7 Pieces of Advice for Those Implementing the #Obama #Records Directive

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Many may have noticed the coverage of the Directive outlining new records management requirements in the federal government. The directive is NARA's and OMB's response to a memo issued by President... read more

A short history of personal computing

A short history of personal computing. [A note: Before I get a lot of email, personal pronouns in this presentation vary by paragraph. I know it. It's on purpose.]   Once upon a time th... read more

EastEnders and Enterprise 2.0 -- #e20

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Alan Turing, one of the first to postulate a universal computing machine -- and hence the PC (as opposed to unique machines created for specific purposes) -- once said "Machines take me by surprise... read more

ECM -- Past, present, future

I recently helped a company with a webinar in which they asked me to think about how the ECM industry has changed over the past 5 years and how I saw it changing over the next 5. The original archi... read more

Enterprise 2.0 Beach Epiphanies

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I'm on vacation this week on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in a little town called Buxton at the tip of Hatteras Point. As a result, I've had a lot of time to ride my bike and sit on the beach ... read more

Who the $%^&^% cares about the ROI of Enterprise 2.0?

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Who the $%^&^% cares about the ROI of Enterprise 2.0?   This is from the Chart of the Day on Twitter -- www.twitter.com/chartoftheday     This chart -- showing the global m... read more

Streams and Pages and Apps, Oh My!

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I'm a big fan of the TWIG (This Week in Google) podcasts hosted by Leo Laporte and usually featuring Jeff Jarvis (author of What Would Google Do?) and Gina Trapani (author of The Complete Guide to ... read more

Lessons from Microsoft on internal social engagement

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Christian Finn from Microsoft (and he could also be a stunt double for Steve Ballmer) gave an interesting presentation at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference on how they scaled their internal podcasting ... read more

Andrew McAfee Keynote -- 4 Key Enterprise 2.0 Tensions...

I greatly enjoyed Andrew McAfee's keynote at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference. During the keynote, he discussed 4 tensions that currently exist in the E2.0 space.   Tension #1 -- "Cargo Cult v... read more

"Social" behaviors and the 90-9-1 rule

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In 2006, Jakob Neilsen wrote in Alertbox about the 90-9-1 rule... "User participation often more or less follows a 90-9-1 rule: 90% of users are lurkers (i.e., read or observe, but don'... read more

Hide and Seek and Enterprise 2.0

A caveat before starting. I have been a fan of the Harry Potter series.   I will admit to a certain sense of superiority when encountering those who have never read the Harry Potter boo... read more

8 - no make it 6 -- ways to destroy your career using social media

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Many of you probably know that I regularly publish guest commentary under the "8 things" label on my blog, Digital Landfill (http://www.aiim.typepad.com). I also compile these postings into e-books... read more

Big Blue and the Social Revolution

Organizations often make three big mistakes when it comes to thinking about how to create a policy environment to govern employee interaction with social technologies. They react without th... read more

Forgive me, Steve Jobs

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OK, I will admit it. When I first read the reports about the iPAD in January, I thought, "Who would want a big iPhone?" I confess, Steve, that I just didn't get it This is despite, I might ... read more

Dinner in Charleston

Last week my wife and I spent a few days in Charleston, SC. (A side note to readers -- beautiful city and great food -- go there.) When it came to the most important part of our trip (i.e.,... read more