Forrester Research: How to pick enterprise software

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This is the best way to pick enterprise software apps: look up this firm’s reviews. They have a special section for Information, Content and Knowledge Management pros.

Generate a Random Name – Fake Name Generator

Generate a Random Name – Fake Name Generator.

best for testing software, message boards, creates mother’s maiden name, CC number,

Unwittingly hosting terror

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Unwittingly hosting terror – The Boston Globe.

HubMed: Pubmed goes social

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HubMed.

Cool alternative to Pubmed

NYU Stern Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences website actually looks halfway cool

Stern School of Business, New York University
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NYU Stern | Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences.

Similar to NYU’s interactive media program, it also has what looks to be a very nice IS program which is well described on their site, unlike others which look like a Best Buy Geek Squad counter. Might be worth giving some examples to other sites using the course descriptions, student highlights etc. and what can be done with CIS.

Human terrain teams changing military tactics

 


I’ve found it interesting following the implementation of  “soft war” techniques by the US military after the failure of conventional, top down approaches to the currently culture driven conflicts. The human terrain teams now being  implemented, including understanding the culture of these locations thru ethnographic methods is proving to be quite effective. Likewise the now defunct Department of Information may be resurrected as the military realizes it needs to embrace new methods of communication and information gathering or “information warfare.”

 

Army Social Scientists Calm Afghanistan, Make Enemies at Home

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Army Social Scientists Calm Afghanistan, Make Enemies at Home.

VisiblePath: MySpace for the Office?

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MySpace for the Office.

Another social scientist developed networking tool like Facebook, LinkedIn but for corporate users.

Dunning–Kruger effect: survival of the loudest in corporate America

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Dunning–Kruger effect – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This hilarious piece of social research suggests what I have observed in my own job repeatedly: the most loud, confident people who stand at your desk proclaiming things are often the least knowledgeable but in many cases the ones most likely to be promoted.