IMHO, there are four parts to managing services in most linux distributions. First you need to decide what services you really need. The less software you have running on your desktop or server, the easier it is to maintain long term. This is important both for security and in terms of allocating valuable resources. Use [More]

I’ve mentioned the Cynefin model before, or at least the Cognitive Edge site. And here is a bit more to add to that fascinating network of ideas around knowledge, story and leadership. The article I’m talking about? Why its right here at Masters of Order and Un-Order. [More]

10 Things No One Tells You About Parenthood… nough said ;P [More]

The question is; "1 11 21 1211 111221..., what's the next number?" [More]

I was reminded today of the theory of relativity, and in particular the idea that funny things start to happen when you try to travel as fast as light. The idea is that in order to go as fast as light you need nearly infinitely large amounts of energy to get there and will suffer [More]

Travis Eneix has a really interesting blog about making stories and individual meaning/interpretation, The mechanism of meaning making is vitally important to our survival, as individuals and as a species. It is not to be shunned. Rather, it is to be recognized, and kept in perspective for what it is: a useful tool. When it [More]

I recently came across this quote, Information is knowledge, learning is wisdom. I’m not really comfortable with this, both axioms appear to be a fallacy. So I attempted to come up with something better. Information creates learning, Learning builds knowledge, Knowledge contributes to wisdom. To me information doesn’t exist without [More]

This article I Think You’re Fat – Esquire describes the interesting insight of living with fewer intellectual filters. IMHO it’s not just about being honest with ‘others’, but as Aristotle says, “We are what we repeatedly do”. Like the author, I’m not 100% comfortable with this solution, but can see [More]

I’m concluding a special topic course for my computing degree, in which I submitted a paper contrasting ontologies with folksonomies and their relative merits in building knowledge representation. In particular I suggested that user interfaces such as those designed for digital libraries and other repository access might benefit more from [More]

This is a comment to a blog post on Cognitive Edge. It is a really concise, interesting summation of an approach to leadership that I have been considering more recently, and that demonstrates some of the most powerful elements represented in emergent and collaborative knowledge management. Perhaps one of the problems here arises from thinking [More]