Archive for May, 2008
Keeping Notes and Hiring Good People
I like to gather information into piles – adding bits to each pile as I discover things, or as they occur to me. I use a combination of notes in outlook (a habit from my Windows Mobile PDA days) and a personal wiki. One day I’ll turn some of those piles into a book or [...]
The Complete Bounds of Our Social Networks – Part II
As implied by the “part I” in The Complete Bounds of Our Social Networks – Part I, there is a part II, and this is it… Having looked at the research around Dunbar’s number, it strikes me that social media and the modern workplace face a number of challenges, but first, let’s rewind a few [...]
The Complete Bounds of Our Social Networks – Part I
I have been pondering the ideal size of a community of late – be it a company (successful companies are communities too), a circle of friends or the user base for a wiki or a forum. Of course, I am not the first to ponder the question, nor will I be the last.
Paul Graham wrote [...]
April top 10
Hail is falling outside as I write this, pinging off of the office window. It may be May, but clearly no-one thought to tell the British weather that – snow in April?
A quick pause to look back at April shows that it has been a prolific month on the blog, with 14 posts and some [...]
