Discussion - Looking For Stories About Corporate Wikis

I started this blog saying that I wanted to explore Blogs, Wikis, and RSS feeds. I am learning to blog. Last Sunday, 12/03/06, the New York Times Magazine feature article was on the Intelligence Spy network. The article described the paradox inherent in creating a secure network. The different intelligence agencies had very secure network communications within their agency but very little ability to share information with other intelligence agencies. Rather than creating intelligence information that is sharable and actionable, they were creating secret information that was not easily sharable. The article also described a wiki the intelligence agencies has begun to use. One story in the New York Times Magazine really made the point about the power of a wiki. When the private plane crashed into the New York apartment building back in October, within 20 minutes a page was posted on the intelligence community wiki. In short order over 80 intelligence analysts found the page and shared comments and information. The intelligence community was able to quickly determine that the crash was not a terrorist event.

The New York Times Magazine article helped to push my learning about wikis one step forward. It was the story that really helped me to understand the implications of new technology and a cultural shift in how a intelligence agency shares informatoin. I got reminded about how powerful stories are in my learning process. Now I am looking for a couple of good storied about how wikis are being used in the corporate world.

Learning 2006 videos, MP3 and PDF files now available

For those of you following this blog you know that I am writing about my learning experience at and following Learning 2006. On the conference wiki most of the videos from the keynote presentations are now posted. If you missed the conference this web site is a resource for you to listen to some of the main plenary discussion at 2006. Click here to to the wiki.

Keeping Up With Technology

Jim Louderback, PC Magazine did a session on "Technology to Watch For - Devices that are changing learning" (scroll down to find the session if you are interested in listening to Jim's trend analysis). As I reviewed the video of this session last weekend, I realized just how important these sessions are for me. I count on these types of conference session and my participation in the Masie Consortium conference calls and region meetings to keep up with all the technology changes. I just do not have the time or the energy to play with and explore all of the new and emerging technologies. So what is happening in my learning process...I am becoming more conscious about how I learn.

Blogging my 2006 learning has also been a really interesting experience for me. Just the process of writing this blog has forced me to focus on my learning process. Without this blog I am sure that my learning process would have been "over come by events" and the conference learning experience would have drifted out of my conscious mind.