On practice & tools

How do you balance the need for practice and the leverage of a tool while working with knowledge?

Here are some of my key knowledge practices
* crafting distinctions
* collaborative writing
* writing patterns
* compiling a 'source document'
* design & stewarding a living glossary
* personal networking
* deep dialog
* sharing thoughts and meaning
* co-design of collaborative spaces
* building team ontologies

Some 'tools' I work with are:

- Inspiration for concept mapping http://www.inspiration.com/
- Expert choice for AHP (qualitative) comparisons http://www.expertchoice.com/
- Webassistant for knowledge portals: http://www.webassistant.com/
- Exsys for decision models http://www.exsys.com/
- QuickTopic for annotation http://www.quicktopic.com/
- TypePad for blogging: http://www.typepad.com/
- PyWiki as a PIM: http://www.voght.com/cgi-bin/pywiki?DenhamGrey
- SocialText as an collaborative intranet: http://www.socialtext.com/

Still believe it is not the tools, but the empathy and social affordances that provide the leverage

Some more thoughts to share on knowledge practices