December 2007 archives

December 26, 2007 by Patti

In New York, February 1

I’m the odd duck on the agenda for the Open Enterprise 2.o Mashup Summit in NYC on February 1. It will take me some time to prepare something to say that will resonate with an audience seeking to understand mashups, but I am personally very excited about the opportunity to learn more, and specifically to [...]

December 21, 2007 by Patti

Eight Things I Know About Me

I have been tagged by Dave Snowden to reveal eight things about myself that are not commonly known. Dave himself revealed such details about his past as having lived in a commune (and slapping a child who threw a kitten down a stairwell) and participating in expotitions looking for UFOs. My life has not been [...]

December 20, 2007 by Patti

Atlast, there’s Atlas

Big news from IBM’s announcement of its Connections Suite, and that is the availability of Atlas, a corporate social networking and visualization tool. IBMer Ed Brill shows an illustrated example of the map of expertise in Lotus Notes using the “Net” component. Other components: Reach, a Visible Path-like application that helps people navigate the degrees [...]

December 19, 2007 by Patti

Incredibly Dull is anything but

When I wrote Net Work, I had originally intended to include at least one chapter on technology, i.e. Web 2.0. The problem at the time (close on to 2 years since I started the project), however, was that terminology hadn’t converged and social network applications that many now take for granted hadn’t vaulted over the [...]

December 18, 2007 by Patti

Visual Focus for Virtual Teams

I had a great chat with Nancy Settle-Murphy this afternoon about Web 2.0 tools in preparation for an article for her eZine, Communique. I’ve known Nancy for many years; she is an experienced facilitator specializing (now) in helping companies work with virtual teams. (We did a series together about a year ago on applying network [...]