Comments on: The Cuneiform Code (1 of 2) http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/11/22/the-cuneiform-code-1-of-2/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= Gavin Clabaugh's irregular blog on irregular things. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gavin Clabaugh http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/11/22/the-cuneiform-code-1-of-2/#comment-2421 Gavin Clabaugh Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:41:43 +0000 http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/11/22/the-cuneiform-code-1-of-2/#comment-2421 Hi Chris! What a surprise to see your name pop up in my humble (soggy) blog. To your point: Yep. People are pesky, technology is easy in comparison. And, you are correct, few want to spend the "effort" to effectively manage any knowledge. I think I kind of gloss over that point (somewhere in the text). But, it's true. The essential, analytical, synthesis of knowledge REQUIRES effort, and the effort of humans. I liken it to a creative, nee editorial, process. It's why journalists make great "knowledge managers." They're used to taking disparate "data" and synthesizing it into something (sometimes) useful. That said, what's important from the tool side is that the tools must not get in the way of that process, that synthesis. If they do, you're doomed. If they don't, you still may be doomed, but you stand at least a fighting chance. Tools must enable, not obscure. And, it's tough to design a useful, easy to use, tool. Regards (and we'll talk off line) Oh.. and thanks for the clock -- Truely magnificent! I love it. gavin Hi Chris!
What a surprise to see your name pop up in my humble (soggy) blog.
To your point: Yep. People are pesky, technology is easy in comparison. And, you are correct, few want to spend the “effort” to effectively manage any knowledge. I think I kind of gloss over that point (somewhere in the text). But, it’s true. The essential, analytical, synthesis of knowledge REQUIRES effort, and the effort of humans. I liken it to a creative, nee editorial, process. It’s why journalists make great “knowledge managers.” They’re used to taking disparate “data” and synthesizing it into something (sometimes) useful.
That said, what’s important from the tool side is that the tools must not get in the way of that process, that synthesis. If they do, you’re doomed. If they don’t, you still may be doomed, but you stand at least a fighting chance.
Tools must enable, not obscure. And, it’s tough to design a useful, easy to use, tool.

Regards (and we’ll talk off line)

Oh.. and thanks for the clock — Truely magnificent! I love it.
gavin

]]> By: Chris Jantsch http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/11/22/the-cuneiform-code-1-of-2/#comment-2413 Chris Jantsch Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:31:08 +0000 http://www.digitaldiner.org/2007/11/22/the-cuneiform-code-1-of-2/#comment-2413 Gavin, Your discourse is an admirable effort. However, much like your lead-in (everything's easy in theory), your approach is so entrenched in common sense that it's very essence and principle will be lost on humanity (as you well know, "common sense" and "humanity" are mutually exclusive). So, your office, your computer(s), is all really so neatly put and organized that anyone could find everything they're looking for - or just you? I've spent the past eight years in the "strategic communications" industry and explored many a path to knowledge-management. They all led nowhere (I almost typed "knowhere") because, in the end, nobody wanted to expend the effort. Hence, all is well as long as he who knows where to find it is around ... Cheers, Chris Gavin,
Your discourse is an admirable effort. However, much like your lead-in (everything’s easy in theory), your approach is so entrenched in common sense that it’s very essence and principle will be lost on humanity (as you well know, “common sense” and “humanity” are mutually exclusive). So, your office, your computer(s), is all really so neatly put and organized that anyone could find everything they’re looking for - or just you? I’ve spent the past eight years in the “strategic communications” industry and explored many a path to knowledge-management. They all led nowhere (I almost typed “knowhere”) because, in the end, nobody wanted to expend the effort. Hence, all is well as long as he who knows where to find it is around …
Cheers,
Chris

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