Godley and Creme's 1985 Top-40 hit Cry can be a lesson on empathy. Check it out.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Enterprise 2.0
This week Eugene Lee, CEO of Socialtext.com visited us yesterday. From the company website:
Wikis in the workplace? I think it's brilliant. After spending years in large corporations, I can think of the many instances where a wiki would come in handy: project team calendaring, project documentation repositories, open forums for Q&A, meeting notes/parking lots and the list goes on! Document version control would nearly be eliminated. And email servers would no longer suffer from overload (no more auto-deleted emails from your inbox).
As I have said in our classes in the past, the 'holy trinity' of 'people, process, and technology' still applies to implementing Socialtext. In order for a Socialtext implementation to be successful, the company will require people to use it (opportunity: change management) and the processes to support its use (opportunity: re-engineered, streamlined business processes). Without these 2 bases covered, the technology (this case Socialtext) is vulnerable.
A new workforce is beginning to penetrate the walls of corporate America. This new workforce thrives on web 2.0 technology. If companies are not careful, they stand to lose talent because they were unable to adopt these new technologies. And adopting the new technology is no easy feat. M.R. Rangaswami, from the Sand Hill Group writes,
With all this said, I am very hopeful that corporations will soon embrace these technologies. The future is bright...so I gotta wear shades!
"Socialtext Incorporated is the first wiki company and leading provider of Enterprise 2.0 solutions. Socialtext captures the best features of web-native tools called "wikis" and "weblogs" and brings them inside your enterprise to create a collaboration and knowledge tool that works the way people do."
Wikis in the workplace? I think it's brilliant. After spending years in large corporations, I can think of the many instances where a wiki would come in handy: project team calendaring, project documentation repositories, open forums for Q&A, meeting notes/parking lots and the list goes on! Document version control would nearly be eliminated. And email servers would no longer suffer from overload (no more auto-deleted emails from your inbox).
As I have said in our classes in the past, the 'holy trinity' of 'people, process, and technology' still applies to implementing Socialtext. In order for a Socialtext implementation to be successful, the company will require people to use it (opportunity: change management) and the processes to support its use (opportunity: re-engineered, streamlined business processes). Without these 2 bases covered, the technology (this case Socialtext) is vulnerable.
A new workforce is beginning to penetrate the walls of corporate America. This new workforce thrives on web 2.0 technology. If companies are not careful, they stand to lose talent because they were unable to adopt these new technologies. And adopting the new technology is no easy feat. M.R. Rangaswami, from the Sand Hill Group writes,
"Enterprise 2.0 is more than just Web 2.0 for business. Enterprise computing is far more complex than personal computing. It includes legacy environments, innumerable vendors, mismatched data sources, stringent regulations and far flung users. While Web 2.0 can deliver genuine advantages for both business users and consumers, the real "Enterprise 2.0" will encompass a far broader and more complex vision."
With all this said, I am very hopeful that corporations will soon embrace these technologies. The future is bright...so I gotta wear shades!
Monday, March 31, 2008
A Whole New Mind
I once again used Visio (and its brainstorming templates) to create this concept map. Less tinker toy in design this time...more like a Harvey Levin's scribbles on TMZ!
In Good Company
I've been an avid fan and subscriber of Fast Company from my dot-com days. What I have always enjoyed about the magazine is it's appeal to the right-brain thinkers in business and technology.
In the April issue, there were 2 articles that I found appropriate for us in ITEC 830. The first article touches upon the new technologist born out of web 2.0. The second article, discusses how to get good press for your blog.
Where in the World are Arrugas and Zoe?
I used VoiceThread to create my story. Can you guess where we are?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Week 8- Spring Has Sprung!
Last week when Team KYM met after class, Yu-Fen gave us a preview of her Skype presentation. It's nifty and I think I would be more inclined to use it if I had more international calling- the rates were so inexpensive! Using Skype in the educational context is still a stretch for me. After all, isn't it really just a different type of 'phone'?
Actually...since our class has had issues with the voice component in Elluminate, perhaps we try using Skype for the voice and the screen share /collaboration functions in Elluminate? Just a thought.
The WizIQ product was quite impressive. A free application that allows students and teachers to connect online! More importantly, it appears a learning community is beginning to build on their site. This tool can be quite useful for students and teachers- enabling sick students get the lecture and notes; enabling teachers an opportunity to further extend the 'learning experience' past the physical classroom. I can see many applications for this tool.
And finally, we viewed our 'teens and technology' movies this week. The greatest thing about interpretive art is that there are no mistakes. It's all good. We all did great jobs. I get the sense that so long as we are allowed to continue to tap into our creativity, we will continue to stretch ourselves in ways we haven't been able to in a long time. How refreshing is that?
Actually...since our class has had issues with the voice component in Elluminate, perhaps we try using Skype for the voice and the screen share /collaboration functions in Elluminate? Just a thought.
The WizIQ product was quite impressive. A free application that allows students and teachers to connect online! More importantly, it appears a learning community is beginning to build on their site. This tool can be quite useful for students and teachers- enabling sick students get the lecture and notes; enabling teachers an opportunity to further extend the 'learning experience' past the physical classroom. I can see many applications for this tool.
And finally, we viewed our 'teens and technology' movies this week. The greatest thing about interpretive art is that there are no mistakes. It's all good. We all did great jobs. I get the sense that so long as we are allowed to continue to tap into our creativity, we will continue to stretch ourselves in ways we haven't been able to in a long time. How refreshing is that?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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