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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
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  • Subject: [pcplantdb] K-LOG WriteTheWeb - News for web users who write back
  • Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 11:10:20 -0700


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What is a k-log?
by Giles Turnbull -- 2002-03-05

Some people are taking the concept of weblogs and applying it to the wider concept of knowledge management. The result is k-logging ("knowledge-logging"). But will it catch on - will your employer dump Lotus Notes databases in favour of browsers and blog-style brain-dumps?

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WriteTheWeb: What is a k-log?

John Robb: This is still a new concept, but it will be huge. Weblogs will potentially become the first new widely adopted desktop productivity tool since the browser.

The problem with the Web is that it is primarily a read-only medium. A personal weblogging tool that runs on the desktop, changes this relationship and makes it as easy to write to the Web as read it. It adds the ability to build an easy to use personal Website to the browser (something the browser vendors should have done years ago).

Within a corporate context, K-Logs make it possible for any employee to add knowledge to an Intranet. It's easy enough to use (start-up in less than five minutes) that it overcomes resistance. Further, K-Logs provide people that use them two immediate benefits: 1) it is a highly visible way to enhance personal brand and 2) it is a great organizing tool that you can share with co-workers (it organizes your most important information over time). There is no other better way to get employee knowledge off the desktop and out of their heads and onto an Intranet where it can be archived, browsed, and searched.

Further, K-Log features like subscriptions let you as an employee keep up with what is going on by automating the process of collecting information. It creates a knowledge network within a company, all based on easy to understand Web standards. K-Logs break down the data silos on the desktop, particularly the notorious e-mail inbox and the directories of files people store all over their desktops. By publishing those e-mails and documents to the Intranet, everyone can get access to that information.




  • [pcplantdb] K-LOG WriteTheWeb - News for web users who write back, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/04/2004

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