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This week I was talking with Joe Steinbach in Lincoln about the TCPA/MS-Palladium scenario. Joe was wondering aloud how businesses could communicate if they tried to stop using the ubiquitous MS-Office apps as a protest against Palladium.

Scott Johnson at fuzzygroup devised the Just Say No To Dot Doc (or JSNTD) campaign.

Scott's article has instructions for setting MSWord to save out as RTF by default (in case you don't already know.) He also has an idea for a web service that would help businesses migrate away from MSWord dependence.

It sounds good to me, but then I'm your basic contrarian and don't give a rat's ass about total compatibility. I don't know what you do if you're stuck using MSProject or (God forbid) PowerPoint all the time. Are there viable alternatives to those? Anyway, something fun to think about while you're chewing on the latest Bush Administration/BigBusiness conspiracy theory.

Brent Ashley Tests Amphetadesk

1:36:42 AM

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Ashley found some functionality in the Amphetadesk skins that I didn't see. And he notes how Morbus Iff responded almost immediately to his queries. Same here. Morbus is intent on making the product rock.

Amphetatesting. I've been having a look at Amphetadesk today. In conjunction with Les Orchard's collapsable-channels-and-items skin, I like it quite a...

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K-Logging vs the Seven Deadly Sins of KM

1:20:11 AM

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One final link to Phil Wolff's essay on how klogs quash the 11 deadly sins of Knowledge Management. I've only browsed this one but it looks interesting.

Thanks to [a klog apart]

K-Log 101 Presentation

12:50:25 AM

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Caught sight of this klog gem via McGee's Musings as well.

Klogging 101: What, Why, and How.. Explaining klogging to the gang at the office? To your user group?
Here's a little slide show you can use.

Klogging 101: What, Why, and How.
Talking points for 15-20 minutes.
Not included, but may be useful: a demo session.

Bring your favorite blogging tools (some of the slides mention UserLand products).

Write to the web

Open an edit page.

Write a post.

Publish it.

See the results on the web.

Comment on incoming news and data

Look at the news aggregator.

Comment on one.

Publish your comment and see the results.

[a klog apart]

See also: Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | PowerPoint Presentation | a klog apart | PowerPoint Presentation | Blog on Blog | MAS 223 Complexity and Optimisation in OR Coursework 1, for

Intro to K-Logging

12:43:46 AM

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A quick intro to k-logging and a brief summary of the benefits. The open narrative style of weblogs lends itself to having people expose what they are thinking in a non-intrusive way -- a contributor-friendly way. K-logs are likely to be a major part of any future intranet/collaboration efforts I undertake.
Thanks to Jim McGee for pointing my to a klog apart.

Get up to speed on K-Logging.. brent ashley:

The thinking-out-loud style of writing a K-log journal of project activities allows every part of the process to remain available during and after the project. This allows detailed review and enables latecomers to the project to get up to speed. The dead-end attempts that provide the best opportunity for learning are documented and kept for others to learn from.

more great language for your team briefing...
[a klog apart]
[McGee's Musings]

See also: Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | Blunt Force Trauma | Seb's Open Research | Seb's Open Research | Roland Tanglao's Weblog: Monday, July 08, 2002 | Roland Tanglao's Weblog: Monday, July 08, 2002 | Simon Willison: Information Architecture