The beauty of open software is that it gets better all the time. I’ve been blogging a long, long time. A decade. I remember the earliest versions of Blogger and the introduction of TypePad. But nothing has impressed me as much as the continuous evolution of WordPress. MORE
Major Commercial PageSuite Commercial software, pricing not available, demo not functioning. ZMags Apears to be more of a commerce server, but has something they call online newspaper software. Small Commercial Flexportal Newspaper and portal software written in C (which means more installation problems but much better speed). Bondware Newspaper website software. EZY Media Services include software 'packs' (eg., MORE
From classroom scheduling to nose counting to connecting people. Time for a change in emphasis. MORE
With Microsoft finally making a major acquisition move in social software, are we now seeing the roll up of the entire social business industry? Or is this just an minor story in a vast parade of change when it comes to how enterprises are moving to social software MORE
Tools - A Summary - was general consensus around: Software as a Service is Great for Learning Professionals inside Corporations Firewall restrictions still pose a problem for SOME services Security is a concern, but generally should not stop use The reason that Software as a Service is so attractive is that it is often hard to get Corporate IT to spend time on getting even simple software packages set-up and even harder to get them to agree to support these packages. MORE
The answer to the question posed in this essay, therefore, boils down, in my view, to this: we build and select and use software that instantiates the four principles, and where possible, we foster and encourage the use of such software in our institutions. Ulises asks, "But how do we challenge the hegemony that has been coded into the technology?" MORE
In a press release that is barely comprehensible (or, quite possible, totally incomprehensible) to one such as I, GE has announced a new generation of components that can be used for, among other things, software-defined radios. It is unclear to me whether this technology is designed for anything except military use, but … Software-defined radios (SDRs) are not the next generation of transistor radios or boomboxes (ask your parents, kids). MORE
Not surprising, the terms most closely associated with Adoption are Adoption of Social Software and Adoption of Enterprise 2.0. There are some great resources on this such as: Ten tips for choosing & using social software Adoption of Web 2.0 MORE
Cloud Enterprise Software Mobility Software Unified Comms Enterprise 2.0 While the focus has shifted over the years, as have the vendors, the enterprise collaboration space finally looks a lot more like today''s digital world. Social Enterprise MORE
eLearning Software posts: eLearning Software Tools Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Software Satisfaction - Satisfaction survey results for eLearning Software. eLearning Software Satisfaction (More) - follow-up on satisfaction results for eLearning Software. What is Rapid eLearning Software? Description of eLearning Software for rapid eLearning. Rapid eLearning Software - Another post looking at eLearning Software for rapid eLearning. MORE
Cloud Enterprise Software Mobility Software Enterprise 2.0 Most of the leading enterprise collaboration platforms have mobile clients as well as social networking features. Here''s a list of the leaders as well as a look at their mobile clients. Social Enterprise MORE
CXO Enterprise Software IT Priorities Enterprise 2.0 Two tracks seem to be emerging with today''s enterprise collaboration tools. Either they''re becoming full-sized suites with the kitchen sink, or they''re focusing making a few core features work better than anyone else. Social Enterprise MORE
I'm never sure what updates people will see, but I wanted to alert people that I've made a small update to my page: Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) The update primarily added some data from the eLearningGuilds Research at the bottom of the page - eLearning Tools Satisfaction. This shows satisfaction among tools that fall into categories related to software simulation: screen capture, electronic performance support (EPSS) and simulation. MORE
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, the well-known CRM and cloud computing company (and now soon-to-be social software vendor) wrote a guest post on TechCrunch late last week making the case for “why enterprise software should take its cues from Facebook and become more social.” Cloud Enterprise Software Hardware Social Enterprise Virtualization MORE
Good question about adoption of webinar software / services - this time from someone who went to my workshop in Cincinnati - Revolution in Workplace Learning - who by the way - called it "awesome." Those are my quick thoughts, but my guess is that there's lots more thoughts out there on what to do around choosing webinar software MORE
