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User-Centric Distributed Social Software

I receive a great many invitations to join one social network site or another, depending on where people are flocking at any particular time. While I will likely experiment more with a few of them, what I really want is a distributed system, much like email, weblogs, and other existing social networks. Eric Gradman has written a paper making just that point, entitled User-Centric Distributed Social Software. Posted: 2/3/04; 9:52:56 AM #

A Guidebook for Technology Assessment and Impact Analysis

The nonprofit sector is nowhere near where it needs to be in regard to understanding technology assessment. We say that our technology should be mission driven, but organizations and consultants are making product driven decisions all the time. When we assess an organization, we still persist in counting computers and noting software versions, rather than actually mapping communication patterns that support the organization's mission. More importantly, even when we are evaluating a single technology decision, we tend to leave out most of the potential impacts. In case you can't tell, I was recently browsing through an old book of mine, A Guidebook for Technology Assessment and Impact Analysis. Other books by Alan L. Porter. Posted: 2/3/04; 9:52:42 AM #