Documentation 2.0 – or how to fire your employees

A colleague and I recently had a chance to visit an amazing government office. Among the many things we were shown, which included an office of the future, prediction markets, and collaborative strategy rooms, we were shown a simple little tool for documentation. Documentation is important in the government because employees are only let go …

Vidcast of day 1 from Web 2.0 Expo

Well, day one came and went. We had some fun, some disappointment, and a little hangover this morning. Luckily enough we put our thoughts to video before the after partying took are brains away. Check it out and send any questions. Also, here is Andrea’s blog-up of day one. Especially check out her links to …

Live Blog – Dion Hinchcliffe on Next Gen Apps

One man, one very long powerpoint. Still interesting facts and stories can overcome the inefficiencies of 8 gillion words on each slide. On to the story: Dion Hinchliffe – Speaker – Next Gen Apps Links: summary, reviews, personal blog, slideshare (not including this presentation) API API’s. The world of the interwebs is being taken over …

Twitterati and the twitter addiction

First thing to say is watch your cell phone bill. If you start using twitter and you like it, you might as well upgrade your texting package. ‘Cause almost every twitterati I know has forked over some cash to the evil empire of cell phone companies. So, first you say, what is a Twitterati? Not …

Library of Congress Partners with Flickr

There is a quite a hubub about this new partnership and its well worth it. Everyone needs to take a look for themselves. The Library of Congress (LoC) is not only releasing their photos on Flickr. They are also providing context about the photos, links to the full URL, blogging about this, and being honest …

Legal full-length embeddable high-quality movies. Unreal

Yesterday, I was able to watch Master and Commander on hulu.com. What a strange experience… Watching a “tv movie” on my laptop, except it is hooked up to my tv. I’m using a DVI cable to make the video connection and an audio jack to get the sound going. Streaming across a wireless connection I …

Senate Hearing Discusses Web 2.0 to Improve our Democracy

Wow, I am really excited. Something amazing happened yesterday, Dec 11, 2007, for the American people, democracy, and my work. I will try to break it down for you in a simplified way. The story is pulled from several statements, 60 plus pages, and a Senate Hearing. Here it is: A Congressional Hearing was called …

The new Chief: CCO, The Chief Collaboration Officer

CCO – Chief Collaboration Officer Get used to it. This acronym will be haunting our lives for the next 20 years. Web 2.0 will bring about many changes in corporations. One of which will be a reshuffling of management. Most of this will take place at the low and mid management levels, but their is …