Along the way, new software products continue to emerge in the Enterprise 2.0 space, continuing the variety and innovation needed to keep lift going as the industry matures into a major component of the software business As some expected, the move to incorporate social media into the way enterprises get work their done has been a difficult one, yet traction increasingly appears to be at hand. MORE
Responding to: Change It's one thing to say this: "we must change existing conditions so that it is normal and possible for a majority of people to move forward." And something very different to say this: "how can I assist my institution, and others, in understanding and responding to change?" Empowering the organization is not the same as empowering the individuals within that organization, and indeed, the two from time to time work at cross-purposes. MORE
Here's the question to ask: would ELGG have had any measure of success had it been subscription-based software? There should be transparency of data, users should be able to get stuck into the source code if they wish and tweak the software to meet requirements, customers should not be locked into long term contracts with vendors deliberately making it difficult for them to upgrade, change their service etc - that is in an ideal world, not the world we all operate in. MORE
Are people changing just the software version and interfaces or are process changes happening also? You can also check out my post on: Software Simulation eLearning for some other thoughts and links to posts. BJ Schone just posted a great question about a particular situation. They are upgrading their PeopleSoft implementation. MORE
Big Data Enterprise Software Software Tech IndustryThe vast global firehose of social media today, combined with the emerging big data revolution, is now helping organizations accomplish things that were previously prohibitively expensive or even impossible. MORE
Learning is social. Business is social. People are social. So why are so many of the forays into learning technology anti-social? Friday afternoon I had a delightful conversation with a kindred spirit, Joe Miller. Joe has been marrying people, technology, and learning since the early days. He worked on the PLATO system for Control Data. He did early stuff with Atari, EPYX, SEGA, and Leapfrog. MORE
Big Data Emerging Tech Enterprise Software SoftwareWhile the big data buzz is making the headlines, it's also fast-becoming a genuine force in deriving strategic insight and actionable business intelligence from social media, as we see in each of these compelling case examples. MORE
Our customers use Crystal Reports in connection with our software. The issue from what I could read an interpret from various posts ( statement, article ) is that Business Objects requires Classroom Licensing for third party training organizations to teach using their software. They also are trying to put restrictions on any use of their software in training materials, public presentations, etc. MORE
Earlier today software giant SAP unveiled their latest vision for enterprise social software, along with an integrated set of functional offerings that focus on delivering targeted business value. CIO Collaboration Enterprise Software IT Priorities SAP Software Enterprise 2.0Is it enough? MORE
But it isn’t a software being developed in a vacuum. The essence of this start-up (it’s not a software startup) is that Klay School profits support the Sujaya School plan and the software Enteef is being developed as a product that enables scale and an exit to attract private capital. MORE
Dave Winer has a couple of related posts up, one addressed to Doc Searls and me, and the other broadening the point: we need to be doing more to support software that makes us, and the Internet, freer. Dave’s point is that there’s software that increases our freedom and there’s software that “siphons off and monetizes freedom.” ” People like Dave write software that increases our freedom. MORE
Choconancy1 posted a photo: france lyon software opensource meetings ngf sketchnotes fossa2011 MORE
An exciting week in Singapore with a series of events including IRAHSS 2013 all held in the Raffles City Convention Centre. That also means an upgraded corner room in the Fairmont Hotel which also has my second favourite swimming pool of any hotel in the world. MORE
Apps Cloud Priorities Leadership IT Policies Software Servers Networking IT Priorities Enterprise Software Emerging Tech Data Management Data Centers Consumerization Cloud Big Data Innovation It''s no longer fashionable to criticize enterprise IT as it once was. That''s because the Internet has definitively won the competition and is leading the way in tech innovation. But for proactive organizations, it doesn''t have to be that way. MORE
Today only at Amazon, when you Buy TurboTax software , you will also get $10 Amazon Gift Card As Low As $39.86! The post Buy TurboTax software + $10 Amazon Gift Card As Low As $39.86! MORE
CIO Collaboration Consumerization Enterprise Software IT Priorities Software Enterprise 2.0The latest report from the Social Business Council shows that organizations have made significant progress towards embracing social media. It's also clear that there's plenty of hard work ahead. MORE
