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Social Software Alliance – Interesting that a main topic of the early work of this group, apart from ontologies / definitions of “topics” / interoperabilities, is unique identity of (social) individuals and communities – Friend of a Friend (FoaF) has been suggested. Given the significance of identity (URI’s) for knowledge factoids, and the need for … Continue reading “Social Software Alliance”

Stealing Ideas ? – Quote by David Gurteen from Howard Aitken [Quote] Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.[Unquote] Compare with this apparently conflicting Victor Hugo quote blogged earlier. [Quote] An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea … Continue reading “Stealing Ideas ?”

Conflicting Models of Learning and Knowledge – Excellent analysis from Oliver Wrede at Seblogging (Seb Fielder’s aggregator ?) [via McGee] (Such a tangled web it’s getting hard to distinguish whose thoughts are who’s in this analysis). Anyway [Quote] Needless to say that the same dilemma can be found in countless corporate environments, too. [Unquote] Seblogging … Continue reading “Conflicting Models of Learning and Knowledge”

More on Motivation and Context – A little parable brought to my attention by Seb arising from a misunderstanding between two “communities” of knowledge personified by Stephen Downes and David Wiley. Of course bloggers are not “the” community, just one (set of) many (sets of) communities with vaious levels of communication links between them. In … Continue reading “More on Motivation and Context”

[Quote] A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labour and there is invisible labour.[Unquote] from Victor Hugo via the Quotations Page, [via Curry], who also cites [Quote] An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.[Unquote] also from Victor Hugo.

Information Motivation – Post from Jerry Ash that has spawned an interesting discussion thread on motivation behind communication. I responded to Denham Grey’s contribution. My position is, and always has been, that intent (motive) is a key (necessary) component of a good information model.

MIT on McLuhan – How the act of communicating (through the media) changes what appears to be known, even knowable ? [via AsWeKnowIt]. See also earlier McLuhan link.

Semantic Networks – Excellent summary from John Sowa. [via Jorn]