Based on my last post, I thought I'd provide an example of what I meant. Here's a short piece of writing that can adapt to a specified level. None of the levels are accurate, just an example of what I mean: Let me know what you think. … [Read more...]
A Rosaceae Rosa By Any Other Name…
I have an interesting conundrum and an interesting proposition for a solution. I'd be interested in input from the two of you who actually read my blog... The Problem My daughter (henceforth referred to as "The Bean") was an early reader. She read early and often. As a result, she now reads at a level well beyond her school years. To be precise, she reads at a 9th grade … [Read more...]
Your Enterprise Search Sucks (& 4 Steps To Make It Suck Less)
The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Go ahead, say it: "Our search sucks." Research shows that almost 2/3 of people are dissatisfied with their enterprise search options. That's a troubling number - more troubling when you consider that, as knowledge workers, our biggest expenditure of time is related to finding and consuming relevant information. There … [Read more...]
Augmented: Human + Machine = Humaner
In retrospect, it seems overly optimistic to have thought that technology would make us anything other than more of what we already were. Sure... In the early days of the internet it was easy to believe that this magical new technology would usher in an era of heightened enlightenment, riding in on a wave of ones and zeroes. In fact, the early indications were that some new … [Read more...]
CIO Dashboard: 5 Innovation Opportunities
I recently had the opportunity to co-author a post with Chris Curran over at the CIO Dashboard blog. It is an update on a post he did last year considering some innovations to watch in 2011. We spent some time thinking about some emerging tech trends in 2012 and what the opportunities are to the CIO/CTO community (i.e. what should you be thinking about to get ahead of the curve … [Read more...]
Technology and Spacetime: Then & There is Here & Now
A while back, I wrote a post in response to re-reading an interview with Marshall McLuhan. It described the way that the printed word created a portability of culture beyond the immediacy of face-to-face communication. However, print also introduced a coolness to the cultural exchange by removing many of the subtleties, like intonation and gestures, from the exchange. I argued … [Read more...]