Workplace & Organizations
The Costs of Switching Software: Software in organizations - is new always better?
IOTA Interview: John King,
Dean of the University of Michigan School of Information.
The Changing Face of Business: How have businesses - both online and offline - changed over time?
IOTA Interview: Elizabeth
Collet, Senior Director of Business Development & Strategic Planning at Yahoo!.
Neighborhood Knowledge: How neighborhoods are using the Internet to fight blight.
IOTA Interview: Neal
Richman, Associate Director of UCLA's Advanced Policy Institute.
Non-Profit Fundraising: How are non-profits using the Internet raise funds, and how can you
contribute online?
IOTA Interview: Jillaine
Smith of the Benton Foundation.
Tools for Telecommuters: How can technology help people working at a distance to keep in touch?
Did you know? You can keep up with your friends through ICQ, a popular tool for staying in touch with
people over the Internet.
ICQ lets you know when your friends or colleagues are online, so you have some awareness
of where they are, and allows you to send instant messages or chat with other ICQ members.
Have you seen? Saul Greenberg's GroubLab project is working with a variety of
technologies to enhance casual awareness, to help long-distance groups work better
together.
IOTA Interview: Saul Greenberg, computer science professor at the University of Calgary.
Knowledge Ecologies: How do social factors influence Internet communication within
organizations?
Have you heard? Businesses are exploring new ways of preserving and
sharing corporate knowledge. Read about Xerox's efforts in this Inter@ctive Week article "Xerox
To Venture Into Managing Know-How".
Did you know? You can find key papers from Xerox's Chief Scientist
John Seely Brown here in the Works in Progress
section of his home page.
IOTA Interview: John
Seely Brown, Chief Scientist at Xerox Corporation and Director of their Palo Alto
Research Center.
Collaboratories: How does technology help predict the weather?
Did you know? The term "collaboratory" was coined by
computer scientist William Wulf in 1989. It refers to a "center without walls"
in which users can "perform their research without regard to geographical
location-interacting with colleagues, accessing instrumentation, sharing data and
computational resources, [and] accessing information in digital libraries."
Have you seen? You can pretend you're a space physicist and watch
real-time images and data from radars, satellites, and supercomputer models during the
next UARC campaign Oct 19-21, 1998.
IOTA Interview: Tom
Finholt, Director of the Upper Atmospheric Research Collaboratory.
Networking on the Network: How can the Internet be used for professional networking?
Have you thought about? There are strengths and weaknesses in using
the Internet for professional networking.
Have you seen? Phil Agre's Networking on the Network
is a "how-to" about using the Internet as a networking tool and focuses on
graduate students. Agre is also the editor of the Red Rock Eater News Service, an
Internet and Society e-mail list.
IOTA Interview: Phil Agre, Associate Profesor, University of
California at Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Knowledge Management: How is business strategy changing in response to computer networks?
Have you thought about? Business strategy is changing in response
to computer networks.
Did you know? Some key behavioral changes are needed to take
advantage of advances in information technology.
IOTA Interview:Lois
Remeikis, Director of Knowledge and Information Management for Booz, Allen and
Hamilton.
The Workplace:
How is technology changing the definition of the workplace?
Have you thought about? The Internet is changing the workplace.
Have you seen? The University of Michigan School of Information is studying the ways new
technology is changing the way people work.
IOTA Interview: Dan
Atkins, Dean, University of Michigan School of Information.
Productivity Paradox: Do computers make workers more productive?
Have you thought about? Higher productivity may not be the only
gains we should be seeking.
Have you seen? Is IT Worth
It? |
