From the woman who wrote "First Look, Office 2003" a weblog that offers: "Tips, ideas, thoughts, and quirky things for Office XP users." Since I really heavily on Microsoft products I found this blog interesting and one that I can learn from.
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I found a new site which I have found helpful as I explore CMS and authoring. The author lays out an interesting series of arguments that is worth reading:
"When implementing a new enterprise-wide content management system (CMS), most businesses assume a decentralised model of authoring.
This devolves the responsibility for creating content back to individual staff members within the business units.
While this is seen as an effective way of reducing costs and increasing involvement, it is not without its challenges and risks.
In practice, neither centralised or decentralised authoring is the single answer to all requirements.
To gain the best business outcomes, it is necessary to use both models where appropriate, with a full understanding of their strengths and weaknesses."
Deliverables, communication of value the new top challenges for IT executives, says Deloitte & Touche. According to the article, because the economic environment is so poor, cost reduction is still the driving force in most companies. IT execs need, however, to focus more on value delivered. The ideas aren't new but the economic imperative still requires a sharp focus on the bottom line.
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Corante has published a new blog by a team of people that are very interested in social software and knowledge management. In fact, there was an interesting conference last week on Emerging Technologies that many people are writing about. It sounds like some good ideas emerged. This is a site where you can begin a deep dive into the material.
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Good presentation by Meg Hourihan at O'Reilly's Emerging Technology conference in California. This is good weak signal research about how social software and electronic communications will continue to evolve.
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