Tuesday, August 27, 2002|
What's happening, and where is the data coming from?! This morning, I saw Hugh's post on Kettles, and responded with my own. A few moments ago, to get a link for a book I referenced, I headed to Amazon.com, and they have the effrontery to recommend a kettle to me! Ah, ahem. I see. A link on Hugh's page went to another one of their kettles, and since I didn't buy it, they assumed I was still in the kettle market. Frightening. 4:05:43 PM 
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Differences between teaching and knowledge sharing (2). (SOURCE:Mathemagenic)-So true, but if you blog your knowledge, you will be better at expressing your thoughts and expertise which is one step down the road to becoming a teacher.It illustrates my idea about differences between teaching and knowledge sharing. Even if someone wants to share knowledge, it's not necessary that he can help others to learn.[Roland Tanglao's Weblog] True. I've had brilliant, textbook-writing professors who were unable to keep a class awake. They could share their knowledge, but not in the most enticing or interesting or effective way. Teaching involves knowing your subject and knowing how to convey it. I think a great teacher would also have a sense of where each student is, what each student needs. I believe these qualities are perhaps covered in the term individualization, as used in the book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Buckingham and Clifton. Individualization describes the ability to focus on the differences between individuals, and to build on that recognition. So a manager who treats each employee uniquely, or an interior designer who can put together just the right look for someone, might have this strength. In a teacher, it could be awesome. 4:00:58 PM
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I'm not sure quite what we're presented with here...you'll have to check it out yourself. The Art of Interactive Silliness. Fubbs offers the world a delicious example of how art and silliness can play so happily togetherThanks again Shikencho. [DeepFUN Weblog] 3:46:39 PM
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Klogging vs. SFA's. I've abbreviated this; do read the whole article. For my co-workers: what about something like this in place of or in addition to our marketing system. Thoughts? 2:41:28 PM
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| Poet and Peasant—On Writing
From Lynn at Poet and Peasant: To expand on those comments - I not only prefer writing, it actually feels more natural to me than talking. I sort of go through some of the same process in face to face conversation: I think of something to say and then automatically edit it in my head before I speak. That's a problem because conversation doesn't slow down for editing and more often than not the moment passes before I can get out what I want to say. I feel the same way, sometimes: I speak slowly, weighing each word, more concerned for the image than for the content, I'm afraid. Another time I'll post (perhaps) a metaphor for how I speak that occurred to me recently. Jacques Barzun in On Writing, Editing, and Publishing wrote to the effect that A writer, if he is a good writer, will recast his own death sentence as he listens to it, if it is a bad sentence.(I'll try to get the exact wording later.) 1:27:35 PM
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"Yes, and....". Son-in-law and intergenerational theater advocate Tom was pretty much insistent on our playing the game "Yes, and..." during our week at Esalen. The game, which I found on a website called "Sheer Idiocy," goes like this:Yes, and. [DeepFUN Weblog] 1:10:38 PM
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There's a hole in my bucket.... Here's a thought. As a klogger, over the past 3 months or so, I have recorded & published tens if not hundreds of thoughts. I doubt if I shared one quarter of output during the last 6 years I worked at various companies. Oh I would probably have emailed here and there, spoken up during meetings. But I wonder just how much knowledge is being lost, second by second, in most companies by each employee. Then multiply up... [Curiouser and curiouser!]11:41:07 AM
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Bittersweet story about how we adults often impose our expectations on kids without listening to them. (Well, no, it's not about that, but that's what it fires off in my mind—I've been teaching 2nd grade Sunday School recently, and we tend to treat every kid in the class like a middle-class suburban white yes-man.) Writing and heroes. Writing teacher Jeff has been kvetching about the stress on the “creative” and expressionist in writing classes, as opposed to the practical and structured. I had to grin, especially at the (free-?)association of this style of writing with personal heroes. I have a silly old story about that… I was... [Caveat Lector] 11:40:20 AM
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K-Logs. The next generation desktop. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] But see the quote at the end of the article: Rajesh is planning to build a system to allow companies in emerging markets to leapfrog us in terms of the productivity, flexibility, and functionality of their information systems. I expect tales of woe in five to seven years about how America missed the opportunity to reinvent software but didn't. Fingers will be pointed, particularly given the billions that were spent. It would be interesting to see Microsoft, IBM, and Sun treated like GM, Ford, and Chrysler were 17 years ago when Japanese imports crushed their marketshare. 11:35:33 AM
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Here is an interesting development. Recently, I have had business meetings with people that have weblogs. Usually, when you have a business meeting, there is a period of formality. There are introductions. You exchange business cards and personal histories. Basically, you spend the first 15 minutes trying to synch up.
The difference with people that have weblogs is: 1) We don't have to exchange business cards. They know where I am located on the Internet. I know where they are located on the Internet. My personal weblog has spam-free e-mail, and a link to instant messaging. There is a link to a bio page that provides some detail on who I am and what I have done. 2) By reading the weblog of the person I am about to meet with, I already know a lot about that person. Most importantly: I know how they think through reading their writings. There is probably no better way to supercharge a meeting than to read the weblog of the person you are about to meet with. It provides a strong basis of understanding necessary for high order interaction. 3) I can write up the results of the meeting on my weblog and share it with a wider audience. That provides feedback to the person you met with and shares the insight developed in the meeting with a wider audience. I really didn't expect weblogs to change the way I met with people. This was a surprise. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 11:33:42 AM
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| Technical Notebook category
I have created a Technical Notebook category to conceal technical detritus from the casual reader. 9:35:34 AM
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| Weblogs are critical to KM success
Long piece from Rick Klau posted to my K-Logs category to ease the way for readers with other interests. To the reader, the writer is a guide in the jungle. The writer must lead his reader to the desired goal, easing his way over the real obstacles, pointing out the roots underfoot and the scenery roundabout, and all the while throwing up no artifical impediments to the journey. 9:21:01 AM
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There's a hole in my bucket.... If I consider the value to me of the things I failed to blog, and wish I had, there's a fair chunk of change involved. |
Kettles. Listen to what one satisfied customer has to say:You can make a cup of tea in about 1 minute. I... [Hugh's ramblings] Start simple. Rival makes an adequate little “Hot Pot”; you could cook soup in it, apparently, but it heats water for tea just fine. Mine was $10 in the housewares aisle of the local grocery store. |
