29 January 2003

This week's Economist has a section on the Internet society. The final article opens with: "The biggest decisions about the internet's future will be political and social, not technological". It goes on to say: "These technical changes may influence social choices but, except at the extremes, they will not determine them. Instead, the application of these new technologies will come to reflect the balances which society strikes between freedom and stability, accessibility and privacy, private ownership and public goods, democracy and authority, global and local control." 6:37:15 PM    comment []

Wired News reports that Wikipedia, the open content encyclopedia, published its 100,000th article. There are some interesting possibilities for using a wiki in knowledge management. More structured than a k-log, a wiki might capture current thinking on a topic rather than the train of thought that leads there. A snapshot rather than a narrative - a shared space rather than a personal space - which could serve different purposes and have a different dynamic. What organisations are using wikis internally? Or externally with customers or partners? How are they being used? What are the benefits and problems compared with other KM technologies. 11:30:25 AM    comment []