Poking around the intersection of KM and Social Media
The AOL Instant Messenger developers have had some fun with the AIM API, creating a network link for Google Earth that shows live AIM chat activity. It’s interesting to see where the AIM users are, and who they are chatting with. read more | digg story
Have you noticed the search results in Google degrading? I find more and more garbage web sites in the results. Sure the top results are usually pretty decent, but some are way off the mark. The problem is, no matter how often the smart people at Google tweak their PR algorhythm, there is an entire […]
One of my personal life hacks for staying well-read on a limited budget of time has been listening to audio books. For a long time, I commuted three hours a day. While I can’t read and drive at the same time, I can listen and drive. Audio books turned the commute into nourishment for my mind. […]
Most people agree that we all face information overload. We get more and more emails (via multiple accounts), instant messages and text messages. We subscribe to magazines, newsletters, RSS feeds and podcasts. We are capturing and storing more and more of our own lives in digital form, whether via lifestreams like Twitter and Jaiku, or […]
Repeat visitors to www.jeffhester.net (you know you are my favorite) will notice I’ve changed the layout a bit. I’m sticking with blue, thanks to the beautiful Mac-inspired iTheme from N.Design Studio. I’ve also (finally) added real content to the About page, just in case you were wondering what this site was all about, or who […]
It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the USA. Which mean a long weekend and a chance to go to the beach, lie by the pool, drink your favorite cold beverage… or work on your websites (as I am). Still, you might find yourself looking for a distraction. If you’re a Flickr fan, look no further […]
Professor Gervaise Germaine explains the difference between data, information and knowledge. Enjoy! 😉