At least I got to play with a PC and an Apple II then, because my company did the advertising for a software company making a game for them. So I got to see first hand what Dave Winer is driving at in MacWrite and MacPaint, a coral reef and What early software was influential? How is it that wanting software to do everything defeats the simple purpose of doing any one thing well? One current victim of cruftism is Apple, at least in software and services. MORE
Collaboration Data Management Enterprise Software IT Priorities Software Development Enterprise 2.0 The proliferation of social networking silos, the growth of proprietary social media technologies, and fragmentation of digital conversation must be addressed. Here''s one way we can do it and you''re invited to contribute. Tech Industry Leadership MORE
Most educational software instantiates physical learning spaces. Instead of creating central spaces of learning, our focus (and reflected in Stephen’s grsshopper software) in subsequent courses turned to encouraging students to own their own learning spaces. Educational software in common use today assumes that structure exists a priori. We have run pilots with the software and have a few additional pilots planned for fall. What do you want the software to do? MORE
Along the way, new software products continue to emerge in the Enterprise 2.0 space, continuing the variety and innovation needed to keep lift going as the industry matures into a major component of the software business. CIO Collaboration Networking Software IT EmploymentAs some expected, the move to incorporate social media into the way enterprises get work their done has been a difficult one, yet traction increasingly appears to be at hand. MORE
Social Software session Terry Anderson Independent study - type I for information type study Collaborative - Distance Education - Type C Social software fits somewhere in the middle - allows collaboration, but also things like tagging, the search and sort thing that we're used to. Summary of a panel discussion at CADE-AMTEC 2007 featuring Terry Anderson, george Siemens and Dave Cormier. MORE
Good question about adoption of webinar software / services - this time from someone who went to my workshop in Cincinnati - Revolution in Workplace Learning - who by the way - called it "awesome." Those are my quick thoughts, but my guess is that there's lots more thoughts out there on what to do around choosing webinar software MORE
In our first post on agile development from January ([link] we discussed the basics of the Agile software development process and why it is good for software vendors and their customers. This article looks at what makes a good User Story – the core of defining requirements. What exactly is a User Story? User Stories are simply requirements. But, as with everything in Agile, we both simplify and specify the process. MORE
Fortunately the extortionate pricing experienced by Australians for much hardware and software has abated somewhat, however some software, and more prominently digital entertainment including movies and music, is still very expensive. MORE
Marc Benioff of Salesforce once asked “why isn’t all enterprise software like Facebook?&#. When I first heard about Tibbr my first thought was about the potential for enterprise social software to integrate deeply into the nuts and bolts of enterprise applications. Tibbr’s basic structure of following activity streams from across the organization, drawing on the power of its integration capabilities, is a significant step forward for social enterprise software. MORE
Horses for Sources : Why Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo shifts the innovation onus onto the service providers: Companies buy software because they want standard process that can be automated with as little human intervention as possible. MORE
Always assume it is you who are being stupid rather than the software. Make the effort to learn it - not by reading the manual but by tinkering. Watch kids - they keep pressing buttons until they get what they want. If it doesn't work for you it's not personal - move on and find a better app MORE
Unified Comms IT Priorities Enterprise Software Emerging Tech Consumerization Collaboration Innovation As innovation in computing devices, apps, and potent new techniques for applying them proliferate in the consumer world, companies are struggling to close the gap. Social Enterprise Enterprise 2.0 MORE
Software Related Topics Dave Snowden
JULY 15, 2013
An exciting week in Singapore with a series of events including IRAHSS 2013 all held in the Raffles City Convention Centre. That also means an upgraded corner room in the Fairmont Hotel which also has my second favourite swimming pool of any hotel in the world.
David Weinberger
JANUARY 14, 2015
Dave Winer has a couple of related posts up, one addressed to Doc Searls and me, and the other broadening the point: we need to be doing more to support software that makes us, and the Internet, freer. Dave’s point is that there’s software that increases our freedom and there’s software that “siphons off and monetizes freedom.” ” People like Dave write software that increases our freedom.
