Posted 8:31 PM by George Siemens
Intuitive Intelligence Can Transform Business This is nuts! (not the article...that's ok...) but check out the little button above the article title called "Order Reuse Permissions - Rights Link"...I clicked on it - and up pops this place order box. I'm presented with options on what I want to do with the article. I can send it in an email, publish it on a website, etc. So, I selected "send in an email", listed 1 person, hit the get price button...and, voila - $250 dollars. Let me say that again - $250! THAT IS INSANE!!! Completely. No price is listed for linking to the article...but for all I know, I owe them several hundred dollars. If this is the future of content on the Internet, it sucks.

Posted 7:28 PM by George Siemens
Microsoft and Open Source is worth a quick glance. The comment that struck me is Microsoft's desire to build "tighter links with its (open source's) early-adopter community."...which is Latin for "we need to figure out how to compete effectively against these guys"...on the flip side, any organization - Microsoft or a school/college/university, needs to find ways to connect with early-adopters. The future of an organization is rarely in head office - it is in a back corner somewhere with an innovator pushing boundaries of how things are done.


...and while we're on a technical theme: Future of Technology lists some neat possibilities - from software that literally writes itself (aspect-oriented programming) to online games to artificial intelligence security. Interesting thing with these types of predictions - they are usually way off - short or over (weren't we all supposed to have flying cars by 2000?!?). Some of these, though, are pretty safe - in particular what will happen with video (MPEG4).

Posted 10:17 AM by George Siemens
12 Principles of Collaboration
Comment: I've come across this list before...very nice summary. The page links to a 35 page .pdf explaining the concepts in greater detail.