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- Keep your training classes useful with these four rules
- I've been conducting a number of training sessions for my colleagues lately. We've been integrating a departmental wiki site into our computing environment, and it's introduced some significant changes to our internal culture, as well as being a software platform that most people haven't used before. I'm really excited about...
- Tags: Training, Training Session, Workforce Management, Wiki, Human Resources, Online Communications, William Jones
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Create your own Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Creat a real-life version of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy abridged following these easy steps: Procure an outdated handheld PC Pave over the handheld OS with Linux Download the complete Wikipedia onto the device Slap a Don't Panic sticker on the cover ...
- Tags: Handhelds, Wiki, Linux, Hardware, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Interview with technology and science writer Annalee Newitz
- TechRepublic Out Loud has been a wonderful platform to highlight the TR community and happenings on the site. I'd now like to branch out a bit and include information and interviews with some uber cool people who are also involved in IT. They might not be members of TechRepublic yet,...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Technology, Annalee Newitz, Nanotechnology, Podcasts, Wiki, Professional Development, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Online Communications, Career, Management, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Five security tips from MediaWiki's lead developer
- Brion Vibber, the Wikimedia Foundation's lead developer, is the guiding hand behind the ongoing improvement of MediaWiki. MediaWiki is one of the most widely-used Web applications in the world, and is the software basis for Wikipedia. On the Wikitech mailing list, he offered some insight into how he...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Security, Abstraction, Tool, MediaWiki, Wiki, Productivity, Online Communications, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- How out of date are your IT skills?
- The longer your career as an IT professional, the more things you learn. Unfortunately, because the IT field changes so rapidly, many of the things you learn become obsolete. What do you do with all of those old useless skills? How about collect em all and...
- Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Modems, Word Processors, Wiki, Professional Development, Strategy, Hardware, Components, Software, Online Communications, Career, Management, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Kraken: The biggest, baddest botnet yet
- At the recent RSA 2008 gathering Damballa, an Internet security company devoted solely to researching botnet technology, is reporting some "not so good news." In the article, "Kraken BotArmy-Twice as Big as Storm; Evades over 80% of Installed Antivirus Software" pdf Ashley Vandiver of Damballa explains: This new...
- Tags: Technique, Researcher, Server, Zombie, Computer, Damballa, Kraken BotArmy-Twice, Storm, Productivity, Wiki, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Michael Kassner
- Blog posts 2008-04-20
- IT news for April 15: Oracle plugs 41 holes; Mac clones; Google revolution
- "News to know" is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet. The original post publishes every morning on business days in Between the Lines. Notable headlines for Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Paul Mah: Security news roundup: Oracle announces bonanza of patches for 41 holes,...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Sales Force Management, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Sales, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- University professor says Wikipedia fosters a climate of blind trust
- The associate professor of information systems from Deakin University believes that the popular online encyclopedia promotes an environment of blind trust among users searching for information. Professor Lichtenstein, who is is co-leading a team of researchers to determine how Wikipedia operates, is not impressed with Wikipedia's model...
- Tags: Professor, Wikipedia, Lichtenstein, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Use wiki-based runbook automation to promote a collaborative capture of best practices
- The technology analyst firm Gartner recently predicted that half of the companies in the US will have wikis in one form or another by the end of next year. Wikis are fast and dynamic and particularly useful in developing a consensus over a broad user group. They are optimized when...
- Tags: Team, Best Practice, Tool, Automation, Wiki, Online Communications, Jeff Cerny
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- The Big Brother Awards
- In Montreal, Canada, at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in May 2007, Privacy International presented the first International Big Brother Awards. The "winners" of the Big Brother Awards are, in the words of Privacy International: the government and private sector organisations which have done the...
