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[...] Here is what should be on a K-Log home page (it is easy to set up the K-Log install process to ask for this info and insert it into the template):
1) E-mail link (or spam free e-mail link if it is publicly accessible).
2) IM link. IM status (online, busy, be right back, away, on the phone, etc.).
3) Phone number.
4) Address.
5) Bio. Including current position and responsibilities.
6) Picture.
7) Extranet weblog implemented as a category. As much or as little data on what you are currently working on as warranted. [...]

Maybe Scott can see what's required to get a live Jabber status icon going as part of his Jabber research.

K-Logs, NNTP, and Knowledge Management

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I understand how the K-Log links into a discussion forum via comments. And I understand how that discussion group can be combined with other tools to feed back to the K-Log. But I've sort of lost sight of how the NewsGroup fits.
Jon's book, Practical Internet Groupware (out of print but available used and online at Safari) was one of the first, and maybe the best, book available on using standard Internet protocols for groupware. It's a great book to read for ideas. And Jon ran the entire Byte publication team on a system similar to that he describes.
But he later admitted that the structure required for NewsGroups to work was cumbersome. I wish he would discuss how he thinks NNTP could fit into a POMO KM (a JOHO term) system. I like the idea of simple, open protocols. And I like using NewsGroups for support when companies offer moderated groups. But I'm having trouble weaving the two together.

Microsoft, NNTP, and the mismanagement of knowledge management. Robert Scoble has a theory about why Outlook doesn't include a newsreader: ...
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See also: Re: K - Logs vs. Email? What!? | RE: K - Logs vs. Email? What!? | Roland Tanglao's Weblog: Friday, July 05, 2002 | Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | storyList | Blunt Force Trauma | [Zope-messages] NNTP ? | TheBix.com News | storyList