SOPA, information blackouts and ready references
18th January 2012

It’s official. According to a statement by Jimmy Wales, the “Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours”. This is in protest to both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). I was surprisingly saddened to hear about this plan. Surprised not because I have any particular tie to Wikipedia ... more because the shutdown, voluntarily or otherwise, of any information source is unsettling.

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Protection or piracy: Quite the stooshie
18th January 2012

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When will your intranet get mobile?
17th January 2012

A quick glance around technology predictions for this year soon reveals that a lot of people expect 2012 to be a massive year for mobile. What does this mean for the intranet? Here are a few resources to help you work out where your intranet ought to be heading.

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Business intelligence - more collaboration needed
16th January 2012

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Would you like some social with your search? Google launches "Search, plus Your World"
16th January 2012

Google has given its own Google+ social service a massive boost in the search rankings with the launch of "Search, plus Your World" - perhaps the biggest change to Google results for a decade. The company says it is "transforming Google into a search engine that understands not only content, but also people and relationships.

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A different kind of challenge
16th January 2012

For many, The New Year provides an opportunity to set goals for the year. If you're anything like me you'll be looking for a new challenge. This is exactly what I did when I signed up for Janathon. For those not "in the know" Janathon is a yearly running challenge which asks participants to run every day during January. You're probably wondering how a running challenge has any relevance to managing information or sharing content. I believe Janathon is a great example of how we could encourage users within our own organisations to start using tools they might otherwise be reticent about using or even unaware of.

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Aggregators beware - NewsRight to target scrapers
16th January 2012

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Social chicken and egg
16th January 2012

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Banking on the cloud
15th January 2012

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Seeking a cure for email overload
13th January 2012

"The biggest disease in our company is the cc! Why do we cc the world?!". This comment was overheard on the tube into Canary Wharf. It typifies the frustration of returning from a relaxing holiday break to an inevitable email avalanche. With a range of social media at our fingertips, it is easy to forget that email is most people’s primary business tool for information management and collaboration.

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