My notes from blogging from KMWorld 2006, more of a time capsule post now that also mentions Techdirt Greenhouse and Office 2.0
Blogging From KMWorld 2006
There is a wiki for the KMWorld 2006 conference at http://kmi06.pbwiki.com/ where I will also be doing some gardening (which I think sounds better than gnoming).
We are also helping out New Idea Engineering with their booth; if you get a chance drop by booth 200 and say hello to Dr. Search, who first appeared in Issue 6 of the Enterprise Search Newsletter (and bears a remarkable resemblance to Theresa, at least on the show floor). If your job involves the care and feeding of an enterprise search engine it’s worth subscribing. There is was also a Yahoo group for Independent Search Engine Developers [was http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/search_dev/]
A technical and business discussion group for developers, consultants, IT people and managers who work with Enterprise Search Engines such as Autonomy (now owns Verity and Ultraseek as well), Endeca, FAST, Google (Enterprise), IBM Omnifind, Nutch, Oracle Text, and Lucene. While some engines already have specific groups, most large companies own more than one engine; vendor selection and integration can be rather complex, and of course each vendor pushes their own solutions.
Full disclosure: New Idea is a client, I like wikis, and everyone remains fully clothed at all times while visiting Dr. Search on the show floor.
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Time Capsule FAQ For Sean Murphy From http://kmi06.pbworks.com/w/page/6757990/SeanMurphy
Why do you come to KMWorld?
This is my third year, so it’s something of a triumph of hope over experience, but I believe that there are a number of techniques and technologies in the “knowledge management” space that are going to have a profound impact on business. This conference is one place to listen to bona fide practitioners and see vendors with innovative technology you don’t see in many other venues and certainly not all together.
Are there specific technology issues that you are interested in?
- How are wikis, blogs, and instant messaging (IM) tools going to merge into content management systems on corporate intranets?
- How can the very powerful text analytics tools available for enterprises be scaled down so that they work for personal information management: I am thinking of a number of things like latent semantic indexing, recommendation and group lens systems for small teams and ad hoc groups, and e-discovery tools that I could use for my e-mail and IM (instead of by a corporate compliance officer or outside counsel).
If you could merge this conference with another one which would it be?
Two choices Techdirt Greenhouse and Office 2.0:
- Techdirt Greenhouse (see also wiki Jun-10-2006 event) fosters a level of discussion among the attendees that would be very energizing at KMWorld. Have 3 people come up and present a current challenge in their organization related to knowledge management. The group breaks into six teams, two each working on the three issues. There is small group discussion, a report back to the larger group by each team, and then a large group discussion
- Office 2.0 had a number of vendors aimed at replacing PC based apps with web services, the net effect was to focus on enabling group process and communication. Many of these applications have a strong potential to enable much more effective knowledge sharing at least in a team setting than any of the “top down” enterprise class portals that make the same promise.
Any sessions in particular you plan to attend?
I missed Tuesday because of a prior commitment but today I plan to listen to Dave Pollard, whom I find to be consistently insightful, talk about “Adding Meaning and Value to Information (Sep-12-2006)” (Final presentation (Nov-14-2006)) in Session A203
Any advice for the Conference Organizers?
It sure would be nice if each session had a permalink and trackback function, if it’s available I haven’t found it).
What else can you tell us about yourself?
I have a backgrounder here: http://skmurphy.com/about/