10 Principles of effective information management by James Robertson (Step Two Designs) inspired me to write this article.
Information Management
IM is not a technology problem. Technology plays an important role. However, to manage your information effectively you need to pay careful attention to the business processes and people that generate and consume it. You also need to consider the data about your data (metadata).
In short, information management covers: Continue reading
If you need special software, it isn’t cloud computing. If you need hardware, apart from your trusty laptop, it isn’t either. All you should need to do whatever you want is an internet connection.
This idea is alluring and the key concept behind cloud computing. Continue reading
Once I had WordPress up and running I wanted answers to the following:
At first I tried the most popular plugins Continue reading
I selected WordPress based on its popularity. My simplistic reason being that any software this popular should be able to provide anything I’m going to need from a blogging tool.
To date I’m happy with my decision and learnt much whilst migrating the previous version of this site to WordPress. Here is a list of the things I believe are useful. Continue reading
Daedalus Young of Daedalus Young Media created this great banner for us.
Even though we never used this banner it certainly captured the concept of SLBounty. It clearly shows how SLBounty intended to help bridge the gap (or is that river) between content creators and those who wanted custom content created.
You can view the full size image at this deviantART page.
It is with some sadness that I’m taking the SLBounty.com site down. It is even harder to acknowledge that the service failed after all the effort that went into creating it. However, I learnt much from this experience and thought it worthy of at least one post.
If you wish to know more about what SLBounty.com was, how it looked, and what it tried to do, you should read A tour of SLBounty before continuing. Continue reading
Update: SLBounty.com no longer exists. See SLBounty is no more for details.
SLBounty is an online marketplace for getting custom Second Life stuff built. We created the service to enable residents who want Second Life things done to collaborate with those who have the skills to supply them. Continue reading
