KM on-line in decline??
Where should you be participating to gain the maximum from on-line activities?
My feeling is KM on-line discussion activity is strongly on the decline on-line. Over the past 6 months the KM on-line scene has changed rather dramatically. Compare the last time I visited this area.
The top spot - long held by Brint's ThinkTank has been vacated, this board has not see a new topic posted for the last month! This happened at roughly the same time Brint introduced on-line polling - any connection? Perhaps their poor interface design and confusing navigation is catching up?
Activity has shifted to the AOK listserv where Jerry Ash has maintained an excellent list of star presenters for the past 2 years. There have been some very interesting exchanges in the recent head-to-head between Dave Snowden and Steve Barth on PKM vs. CKM
The EU knowledgeboard has experienced steady interest and has started to use more synchronous mediums such as IM and phone conferences. Debra Amidon returns to the scene to explore innovation this month. I'm not too hopeful that anything new will result. Book review
The ACT-km listserv on Yahoo groups suspended Firestone and McElroy who indulged in a tit for tat type postings branding their critical rationalism, Popper and search for truth as the only way forward. This listserv is by far the most active and diverse right now (aside from AOK). Yahoo groups run by KMCI, KMPro and the many groups started by Ed Swanstrom have all but ground to a halt.
KM bloggers bloom
We have seen a remarkable shift towards blogging this past year. Perhaps this is helped by RSS aggregators that enable subscription?, by the rise of powerful blog search tools? or an emergent KM blogging community?
Time to update and revise & anneal my wiki list of KM bloggers methinks.
Do you any favorite KM watering holes to share?
Frankly, I felt the decline in KM online activity began soon after 9/11/2001. Every time I do a search on KM topics, I notice that the dates of 'older than 9/11' documents seem to predominate. Not being as methodical and analytical as Denham Grey, I keep wondering if this is a figment of my imagination!
Posted by: Neil Olonoff | August 10, 2004 at 12:09 PM
I swore off my profession last week. I'm about to go offline, because I get no personal email any longer. My forum relationships seem to be in decline as well. There is litte reason to be online now.
I'm still working with Steve, but that is about all of it.
I don't know if it's just KM places. It seems like the whole Internet experience has sunk.
Posted by: David Locke | July 21, 2004 at 03:59 PM
Yes, a couple :-). The com-prac email list on Yahoo is still quite interesting... and CPSquare is still doing interesting things.
Best regards,
Miguel
Posted by: Miguel Cornejo | July 08, 2004 at 09:19 AM