Unstructured data is the key to understanding performance.

This kind of analysis could lead to more cost-effective human performance interventions, too.

Companies Using Tech Analysis on Themselves (AP). AP - The automated analysis of "unstructured" data is becoming remarkably agile at giving companies detailed answers to the age-old business question of "How are we doing?" [Yahoo! News: Technology News]

2:36:40 PM    

Someone else gets what drives me crazy about wikipedia.

"The Great Failure of Wikipedia" by Jason Scott, which, to put it mildly, offers a contrarian point of view:

This is what the inherent failure of wikipedia is. It's that there's a small set of content generators, a massive amount of wonks and twiddlers, and then a heaping amount of procedural whackjobs. And the mass of triddlers and procedural whackjobs means that the content generators stop being so and have to become content defenders. Woe be that your take on things is off from the majority. Even if you can prove something, you're now in the situation that anybody can change it. And while that's all great in a happy-go-lucky flower shower sort of way, it's when you realize that the people who are going to change it could have absolutely no experience with the subject whatsoever, then you see where we are.

11:39:24 AM    

Functions of mobile phones (quoting elearnspace).

Functions of mobile phones - a simple graphic detailing what people do with mobile phones. Of particular interest to educators/trainers is the second most common use - receiving location-specific information (a slight modification of this use would enable the inclusion of context-specific learning).

11:36:18 AM    

Productivity tips from To-Done for home-based entrepreneurs.

How To Be Productive Working From Home.

"... One thing I noticed is that using a system like David Allen’s Getting Things Done really prepares you to be productive in many situations, including working from home. ..."

[To-Done]

11:18:43 AM