered, leading to stagnation, where no new ideas can percolate. That happens when every person is so connected that whatever they hear about matters very little […]
Despite the alarming headline on this morning’s Wall Street Journal article Instant Messaging Invades the Office, it’s actually overall positive about how instant messaging changes workplace communications. Looks to me like print media journalists are starting to understand that access to a lot of information and to our colleagues is not a bad thing — […]
