In 2004 Drew Westen and his colleagues put together an experiment to see how people of a particular political persuasion (Democrat or Republican) make sense of new information. In this experiment he scanned the brains of 15 committed Democrats and 15 committed Republicans while showing them slides of conflicting information. President Bush, 2003, visiting a Veterans Administration Hospital. Drew is a neuroscientist and advises political candidates on how to garner voter support. Here are two examples:

boyd School of Information University of California-Berkeley Nicole B. Ellison Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University Go to a section in the article: Abstract Introduction Social Network Sites: A Definition A History of Social Network Sites Previous Scholarship Overview of this Special Theme Section Future Research Acknowledgments Notes References About the Authors Abstract Social

In 2003, the first iteration of a "platform mashup" occurred with SharePoint 2003 that joined Windows SharePoint Services (the evolution of STS) with portal. From a deployment perspective - Microsoft adopted an explicit bottoms-up effort to sell SharePoint 2003 within large enterprises. Few organizations back in 2003 adopted a formal enterprise-wide, top-down approach. Thomas Vanderwal posted an article on Microsoft SharePoint 2007 that has caught traction on other blogs ( Sharepoint as a Gateway Drug to Greater Efficiency... ) and on Twitter.

of his KM Trilogy) (Thanks to Janice Keeler). This was developed further by Abell and Oxbrow’s work for TFPL in 2001 ( Competing with Knowledge ). Angela Abell and Val Skelton of TFPL subsequently published a Knowledge and Information Management Competency Dictionary (2003) – it is very asset focused, very little on human capital development (beyond competencies for KIM), or sense of the importance of learning. In 2006 TFPL published a white paper ‘ Who’s Managing Information? Information Responsibilities in the Digital World ’ which

Here is a free online network survey tool you can use to run your own network mapping project. Leadership in Network Organizations and Society "Leading Between: Leadership and Trust in a Network Society" by Paul Skidmore . An overview of six characteristics that successful network leaders demonstrate. "Social Capital of Twenty-First-Century Leaders" by Daniel Brass and David Krackhardt "Informal Networks: The Company Behind the Charts" by David Krackhardt and Jeffrey Hansen "The Pulse-Taker" by Karen Stephenson Inter-Organizational,

Back to information workers and productivity ... Long-term ROI of social computing is helping information workers feel valued (e.g., SharePointM social journey began with MySite 2003 (disagree that Microsoft had any clue of social computing in 2003 though - some recasting history here) MySite: much cleaner UI, less form-like, softer blending of UI elements, typical Notes from Christian Finn, Director, Social Computing 13 sessions in "social track"

Information about my blog (posts), friends… I don’t have to do anything, and it changes. General principle: things are flowing, and we want to support the rapid flow of information (ie, stuff that goes in my profile). “traffic”: 8220;traffic”: do you make it possible for people to get information from a variety of sources delivered quickly to them? (e.g. Blog Writing Multilingual Presse About Business Contact Coworking Digital Crumble EBF Fleur de Pains Going Solo India Logbook Newsletter Photos TMS Twitter RSS Climb to the Stars Stephanie Booth’s online ramblings Previous post: Martin Roell: Getting Started in Consulting (LIFT’07) Next post: Some Notes of Florence Devouard’s LIFT Talk (Wikipedia) Stowe Boyd: Building Social Applications by Stephanie on 02.07.2007 in Cyberspace , Events , Social

Clicking on the title will take you to [link] where you will find more detail. The Future of Knowledge: Increasing Prosperity through Value Networks , Verna Allee, Butterworth Heinemann, 2002. Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and In the World , Patti Anklam, Butterworth Heinemann, 2007. The Wealth of Networks: How Social Markets Transform Production and Freedom , Yochai Benkler, Yale University Press, 2006 The Rise of the Network Society (The Information

The special report includes more than a dozen links to legal action against and by Craigslist and other Craigslist-related information, and four graphics about Craigslist’s revenue and growth. We began estimating Craigslist’s revenue in 2003, when we projected revenue of about $7 million. In 2003, their revenue was $7m, $81m in 2008, 100m in 2009. When we talk about revenue streams and monetization strategies for social networks and online communities, people often wonder out loud if there is money in giving away stuff for free. Well, look at free classifieds Craigslist projectd

Chapter 6) Leaf Nodes , 26 May 2003 Chapter 4) An interesting conversation about turning ideas into action , 1 December 2003 Actionable Sense , 3 December 2003 From Conversational Blogging to Jazz Communities , 1 December 2003 I made a page to include references to the people weblogs of whom I cite or discuss in some way in my dissertation , this post is a shortened version of it. It is here to notify bloggers that quotes from their blogs (or links to them) appear in the dissertation text.