- Tags: Nominee, Privacy International, U.K., ChoicePoint Inc., Wikipedia, Wiki, Government, Web Site Development, Online Communications, Internet, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-03-22
- Wiki technology appearing all over the place
- Wiki, a technology for online encyclopedias and other documentation, is beginning to find itself in some interesting places. A Stanford professor has proposed that wiki technology be used in Congress to help make the process more transparent. In addition, he wants his "wiki-army" to help stamp out cronyism...
- Tags: Wiki, Online Communications, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Build your dream arcade game from spare parts
- Pretty much anybody who was remotely sapient during the 1980s has a fond place in his heart for classic arcade games--we have evidence of this here at TR--but the dream of owning an actual arcade game is still priced beyond the means of the average geek. Enter: The homebrew solution....
- Tags: Cabinet, Arcade, Arcade Game, Corporate Communications, Games, Wiki, Marketing, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Sanity check: Can Mahalo save us from Google, Digg, and Wikipedia?
- Let's get one thing straight from the start -- before you click send on any hate mail -- I am not going to predict that Mahalo will unseat Google as world's top search engine, or drive Digg out of business, or replace Wikipedia. What I will argue is that Mahalo...
- Tags: Google Inc., Digg, Page, WiMAX, Information, Entry, Wikipedia, Mahalo, Wikipedia Entry, Mahalo Formula, Wiki, Online Communications, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Lecturer bans Google and Wikipedia from classroom
- Professor Tara Brabazon from the University at Brighton had enough of "copy-and-paste" type essays and announced a ban on the usage of Google and Wikipedia in her classroom. An excerpt from SearchEngineLand: She said using Google and Wikipedia doesn't encourage students to use their...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Ban Wikipedia in schools?
- The online encyclopedia is being banned from schools because teachers find the unverified facts on the site too easy for students to use. Often, information on the online editable encyclopedia is found to be inaccurate and misguiding, leading to several schools promulgating a total ban on using...
- Tags: Encyclopedia, School, Ban, Reaction, Wikipedia, Wiki, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- 10 tools to help your remote workers stay in touch
- If you've got team members in multiple offices or working from home, you probably already use a fair amount of technology. But are you using the right tools for the right job? The best way to communicate depends on a lot of variables, including the urgency of a message, its...
- Tags: Team, Phone, IM, Pro, Video, FTP, Worker, Tool, Voice Activation, MeetingPlace, SharePoint 2007, E-mail, Wiki, Instant Messaging, Team Management, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Internet, Management, Marketing, TechRepublic
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- What Wiki has...
- What Wiki flavor (open/free) has these features built in or with a stable add-on:-Article versioning and aging/expiration-WYSIWYG editor FCKeditor on mWiki works well-Authentication to lock away areas from those who shouldn't see (i.e. IT docs for backend maintenance that the rest of the org doesn't need)-Runs well on Firefox on...
- Tags: Web browsers, durocshark@..., Wiki
- Discussion threads 2007-11-09
- MySpace President Tom Anderson models deceit
- I'm currently not a member of MySpace, but once upon a time I checked it out because my best friend had a MySpace page with lots of pictures. Unfortunately, I couldn't view her photos without first signing up for a free membership and pinging her for permission. ...
- Tags: MySpace, Tom, News Story, Web 2.0, Wiki, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Why do programmers often fly under the radar?
- While reading Mark Miller's Tekkie blog, I came across a humorous post with funny spoofs of "motivational" posters. It really got me thinking. I am sure you have heard of Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton, pioneers in physics and math. You might even be familiar with Edward Teller or Robert...
- Tags: Radar, Programmer, Computer, Productivity, Development Tools, Wiki, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Online Communications, Justin James
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- Japanese bureaucrat gets reprimand for Wikipedia contributions
- A Japanese bureaucrat was so obsessed with the popular animated series Gundam that he contributed 260 times to the Japanese language Wikipedia page on the topic. He has been reprimanded for shirking his duties in favor of the Wikipedia contributions about the robots, officials said. Here's an...
- Tags: Ministry, Bureaucrat, Wikipedia, Agriculture Ministry, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
