University education in the age of web 2.0 and 3.0
Happiest days of my life. Very fortunate to have attended Trinity College Dublin in the early 80′s. Computer engineering – learning to program assembler for the Motorola 68000, learning fluid mechanics. Friends, fun, social development, cricket, rugby, chess, campus in the city centre. Developing wider interests. But what opportunities there are now for everyone in [...]
Moving on from traditional thinking
I guess it’s challenging for all of us who have worked for the last 25 years. In my final year in Trinity College Dublin I was writing Assembler for the Motorola 68000 chip. The Mac was about to burst on the scene. Since then I have worked in a Professional Service Firm, my own IT [...]
Web 2.0 coming of age
Interesting commentary in Irish Times today (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2008/1121/1227137519515.html) re Web 2.0. Without doubt web 2.0 is one of the areas companies will look to 'make IT pay'. There are real opportunities for payback on previous investments in IT through exploiting relatively cheap investments in web 2.0. An excellent example is the number of companies who already [...]
Feedback from MBA’s re deployment of Web 2.0
In his post of May 03, Andrew McAfee gives summary feedback from surveying students in his Harvard class. Very positive comments on opportunities for practical deployment of Wikis across a wide range of businesses, from people at different levels of management. My own experience has been that the Wiki is easily adopted and is a [...]
Practical use of Wikis
In his most recent blog entry Michael Indinopulos See blog entry gives four clear examples of the use of wikis in a business environment. The Wiki offers to potential, when properly implemented, championed and supported, to revolutionise Knowledge Management. Share on Facebook
Culture to support wikis and knowledge management
The wiki provides the opportunity to promote knowledge management. But are our senior executives ready to participate in this web 2.0 enabled environment? email has, to some extent, made people more available (though it may be argued that a certain amount of hiding has been facilitated) e.g. the junior staffer may directly email the CEO. [...]
Knowledge management and the web
We’ve been listening to politicians and academics promoting the knowledge economy – the opportunity for Ireland as a knowledge economy, rather the imperative for Ireland to succeed as a knowledge economy. Latest references I heard were extracts from the Green Party Conference today. The web is offering all of us fantastic opportunities to embrace the [...]