cBrain Knowledge Worker Desktop … cBrain announced an upcoming product line, the Knowledge Worker Desktop. “The knowledge worker is today using a number of stand-alone/best-of-breed IT tools, like Office Automation, email, CRM, Intranet, Information services, Business Intelligence and Document Management Systems. By integrating these tools into a single application, “The Knowledge Worker Desktop”, it is possible to eliminate basic routine work, while the organization achieves a better work overview, increased knowledge sharing as well as better work control.” Not yet available. More, see also the Knowledge Worker Desktop blog.

Headshift on Social Networking in Law … Headshift released a report in June about social networking in the legal profession. “Now, we are proud to announce the release what is a major new report, published in association with Ark Group, entitled Social Networking for the Legal Profession, In the report, Lee Bryant and I look at ways in which legal professionals are exploiting social networking for business, both internally for operations and communication, and externally as part of their marketing and business development efforts. We provide insight into the thinking of some key players in this space and look ahead to assess the longer-term impact of social networking in general on the legal profession.” More

Lotus Connections Story … Jon points to a video of Lotus Connections, that uses a story to explain the value. More

PeerPond … PeerPond is a web service that supports discussions, communities and social networking. Eg, on discussions, “Peerpond’s patent pending discussion tool has revolutionized online knowledge sharing. You can easily start and participate in private, secure discussions within your communities. Participants can agree, disagree and comment on responses. Our patent pending technology ranks the answers and displays the most relevant responses at the top of the page in green, while poorly ranked responses appear at the bottom of the page in red.” Legal groups are an early focus. More

Other Items
– S4BB announced ActionPad for BlackBerry, an action/task management replacement for the BlackBerry MemoPad. For Mac and Windows.
– Liz offers 10 ways to live in the moment, eg, #1, “own your time”.
– MatchPoint, a tool that uses metadata to make SharePoint easier to work with.
– Going back to square one is “nicer than people expect”.