On audio slideshows

Rob Galbraith’s website  had a recent news item about audio slideshows and how they are being used by newspapers on their websites. Galbraith’s cited example is from the Miami Herald. Even our own Sydney Morning Herald has an audio slideshow of the recent Panamax ship stranded on the beach at Newcastle.
The audio slideshow is simply a combination [...]

On translating and the computer

I recently blogged about information and knowledge embedded in other languages. Single language speakers, like most English-speakers, are missing out on the opportunities to communicate and learn from other language content. My personal foreign language skills could be better, having learned German at school and French post-university. That’s one reason why I really appreciate international art and international [...]

On change

The next NSW KM Forum event is tomorrow evening (26th June). Matt Moore will be discussing organisational change, change management, and knowledge management in his particular interactive way. Matt always has something interesting to say. I hope to see those of you in Sydney there.

On the power of art

It’s turning out to be quite a cultural week for me. Having been to the Sydney Film Festival the last couple of days, today I will be heading off to the Art Gallery of NSW to see the new exhibition, The Arts of Islam. As gallery director Edmund Capon says, “the power of art can open our minds”.
Having [...]

On foreign language content

I am lucky that I am able to see some of the great movies being showcased in this last week of the Sydney Film Festival. One of the real benefits from watching world cinema is to get a different cultural perspective from such films while at the same time reflecting on issues and lives and problems common to us [...]

On personal learning and the learning organisation

I quite liked this short blog post from Ton Zijlstra (thanks, Olaf) about owning your own learning path. In particular, I liked: “In terms of owning your learning path this means that you don’t have to wait for the educational system to change, or for organizations to start behaving differently. You can own your learning path, [...]

On librarians as knowledge managers

I had a fruitful discussion a short while ago about librarians and web 2.0, and research and knowledge management. In the same vein, a recent post from Dave Pollard with a link to his presentation on “librarians as knowledge managers” posits some interesting thoughts. Pollard presented at the recent Special Libraries Association conference in Denver, Colorade, USA. In the [...]

On learning about storytelling

The good people at Anecdote will be running a workshop on narrative technique in Sydney on 26 July. It’s a good opportunity for people interested in this form of knowledge management to sign up and get some good insights from Shawn and Mark. Early bird registration closes 30 June (end of the Australian financial year).

On oral history and storytelling

My interest in oral history has been rekindled of late for a couple of reasons. Firstly, my father turns 82 later this year. I have always enjoyed listening to his stories about growing up on the farm in rural NSW, his entry into the airforce at age seventeen, his exploits up in Cooktown and the Jardine River [...]

On research and knowledge management

I am sometimes asked whether or not research is actually one of the multitude of activities under the umbrella of knowledge management. The researcher undertakes primary or secondary research (or both) and thus contributes to the information and knowledge base. The researcher can even use the information (that has been sourced, evaluated and organised) to compose a written or [...]

On KM, intranets, and enterprise 2.0

I have been working on a couple of projects that have taken my time and head space in recent days. So much so, that my blogging remains on the back burner.
In the meantime, I have another conference alert. The KM World & Intranets Conference and Expo 2007 will be on in San Jose, California (USA) [...]