Last week my business partner was lamenting the fact that I had thrown out some hard copy printouts of articles that he’d found valuable (no, he doesn’t normally go through the recycling but this time he was looking for something which had been tossed out by his P.A.). A lengthy discussion ensued about the processes [...]
Browsing Posts in Personal knowledge management
When this post was first written it said, I’m now tagging quantumgardener posts in del.icio.us using a quantumgardener tag no less! This gives me a richer way to tag items that movabletype’s category system. It’s faster and posts integrate with the rest of my sourced content. It will take some time to tag all my [...]
Today del.icio.us joins my toolbox of categorising and storing information for later retrieval. Normally I would use PersonalBrain for that purpose but it doesn’t allow me to share links with others in my community. On the other hand del.icio.us doesn’t enable parent/child relationships. There has been a flurry of online tools which use tags to [...]
I used my LinkedIn network yesterday to reconnect with a past manager of mine. Unable to call because his mobile number had changed so I went to his LinkedIn record and found out where he works now. Then I called the switchboard and asked for him directly.
This from the Bendigo Mining website. Gold mineralisation is dated from the Upper Ordovician and is related to the compressional tectonism generating the chevron folds. Fold plunge reversals, differential attenuation of hinge zones giving rise to domes and sub-domes, and disruption and dilation caused by both bedding parallel and oblique reverse faulting, all play their [...]
TypeOf answers the question in PersonalBrain of “What is it?” and “What Thoughts are of type …”?. It is a remembering pattern that provides quick navigation to thoughts based on the type of thing they represent. Intent Your brain is be enhanced by knowing the type of a Thought. If your Thoughts have a type, [...]
Some side-benefits of opening up your personal knowledge management system
I’ve just taken my business partner through the in’s and out’s of how I join my blog, del.icio.us and newsgator into a personal knowledge management system. I hadn’t recognised the complexity and power of what is on offer and how easily I can now share that information with others. It has created a greater sense [...]