GMail and Google Chat – Is It Really Innovation in the Instant Messaging and E-Mail Space?

Ok, there has been lots of hype over the last few hours about the latest so-called innovation from Google regarding its already available integration between GMail and Google Talk, although it will take a few more weeks before it hits the rest of the world, since it is just available in the US apparently. Mind … Continue reading GMail and Google Chat – Is It Really Innovation in the Instant Messaging and E-Mail Space?

“Interruptive� Technologies Draining Knowledge Worker Productivity, Says Basex

Some time ago I created a weblog post here in elsua around the topic of The High Cost of Interruptions where I mentioned how despite the fact that interruptions may be considered a negative thing, which is what has happened for quite some time now, they can actually be quite productive on their own if … Continue reading “Interruptiveâ€? Technologies Draining Knowledge Worker Productivity, Says Basex

Is There Such a Thing as the Ideal Community Collaboration Tool Suite?

Yesterday I created a post over at my other weblog (elsua @ ITtoolbox) with the title GROU.PS – Your Ideal Community Collaboration Tool Suite ? and while I was actually writing down my thoughts with that quick commentary on GROU.PS and while I was playing around with the application to see what it actually offers … Continue reading Is There Such a Thing as the Ideal Community Collaboration Tool Suite?

How and When to Respond to Conversations – Managing Your Own Virtual Water Cooler

Over at Micro Persuasion Steve Rubel has been sharing today an interesting weblog post that I thought would be worth while commenting on as well. In How and When to Respond to Conversations he is actually wondering “whether companies needed to address every single comment/question that comes in on their blogs” or not. I generally … Continue reading How and When to Respond to Conversations – Managing Your Own Virtual Water Cooler

KMWiki – A Collaborative Persistent ‘Conversation’ on All Matters Related to Knowledge Management

A few days ago a couple of readers from elsua asked me to share with them any Internet resources that would be available and worth while checking regarding Knowledge Management that they would be able to read some more about and perhaps even engage with them further to help increase the amount of information available. … Continue reading KMWiki – A Collaborative Persistent ‘Conversation’ on All Matters Related to Knowledge Management

Making Sense of Social Bookmarking Offerings – del.icio.us vs. BlinkList

Yesterday evening Mike (Thanks, Mike, and welcome to elsua!), one of the folks behind BlinkList, shared over at Web Links and Thoughts To Revisit the following comment that I thought was worth while a reply to on a separate weblog post to provide some further insights: “Why use so many social bookmarking services and what … Continue reading Making Sense of Social Bookmarking Offerings – del.icio.us vs. BlinkList