I’m doing a lot of speaking all of a sudden, related to my pre-launch plans around a new media company. I’m finding that there are certain skills in communicating the information and building understanding that are important and useful. I thought I’d pass on some thoughts along those lines. Use Analogies Okay, sometimes my analogies…

Jessie James Garrett gives us Six Design Lessons From the Apple Store, where he talks about the difference between experiences and artifacts, context, messaging, consistency, change, and the human element. Every single bit of this piece is a storm of microcontent for you to consider. There’s a lot about the Apple Store experience that we…

Everyone has their own information system, Merlin from 43Folders has come up with his system on storing his text information by using a traditional text file. Some unique features on his system: Only uses one big directory/folder Uses five metadatas on the filename to organise – Metasymbol; SphereOfLife; Project; UniqueName; and VersionNumber The versioning probably is one of…

Managing Information is a usual challenge for many businesses and organizations. The more information and people, the harder and more complex on information management projects and initiatives. Information system is not the only component that needs to address. James Robertson has written an article on 10 principles to ensure that information management are effective: recognise (and…