I’m working on an unconference for Wednesday evening of DocTrain West from 6:30-8:30 (well, beer-thirty) – with only a little bit of overlap between one of the receptions and the unconferece. Please, come and participate with us. I’ll bring my XOs for demonstrations, Lisa Dyer is presenting about her DITA-wiki hybrid, and Alan Porter will […]
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations
I’ve listened to about the first 45 minutes of Clay Shirky’s talk on “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations.” http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/events/2008/02/shirky. Well worth the time spent – especially for my current employer’s product set, which enables organizations to manage their data used to communicate with and connect their members with each other through […]
Stories from SXSWi 2008 – Attracting girls to IT
15% of people are from the northeast 15% of people left handed 15% of people in the world have no cell phone, or no Internet And… less than 15% of computer science majors are female. [1] This was the lead-in for the panelists and I liked the tie-ins of 15. Since this session, I have […]