The June 2008 issue of World Wine News (WWN) announced version 1.0 of Wine, upon which products such as Darwine and CrossOver Mac are based. Related interviews are on my reading list.
The Open Project is the inspiration of Dmitriy Rybnikov
and his Moscow based "Sound Space" studio. The goal of the project
is to unite young and skilled music professionals from around the world.
Dmitriy invites talented lyricists, vocal artists, and musicians to collaborate
and create music together. Through working together, members will capitalize
on the best of everyone's skills. Members may also receive the support
of the successful producers from Dmitriy's studio.
This article walks you through the process of using Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) to publish content to an Internet Information Services (IIS) web server. The article also explains why WebDAV is a more secure and better solution
Many free RSS services let you subscribe to oodles of news sources that so you don't have to hopscotch from site to site to get the scoop. But the $29 FeedDemon 2 is the best RSS reader for steamrolling through thousands of feeds. Need headlines from the science section of the world's major newspapers? Check. Want the latest research from insider blogs about solar power? Check. FeedDemon is faster and more customizable than browser-based freebies, and it also lets you access feeds online.
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You might shun this online, open-source encyclopedia if you've ever been burned by prank entries or fudged facts. But because anyone can edit Wikipedia, it's a richer resource than Britannica for subjects off the beaten path, such as the
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Work organizations increasingly adopt shared electronic databases. However, employees' unwillingness to contribute to shared resources undermines the utility of such technologies. Current research is limited to either a utilitarian or normative perspective. To advance understanding in this area, this study proposes a three-dimensional framework. It includes the utilitarian and normative perspectives as two complementary dimensions in addition to a third collaborative dimension. based on this framework, the study identifies three key organizational processes and advances an additive model to predict employees' willingness to contribute to shared electronic databases. An empirical test was conducted to assess the model in a large manufacturing organization. The test showed both significant overall effects of the model and significant main effects of each predictor variable. The article will discuss the findings and address both theoretical and practical implications.
Key Words: information sharing • collective action • organizational knowledge • knowledge management • collaboration • communities of practice • identification
Salesforce's new mashups will deliver full componentization of its analytical dashboards - enabling users to create, share, and combine data components. Essentially this means that customers can pick and choose the best analytical components from a variety of vendors; combining them into a single view on their salesforce dashboard. Salesforce is hoping that lots of new components will be created and shared on their AppExchange.
Interesting development for enterprise customers, will make web 2.0 apps more interesting to this audience, and increase adoption of web based solutions in this space.
Best Practice Report
The Enterprise Solutions practice at Avenue A | Razorfish
recently published a best practice study on intranet,
extranet and employee portal solutions based on research
with industry leading organizations. The report provides
guidance to managers on how to evolve their intranet,
extranet or employee portal to generate greater, more
measurable business value from it.
Register here for a PDF of the full report
Click below for a podcast summary of the report:
Part 1 – Executive Summary
Part 2 – Trends That Will Change Your Intranet
Part 3 – Insights from Intranet Managers
Workplace Offerings
Enterprise Intranets Solutions (PDF)
Sales & Marketing Solutions (PDF)
Human Resources Solutions (PDF)
Partner Extranets & Portals (PDF)
For programs that traditionally require Microsoft Widows: users of Mac OS X and Linux may consider CodeWeavers products as lighter and more maintainable alternatives to the entire Microsoft operating system. CodeWeavers base their CrossOver products on Wine.
There are two ways to go about encouraging adoption of social software: fostering grassroots behaviours which develop organically from the bottom-up; or via top-down instruction. In general, the former is more desirable, as it will become self-sustaining over time - people become convinced of the tools' usefulness, demonstrate that to colleagues, and help develop usage in an ad hoc, social way in line with their actual needs.
These key users should:
be open to trying new software
be influential amongst their peers, thus able to help promulgate usage
have the support of their managers
Users who are potential evangelists should be identified at every level of management, not just amongst the higher echelons, or amongst the workforce.
3. Convert key users into evangelists
Training in the form of short informal sessions (face-to-face or online) and ongoing on-demand support are the basics for encouraging adoption. Too much training or too formal a setting will put users off, and is usually unnecessary.
2. Identify and understand key users
Once you have identified key user groups, you need to know which users within that group are both influential and likely to be enthusiastic. Then consider how social software fits in to the context of their job, their daily working processes and the wider context of their group's goals.
Management support
As well as supporting bottom-up adoption, it is beneficial for there to be top-down support, but that support has to be based on openness and transparency. Managers and team leaders must trust their staff to use the tools correctly, but they must also be forgiving if mistakes are made. There is always a learning curve associated with any
new software, and some people find social software daunting because they are scared of what they perceive as a high risk of public humiliation.
Managers and team leaders should:
1. Lead by example
A college degree is an even more crucial to the success in most areas today. Your education is the mastery of a knowledge base and is a symbol of your commitment level in your profession.