Archives for June, 2004

Collaboration First, Then Knowledge Management


Matthew returns to CMS Watch to argue that you should endeavor first to support the practical needs of distributed workers for completing projects. Read more…

Consultants: A Necessary Evil?


I’ve read several books on how to negotiate in business. They all pretty much say the thing. Of course, the grand-daddy of all of these is “What Color is Your Parachute?” I read this way back when I was negotiating for my first job. Usually negotiating isn’t high on your priorities when you’re first entering [...]

ESP is for New Age wackos?


Years ago, when I was a boy, I used to dream of finding a trilobite, the fossilized remains of a 300 million-year-old Cambrian creepy-crawly. One sunny day I happened to be walking across a field full of small, flat stones - thousands of them, all the same. It had been years since I last went [...]

Humanity’s Last Hope …


Last night I had the strangest dream. NASA was involved in trying to change the trajectory of a comet. Most of our comets originate out in the Kuiper Belt, far, far away. However there is some speculation that these comets somehow keep the Solar System’s gravity in check. It’s a sort of self-regulatory system. NASA [...]