Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:12:39 -0400
Mr. Rod Welch
rowelch@attglobal.net
The Welch Company
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111 2496
Subject: | KM Ideas |
Rod,
[Responding to your letter on October 13, 2000...]
Before you go much further with *knowledge space*, visit
Rod Welch wrote...
Open source advocates remain secretive until they get the glory they seek by revealing the *next insanely great idea*. The KM dilemma to which you often refer is, itself, a cloud of concepts. That cloud is composed of several social, psycological, and pragmatic factors, perhaps the largest pair being greed and laziness. It would be fun to wax phylosophical and state that there will likely never be a solution to the problems associated with that pair, but, what the heck, that pair represents yet another set of opportunities staring us in the face. Like the bumper sticker "He who dies with the most toys wins", there may be a gold nugget in the bet of thorns associated with self interest and laziness. That gold nugget may be realized in newer tools for KM, as, I believe you are suggesting.
I don't intend to visit any candidate solutions, but it does seem to me that your POIMS offers one slice of a much larger pie that may represent the newer KM tools.
Rod Welch wrote...
In the long run, the lens metaphor works just fine. I rather see it as a device capable of floating about at the 50,000 foot level, while zooming down to the nano level as needed, and helicoptering all over the knowledge space at will. With that lens, the user constructs a personal (situated, embodied) view of what's there.
Rod Welch wrote...
So, time is a KM dilemma, and it is running out.
Any ideas?
You have stated a couple of key points here. I personally tend to focus on two separate aspects of key points: automation, and community practice. I believe, believe it or not, that Cliff's Principa web site talks about and actually presents part of all of this; Cliff and Francis appear to me to have a good start in the right direction.
I am copying this to Cliff, given that I used his name. I also wish to point out that discussion about my project should not reach your web site anytime soon. Your comments at my web site will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Jack
Jack Park
jackpark@thinkalong.com