The way it works is almost impossible to grasp for those who do not actively expose themselves to serendipity in their information flows and connections. Serendipity is for me a deeply meaningful word. One of the reasons I love Twitter so much is that it provides a rich substrate for serendipitous connections. MORE >>

Twitter is an invaluable information discovery space. While I have many information sources, the most important single one is Twitter. Earlier today I noticed it’s three years since my life on Twitter began. At the time I wrote about my belated entry to Twitterland. now know that blogs and Twitter are highly complementary. MORE >>

recent great study by Yang and Leskowec at Stanford University titled Modeling Information Diffusion in Implicit Networks provides an underlying model and brings up some interesting findings. Source : Modeling Information Diffusion in Implicit Networks. Beyond that point the key topic becomes how this structure is changing. MORE >>

Time saved searching for information. Reduction in online, phone and other search for information required to do work effectively. Increased effectiveness of access to better information. leap of faith is required, after which calculations using real data can be done to help refine strategies. is on Building a Business Case. MORE >>

ideas, some of the recommendations are fairly obvious and straightforward, such as using social tools to facilitate collaborative and flexible work, and making public sector information available (see my earlier post on Government 2.0 have put the 11 recommendations provided at the end of the report at the bottom of this post. initiatives ). MORE >>