Mare Nostrum

JSR-170: If at first you don't succeed...

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:30:05 -0700

For a proposed standard to be successful, it needs the right mix of good design, timeliness, vendor backing, and simple...

E-portfolio white paper available

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:41:10 -0700

If you're wondering how to fit Xythos technology into an e-portfolio initiative--well, imagine no longer. This white paper walks...

Another archiving option

Wed, 30 May 2007 14:49:42 -0700

As I've noted here before, there are a lot of potential uses for the new import/export framework. One of them...

I like my first life, thanks

Thu, 03 May 2007 16:24:12 -0700

Since I've been doing some research on the state of Web 2.0 technology adoption, I spent some time looking at...

RM by any other name

Thu, 03 May 2007 08:03:09 -0700

When we designed the 6.0 version of Enterprise Document Manager, we took some pains to make its features generally useful....

E-learning mashups

Wed, 02 May 2007 10:59:15 -0700

I've been reading Tony Karrer's blog about e-learning, and I was struck by his post on mash-ups in the electronic...

Knowledge and forgiveness

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:58:57 -0700

David Weinberger at KMWorld makes an excellent point about knowledge in a recent column:

Knowing is not...

Web 2.0 in the enterprise

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:29:50 -0700

I've read a lot of musings about Web 2.0 adoption in large organizations. The basic question is either, Are people...

The metadata-driven view

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:20:25 -0700

Mike Straus, product manager extraordinaire, just published his new project (code sample plus documentation) about a metadata-driven view of...

Shared areas, by the numbers

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:30:33 -0700

My friend and colleague Mike Straus has published a tech note about creating shared areas en masse. For example,...

Security web seminar

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:41:41 -0700

If you were interested in our security web seminar last week, here are the slides from it. As I...

The Swiss army knife of content

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:51:45 -0700

I carry around a Swiss army knife that was one of the best birthday gifts I've ever received. Where countless...

Fear-mongering

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:29:41 -0700

If you read our compliance-related marketing materials, you'll notice a theme that might not be echoed in the industry at...

The Age of Security

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:17:11 -0700

In IT, what's the definiing set of concerns in 2007? Most professional periodicals you read might emphasize Web 2.0 tools,...

The unpaperless office

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:04:17 -0700

Wow, there's still a lot of paper out there. It's striking how often the problem of dealing with...

How not to collaborate

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:51:27 -0700

People in the software business often describe collaboration as if it were a completely technology-driven process. While you might think...

The big, fuzzy picture

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:20:59 -0700

Can someone explain the usefulness of this "Big Picture" view of C|Net content? I always want to know about...

Sticky ideas

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:35:35 -0700

I often think that the IT business needs to look beyond its borders. There are all kinds of debates in...

Comments...awaaaaay!

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:39:53 -0700

Guilt has been gnawing at me, ever since I started a blog in which you cannot add comments. Now, I've fixed...

Are Wikis wacky?

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:53:15 -0700

It's hard to find an organization that doesn't have a Wiki project going. It may still be in the "I've...