Author: Thomas Vander Wal

Shift Happened – Part 4: The One Social Way (Or not) to Doing Social Really Well in Enterprise

Feb 26, 2015

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Applications, Community, Enterprise, Shift Happened, Social Software, User Experience

Having been at the heart of social and collaboration since 1996 (no, I’m not kidding) it is interesting to see how large organizations that are doing social well (>80% employees are active) actually are doing it. The interesting thing is most of these organizations are not using just one service or platform. They are using…
Design Fiction Futures for NYC Libraries

Dec 13, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in City Planning, Community, Design, Design Fiction, Urban Planning, Web/Tech

I have long been a fan of design fiction to frame what the deployment of a design idea looks like after it has been created and is in use. I have used this quite a few times in my own work over the years. But, seeing great examples of design fiction in public isn’t a…
Getting Good Case Studies in Today’s Competitive World

Dec 3, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Conferences, Enterprise, KM World, Knowledge Management, Social Software, Technology

Efficiency and business advantage is what many businesses see as their differentiator. A week or two back while following the Twitter Stream and some live blogging of Enterprise 2.0 Summit: London I kept hearing how there were no new companies talking about their own case studies than there were a few years back. Many presentations…
The One Social Way – Or not – to Doing Social Really Well in Enterprise

Nov 18, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Enterprise, Shift Happened, Social Software, Technology, Tools, User Experience

One of the interesting things, having been at the heart of social and collaboration for business a good long while (since 1996, no I’m not kidding), is seeing how large organizations who are doing and have been doing social well (more than 80% of employees are active users (more than once a week (often daily)…
KM World 2014 Is a Real Gem

Nov 8, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Community, Conferences, Enterprise, KM World, Knowledge Management, Social Software, Technology

I’m sitting Saturday morning a little bleary (I don’t sleep well around good conferences) waiting for my coffee that can’t brew quickly enough. This past week I spent most of the days at KM World 2014 in Washington, DC giving a workshop on the first day (Tuesday) “Improving Knowledge Flows: Using Lenses to See Needs…
Working Out Loud in Hallways with Memory

Aug 31, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Attraction, Community, Complexity Lenses, Enterprise, Knowledge Management, Local InfoCloud, Social Lenses

I am deeply enjoying working out loud again with a team. There are so many great advantages to sharing what you are working on in progress. This is often how I worked with clients from 2005 through to early 2012 and it was so odd to move back into an email heavy work environment, and…
Shift Happened – Part 3: Capturing Decisions in Social

Aug 28, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Community, Complexity Lenses, Enterprise, Information Creation, Knowledge Management, Refindability, Shift Happened, Social Lenses

In the last 5 years many people have been working amidst a shift in how they work digitally and where they interact digitally with colleagues. They also realize the product of their work may have shifted as well. The work product has long been presentations, white papers, spreadsheets, general reports, etc. These deliverables are products…
Shift Happened – Part 2: Small Apps Loosely Joined

Apr 8, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Connectivity, Design, Devices, Enterprise, Information Architecture, Information Creation, Knowledge Management, Mobile, Model of Attraction, Portability, Shift Happened, Standards, Technology, Tools, User Experience, Web

What are Small Apps Loosely Joined? There has been a large shift in how many people work today and part of that is in the tools that they use to get work done. This shift in work patterns mirrors the shift that many had in their personal lives around social interactions and productivity. Late one…
Shift Happened – Part 1: More Productive Not Using Productivity Tools

Mar 4, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Applications, Community, Complexity Lenses, Content Mangement, Devices, Enterprise, Information Creation, Knowledge Management, Mobile, Portability, Shift Happened, Social Lenses, Social Software, sxd

Over the past six months or so, I’ve been increasingly hearing from IT leaders in organizations who have been surprised by a shift in how people work digitally. The work patterns related to this shift are far from new and, in fact, are well over a decade old. Nonetheless, some have been surprised by who,…
Donna, Designed for Use, Closes

Feb 1, 2014

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Applications, Calendar, Design, Information Creation, Interface, Personal Info, Personal InfoCloud, PKM, User Experience

The impending closing of Donna has bumped a couple of thoughts to blog to the front of the queue. First off, Donna is an iOS calendaring app that focusses on one’s agenda for that day and upcoming days with a targetted focus on the transportation timing and how that impacts your day. If your life…