Kas writes about the power of RSS as a way of individuals creating a personalized information source. “What this exercise really shows, however, is the power of standards like RSS. This is a point worth emphasizing. As Web content becomes more granular, compositional, and personalizable (not to mention […]
Socialtext hosted a webinar today entitled Social Computing Redefines Collaboration. The speakers were Rob Koplowitz (Forrester Research) and Ross Mayfield (Socialtext). The audio quality from WebEx wasn't great (even though I dialed in on a phone), but here's my notes. There were over 200 attendees. Communities Drive Knowledge […]
Stephan talks about the use of Swim Lane diagrams to show change in systems and artifacts over time. For IT teams, Swim Lane diagrams are a great way to show how vendor products have changed / improved over time, and what is expected to come later. “Swim lane […]
Clickstream surveyed the usage of office productivity suites, and found continued high use of Microsoft Office. “From May to November 2008, ClickStream Technologies’ standing panel of adult U.S. internet users showed that use of free productivity applications such as Google Docs and OpenOffice remains low, while Microsoft Office […]
Christophe has a way of color-coding calendars in SharePoint. “For my example (see above screenshot), I have chosen a variation of this post, as I wanted a printable calendar. For each task, the color depends on the % complete.“ More (hat tip, Mike)
ComputerWorld looks at the new Microsoft Online Services offering, particularly the Exchange Server hosting part. “Hosted in Microsoft’s global network of data centers and sold directly by the software giant and 1,500 partners, Exchange Online is the most clear-cut example of Microsoft’s Software+Services’ strategy, which it hopes will […]
OST Global Solutions is using Central Desktop to support the process of writing proposals, and estimates a 30% time and money saving as a result. “Needed a cost effective way to collaborate and manage proposals from all over, inside and outside of the U.S.; Being a small business, […]
Liquid Machines released its rights management Gateway for BlackBerry. “The Liquid Machines Gateway for BlackBerry Enterprise customers adds advanced features that allow them to control access to, and usage of, mobile communications that have been protected using Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS). BlackBerry smartphone users can now […]
Liquid Machines took the wraps off its enterprise rights management gateway for Microsoft SharePoint, to protect business information inside and outside of SharePoint. “The Gateway for SharePoint is tightly integrated with Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) to persistently protect files opened […]
Microsoft Office Labs took the wraps off StickySorter, as a way of doing affinity diagramming between concepts. “StickySorter was inspired by a real problem we encountered at work: Julie’s team was conducting a large study with researchers all over the world. They needed to sift through hundreds of […]
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