communication's archives
Being organised – the wiki way
I have been playing with an exciting new tool today – the bLADE wiki. In the last few years Wikis have been revolutionizing knowledge management for me, but I hadn’t been able to find a wiki for PocketPC with the ability to synchronise with the desktop, until now. A big thank you to aedjp for [...]
Get off to a good start
It seems that it is always the most simple things that are the most profound. A top tip from Seth’s Blog today: Show up, on time, with a smile on your face. Does it really count more than what you do or say? Seth says: Showing up on time… …with a smile on your face [...]
A Little Bit of Philosophy Makes You Smart – Apparently
I was fascinated by a news article from the BBC last week (Nursery pupils taught philosophy), about a recent initiative to teach philosophy to primary school children. The research has been going on for a while, but has just been published. There is a fuller story with more colour to it in the Educational Guardian [...]
The YouTube Generation and Accountability
I think there are a huge number of exciting things about new technology and the web 2.0 world, but there are also some sad losses. We have automated and improved daily life to the point where we have free time and communications ability that previous generations could hardly have dreamed of.
Coincidence?
Ever wondered why there is so much coincidence? Seth Godin blogged about some he experienced recently.
The answer is simple… It is because sometimes we make it for ourselves, let me introduce Gestalt Psychology.
Gestalt Psychology (nothing to do with the therapy of the same name) basically says that the brain tries to make sense of the [...]
IM or E-mail? How to get your point across?
When working with others, good communication is a critical part of getting things done. Blackberry, instant messaging, e-mail, poor phones, all give the illusion of great communication, but sometimes they can actually take it away. There are some simple ways to put it back.
This was all sparked by an interesting post over on Web Worker [...]
e-mailing your way to oblivion
Is it just me, or are e-mail and productivity at work just two things that don’t belong in the same sentence together? I find it amazing that companies invest so much money in deploying e-mail systems and yet spend nothing on training people to communicate effectively with them. Perhaps you work in a company that [...]







