Today's New York Times has an interesting article about improved technologies for searching the "deep Web:" the vast body of content that's stored in databases that are designed to respond to typed queries. This information remains invisible to Web crawlers, and bringing it into the search space would greatly improve the quality of the results and could change the way we work on line.

Interesting article in the NY Times today about the way we think about information. From the files and folders approach 25 years ago, we're moving to a new way to organize, find and use information. "The map underlies man's ability to perceive," said Richard Saul Wurman, a graphic designer who was a pioneer in the use of maps as a generalized way to search for information of all kinds before the emergence of the online world. Read more.

Here's an interesting blog post about the evils of PowerPoint from the point of view of Jim Lee, an APQC KM Advisor. It's about the software's deficiencies from a communications perspective and the need to understand that slides don't communicate, presenters do. "Sharing knowledge effectively requires not only context, but also a shared context if the receiver is going to be able to make good use of the knowledge."

Patch is a new community website player with Google connections, including Google employee Tim Armstrong, whose private investment firm is an investor. The company is based in New York City and apparently has plans to scale nationally. According to Patch's About Us page, it's a way to find out about and participate in what's going on near you. You can check out a "patch" here.

Recent work at UW Wisconsin is revealing that "people are developing and applying all kinds of useful skills in playing World of Warcraft - data collection and analysis, collaboration, planning, resource management and even team management." If you consider WoW a place of employment, wouldn't all of these accomplishments look great on a resume? Read the Washington Post article.

There's an interesting article in KM World about the natural "greenness" of knowledge management. The idea of being green is everywhere lately, but it's really nothing new to KM. The fundamentals of KM promote efficient use of resources which can lead to a reduction in the amount of energy required to reach an objective. With increased awareness of going green, people are realizing the benefits of KM...once again.