Category: Information Creation

Social Tools for Mergers and Acquisitions

Apr 15, 2008

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Enterprise, Folksonomy, Information Creation, Knowledge Management, Local InfoCloud, Refindability, Social Software, Technology, Weblogs

The announcement yesterday of Delta and Northwest airlines merging triggered a couple thoughts. One of the thoughts was sadness as I love the unusually wonderful customer service I get with Northwest, and loathe the now expected poor and often nasty treatment by Delta staff. Northwest does not have all the perks of in seat entertainment,…
The Elements in the Social Software Stack

Jan 9, 2008

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Identity, Information Creation, Knowledge Management, Personal Info, PKM, Research, Social Software, Technology, Web

When thinking through social software (also known as social computing, social media, and social web) I have been influenced by many ideas, but at the core there are two things that stick in my head: 1) Good visualization; and 2) Object-centered sociality. Getting the two to mesh, while accounting for most of the important components…
Can Facebook Change Its DNA?

Nov 2, 2007

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Enterprise, Identity, Information Creation, Local InfoCloud, Portability, Refindability, Social Software

The posting on Facebook for Business or LinkedIn Gets More Valuable received a lot of feedback and discussion. The e-mail discussions has urged me to post about the Facebook DNA and why it will be tough to transition Facebook into a really valuable tool for business without changing the services to a great degree. A…
The Social Enterprise

Jun 22, 2007

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Community, Enterprise, Folksonomy, Information Creation, Marketplace, Social Software

I am just back from Enterprise 2.0 Conference held in Boston, where I presented Bottom-up All The Way Down: How Tags Help Businesses Organize (thanks to Stowe Boyd for the tantalizing session title), which was liveblog captured by Sandy Kemsley as "Enterprise 2.0: Thomas Vander Wal". I did not catch all of the conference due…
The Future is Now for Information Access

May 23, 2006

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Attraction, Coding, Content Mangement, Devices, Information Creation, Local InfoCloud, Marketplace, Mobile, Personal InfoCloud, PKM, Portability, Standards, Syndication, Ubiquitous Computing, User Experience

An interview with Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer in the in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding Steve’s thoughts about the future of technology, information, and Microsoft (including their competition) sparked a few things regarding the Personal InfoCloud and Local InfoCloud. It could be the people I hang out with and the stay-at-home parents I run across during…
SXSW Calendar the Personal Way

Mar 26, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Applications, Information Creation, Personal Info, Portability

I really enjoyed my short time at SXSW Interactive Festival this year. One of the things that helped me was their step to help people interested in SXSW to build their “own” calendar. Yes, they understood the people attending have a lot of offerings to consider and nobody wants to miss anything they really would…
Explaining and Showing Broad and Narrow Folksonomies

Feb 21, 2005

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Folksonomy, Information Creation, Social Software, Web

I have been explaining the broad and narrow folksonomy in e-mail and in comments on others sites, as well as in the media (Wired News). There has still been some confusion, which is very understandable as it is a different concept that goes beyond a simple understanding of tagging. I have put together a couple…
Two Sides of the Local InfoCloud

Jun 23, 2004

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Community, Connectivity, Information Creation, Location, Mobile, Ubiquitous Computing

The Local InfoCloud (one of four clouds, Personal, Local, Global, and External) focusses on access to information that is based on location, as well as membership. These two elements are related, but also can stand on their own. The Local InfoCloud often uses the Local Area Network (LAN) as an example of its properties. The…
Stitching our Lives Together

Apr 11, 2004

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Access to Info, Community, Information Creation, Mobile, Personal Info, Portability, Social Software, Standards, Syndication, User Experience

Not long ago Jeffrey Veen posted about Will you be my friend, which brought up some needs to better stitch together our own disperse information. An excellent example is: For example, when I plan a trip, I try to find out who else will be around so I have people to hang out with. So…
PC Forum Eventspace – Users Make Content Their Own

Mar 28, 2004

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Thomas Vander Wal

in Applications, Content Mangement, Information Creation, Marketplace, Personal Info

PC Forum Eventspace – Users Make Content Their Own seems to have only part of the equation correct.