Archives for October 2005
Learning2005 - Americans about blogs and wikis
31 October 2005 | Tools, Weblog, Wiki | No Comments
I just finished my first interactive session/discussion at Learning2005 in Orlando. The result: I am a little bit disappointed. The reason: there were more than 90 people in the session about blogs and wikis, making discussion and interaction almost impossible. Although these crowds indicate a strong interest in this topic, many of the people did […]
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Learning 2005 - only 2 days to go
27 October 2005 | General | No Comments
On Saturday I will leave for Orlando/Florida to participate at Learning 2005. I intentionally chose the word “participate” as in my opinion so far this event will be different from other boring trade-show-conferences. Elliot Masie is really trying hard to make this a special event. What’s so special about it? Well, they set up a […]
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Google launched blog search
27 October 2005 | Tools, Weblog | No Comments
Recently, Google has launched its own blog search. Some first tests showed me that it seems to work quite well. You can even find posts of the very same day of its publication.
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Back from Prague - I love this city
25 October 2005 | Miscellaneous | No Comments
Last weekend I spent in Prague. It was not the first time I went to Prague. Actually, I am there once a year at least. Therefore, it is always a little bit like getting home. The lovely atmosphere, the solid food, the good beer, and finally - the jazz clubs. I visited two concerts, […]
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Sales and Service Staff Training Challenges
14 October 2005 | Strategy | No Comments
I recently published an article on the competence site regarding the success factors companies will have to take into consideration when they have to train their distributed sales and service staff. As the article is in German language, I will outline the success factors here in English:
1) You should have a dedicated training department that […]
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Instant Messaging - bane or boon?
14 October 2005 | Tools, Instant Messaging | 1 Comment
Whatever you make out of it - instant messaging (IM) has become a part of most of the knowledge workers’ life. The advantages are obvious: presence awareness, possibility to use it for a quick chat, … But you also have to see the disadvantages that are not as obvious: distractions from incoming messages, distractions from […]
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I am back blogging
12 October 2005 | General | 1 Comment
I proudly announce that I am back in blogging. I promise to start blogging again after this big accident that destroyed a part of my work almost one year before.