Doc Searls
JANUARY 29, 2013
At least I got to play with a PC and an Apple II then, because my company did the advertising for a software company making a game for them. So I got to see first hand what Dave Winer is driving at in MacWrite and MacPaint, a coral reef and What early software was influential? How is it that wanting software to do everything defeats the simple purpose of doing any one thing well? One current victim of cruftism is Apple, at least in software and services.
George Siemens
AUGUST 13, 2013
Most educational software instantiates physical learning spaces. Instead of creating central spaces of learning, our focus (and reflected in Stephen’s grsshopper software) in subsequent courses turned to encouraging students to own their own learning spaces. Educational software in common use today assumes that structure exists a priori. We have run pilots with the software and have a few additional pilots planned for fall. What do you want the software to do?
Harold Jarche
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Horses for Sources : Why Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo shifts the innovation onus onto the service providers: Companies buy software because they want standard process that can be automated with as little human intervention as possible.
Jay Cross's Informal Learning
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
From classroom scheduling to nose counting to connecting people. Time for a change in emphasis.
David Gurteen
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Today only at Amazon, when you Buy TurboTax software , you will also get $10 Amazon Gift Card As Low As $39.86! The post Buy TurboTax software + $10 Amazon Gift Card As Low As $39.86!
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
DECEMBER 4, 2011
Major Commercial PageSuite Commercial software, pricing not available, demo not functioning. ZMags Apears to be more of a commerce server, but has something they call online newspaper software. Small Commercial Flexportal Newspaper and portal software written in C (which means more installation problems but much better speed). Bondware Newspaper website software. EZY Media Services include software 'packs' (eg.,
Tony Karrer
APRIL 26, 2007
eLearning Software posts: eLearning Software Tools Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Software Satisfaction - Satisfaction survey results for eLearning Software. eLearning Software Satisfaction (More) - follow-up on satisfaction results for eLearning Software. What is Rapid eLearning Software? Description of eLearning Software for rapid eLearning. Rapid eLearning Software - Another post looking at eLearning Software for rapid eLearning.
Ross Dawson
JULY 15, 2012
Fortunately the extortionate pricing experienced by Australians for much hardware and software has abated somewhat, however some software, and more prominently digital entertainment including movies and music, is still very expensive.
Euen Semple
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Always assume it is you who are being stupid rather than the software. Make the effort to learn it - not by reading the manual but by tinkering. Watch kids - they keep pressing buttons until they get what they want. If it doesn't work for you it's not personal - move on and find a better app
Jay Cross
DECEMBER 22, 2009
The beauty of open software is that it gets better all the time. I’ve been blogging a long, long time. A decade. I remember the earliest versions of Blogger and the introduction of TypePad. But nothing has impressed me as much as the continuous evolution of WordPress.
Dion Hinchcliffe
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, the well-known CRM and cloud computing company (and now soon-to-be social software vendor) wrote a guest post on TechCrunch late last week making the case for “why enterprise software should take its cues from Facebook and become more social.” Cloud Enterprise Software Hardware Social Enterprise Virtualization
Tony Karrer
MARCH 20, 2008
Our customers use Crystal Reports in connection with our software. The issue from what I could read an interpret from various posts ( statement, article ) is that Business Objects requires Classroom Licensing for third party training organizations to teach using their software. They also are trying to put restrictions on any use of their software in training materials, public presentations, etc.
Tony Karrer
JULY 23, 2008
Good question about adoption of webinar software / services - this time from someone who went to my workshop in Cincinnati - Revolution in Workplace Learning - who by the way - called it "awesome." Those are my quick thoughts, but my guess is that there's lots more thoughts out there on what to do around choosing webinar software
Dion Hinchcliffe
JUNE 25, 2012
Along the way, new software products continue to emerge in the Enterprise 2.0 space, continuing the variety and innovation needed to keep lift going as the industry matures into a major component of the software business. CIO Collaboration Networking Software IT EmploymentAs some expected, the move to incorporate social media into the way enterprises get work their done has been a difficult one, yet traction increasingly appears to be at hand.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
MAY 15, 2006
The answer to the question posed in this essay, therefore, boils down, in my view, to this: we build and select and use software that instantiates the four principles, and where possible, we foster and encourage the use of such software in our institutions. Ulises asks, "But how do we challenge the hegemony that has been coded into the technology?"
