Monthly Archives: July 2008

Taxonomies vs. Folksonomies

I wanted to get myself up to date on contemporary ideas around use of taxonomies vs. folksonomies and was drawn to a course being run by the UKeiG (part of CILIP). The course was led by a renowned and respected … Continue reading

Posted in IPSV, Social Computing, Standards, Tagging | Tagged folksonomy, taxonomy | 9 Comments

Enterprise 2.0 tools and the need for business context

An interesting discussion over at Jon Mell’s blog about Enterprise 2.0 tools and the need for systems developers to consider business process context for the tools and not assume the users will intuitively know this. I think there is merit … Continue reading

Posted in Enterprise 2.0, Social Computing, Social Media | 2 Comments

Is Web2.0 the same at Enterprise 2.0 – and does it really matter?

(Photo by Daniel F. Pigatto) I was in two minds on whether to get involved with this debate/discussion, but since we now seem to have accepted “Enterprise 2.0″ into the social computing lexicon I thought I should at least ensure … Continue reading

Posted in Communities of Practice, Enterprise 2.0, Web2.0 | 2 Comments

Connect to survive? The implications of the digital divide

I’ve posted a presentation to Slideshare that I gave last month as a keynote presentation for an audience primarily made up of local government staff. The presentation illustrates the growing velocity and volume of on-line connections being created in the … Continue reading

Posted in Digital divide, Presentations, Public Sector, Web2.0 | Tagged Digital divide, Web2.0 | 2 Comments

Enterprises urged to pay staff to use their own kit

According to analyst group Gartner, enterprises could make significant savings by paying staff to use their own laptops. The report suggested that a monthly payment of £47 per employee would be cost effective and attractive to staff. Gartner said that … Continue reading

Posted in Press | Tagged ICT | 6 Comments

Tom Watson talks about social media initiative at 2gether08

Finally got to see Tom Watson in person, presenting at 2gether08 about the Government initiative to provide more open access to public, non-personal data sets. Tom talked about the launch of a competition for social innovators and entrepeneurs to develop … Continue reading

Posted in Event, Shared Services, Web2.0 | 4 Comments