Xyleme
APRIL 20, 2012
In our first post on agile development from January ([link] we discussed the basics of the Agile software development process and why it is good for software vendors and their customers. This article looks at what makes a good User Story – the core of defining requirements. What exactly is a User Story? User Stories are simply requirements. But, as with everything in Agile, we both simplify and specify the process.
Tony Karrer
JUNE 9, 2007
I'm never sure what updates people will see, but I wanted to alert people that I've made a small update to my page: Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) The update primarily added some data from the eLearningGuilds Research at the bottom of the page - eLearning Tools Satisfaction. This shows satisfaction among tools that fall into categories related to software simulation: screen capture, electronic performance support (EPSS) and simulation.
Jay Cross
FEBRUARY 20, 2011
Learning is social. Business is social. People are social. So why are so many of the forays into learning technology anti-social? Friday afternoon I had a delightful conversation with a kindred spirit, Joe Miller. Joe has been marrying people, technology, and learning since the early days. He worked on the PLATO system for Control Data. He did early stuff with Atari, EPYX, SEGA, and Leapfrog.
Clark Quinn
JULY 23, 2008
Good question about adoption of webinar software / services - this time from someone who went to my workshop in Cincinnati - Revolution in Workplace Learning - who by the way - called it "awesome." Those are my quick thoughts, but my guess is that there's lots more thoughts out there on what to do around choosing webinar software
Tony Karrer
SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
Are people changing just the software version and interfaces or are process changes happening also? You can also check out my post on: Software Simulation eLearning for some other thoughts and links to posts. BJ Schone just posted a great question about a particular situation. They are upgrading their PeopleSoft implementation.
Ross Dawson
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Marc Benioff of Salesforce once asked “why isn’t all enterprise software like Facebook?&#. When I first heard about Tibbr my first thought was about the potential for enterprise social software to integrate deeply into the nuts and bolts of enterprise applications. Tibbr’s basic structure of following activity streams from across the organization, drawing on the power of its integration capabilities, is a significant step forward for social enterprise software.
Dion Hinchcliffe
JUNE 16, 2012
With Microsoft finally making a major acquisition move in social software, are we now seeing the roll up of the entire social business industry? Or is this just an minor story in a vast parade of change when it comes to how enterprises are moving to social software
Dion Hinchcliffe
JUNE 25, 2012
Along the way, new software products continue to emerge in the Enterprise 2.0 space, continuing the variety and innovation needed to keep lift going as the industry matures into a major component of the software business As some expected, the move to incorporate social media into the way enterprises get work their done has been a difficult one, yet traction increasingly appears to be at hand.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
NOVEMBER 15, 2006
Responding to: Change It's one thing to say this: "we must change existing conditions so that it is normal and possible for a majority of people to move forward." And something very different to say this: "how can I assist my institution, and others, in understanding and responding to change?" Empowering the organization is not the same as empowering the individuals within that organization, and indeed, the two from time to time work at cross-purposes.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
MARCH 3, 2007
Here's the question to ask: would ELGG have had any measure of success had it been subscription-based software? There should be transparency of data, users should be able to get stuck into the source code if they wish and tweak the software to meet requirements, customers should not be locked into long term contracts with vendors deliberately making it difficult for them to upgrade, change their service etc - that is in an ideal world, not the world we all operate in.
David Weinberger
JULY 29, 2010
In a press release that is barely comprehensible (or, quite possible, totally incomprehensible) to one such as I, GE has announced a new generation of components that can be used for, among other things, software-defined radios. It is unclear to me whether this technology is designed for anything except military use, but … Software-defined radios (SDRs) are not the next generation of transistor radios or boomboxes (ask your parents, kids).
Beth Kanter
JULY 2, 2012
But it isn’t a software being developed in a vacuum. The essence of this start-up (it’s not a software startup) is that Klay School profits support the Sujaya School plan and the software Enteef is being developed as a product that enables scale and an exit to attract private capital.
Jerry Michalski
MARCH 4, 2007
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
MAY 15, 2007
Social Software session Terry Anderson Independent study - type I for information type study Collaborative - Distance Education - Type C Social software fits somewhere in the middle - allows collaboration, but also things like tagging, the search and sort thing that we're used to. Summary of a panel discussion at CADE-AMTEC 2007 featuring Terry Anderson, george Siemens and Dave Cormier.
Tony Karrer
MAY 22, 2006
Tools - A Summary - was general consensus around: Software as a Service is Great for Learning Professionals inside Corporations Firewall restrictions still pose a problem for SOME services Security is a concern, but generally should not stop use The reason that Software as a Service is so attractive is that it is often hard to get Corporate IT to spend time on getting even simple software packages set-up and even harder to get them to agree to support these packages.
Dion Hinchcliffe
JULY 21, 2013
Cloud Enterprise Software Mobility Software Unified Comms Enterprise 2.0 While the focus has shifted over the years, as have the vendors, the enterprise collaboration space finally looks a lot more like today''s digital world. Social Enterprise
Dion Hinchcliffe
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Big Data Enterprise Software Software Tech IndustryThe vast global firehose of social media today, combined with the emerging big data revolution, is now helping organizations accomplish things that were previously prohibitively expensive or even impossible.
Dion Hinchcliffe
OCTOBER 31, 2014
Apps Cloud Priorities Leadership IT Policies Software Servers Networking IT Priorities Enterprise Software Emerging Tech Data Management Data Centers Consumerization Cloud Big Data Innovation It''s no longer fashionable to criticize enterprise IT as it once was. That''s because the Internet has definitively won the competition and is leading the way in tech innovation. But for proactive organizations, it doesn''t have to be that way.
Dion Hinchcliffe
OCTOBER 31, 2012
Earlier today software giant SAP unveiled their latest vision for enterprise social software, along with an integrated set of functional offerings that focus on delivering targeted business value. CIO Collaboration Enterprise Software IT Priorities SAP Software Enterprise 2.0Is it enough?
Dion Hinchcliffe
OCTOBER 7, 2014
Unified Comms IT Priorities Enterprise Software Emerging Tech Consumerization Collaboration Innovation As innovation in computing devices, apps, and potent new techniques for applying them proliferate in the consumer world, companies are struggling to close the gap. Social Enterprise Enterprise 2.0
Dion Hinchcliffe
OCTOBER 4, 2012
CIO Collaboration Consumerization Enterprise Software IT Priorities Software Enterprise 2.0The latest report from the Social Business Council shows that organizations have made significant progress towards embracing social media. It's also clear that there's plenty of hard work ahead.
Dion Hinchcliffe
JUNE 27, 2013
Collaboration Data Management Enterprise Software IT Priorities Software Development Enterprise 2.0 The proliferation of social networking silos, the growth of proprietary social media technologies, and fragmentation of digital conversation must be addressed. Here''s one way we can do it and you''re invited to contribute. Tech Industry Leadership
Dion Hinchcliffe
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Big Data Emerging Tech Enterprise Software SoftwareWhile the big data buzz is making the headlines, it's also fast-becoming a genuine force in deriving strategic insight and actionable business intelligence from social media, as we see in each of these compelling case examples.
Dion Hinchcliffe
JULY 28, 2013
Cloud Enterprise Software Mobility Software Enterprise 2.0 Most of the leading enterprise collaboration platforms have mobile clients as well as social networking features. Here''s a list of the leaders as well as a look at their mobile clients. Social Enterprise
Nancy White
OCTOBER 28, 2011
Choconancy1 posted a photo: france lyon software opensource meetings ngf sketchnotes fossa2011
Dion Hinchcliffe
MAY 23, 2014
CXO Enterprise Software IT Priorities Enterprise 2.0 Two tracks seem to be emerging with today''s enterprise collaboration tools. Either they''re becoming full-sized suites with the kitchen sink, or they''re focusing making a few core features work better than anyone else. Social Enterprise
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