Tuesday and Wednesday at the Lean Software & Systems Conference found me full of interesting thinking and ideas. Almost too full. have been happy to run into and chat with people that I have known through their blogs or other online interactions. And a few people who I've met in person previously. The tweet stream for the conference went crazy. MORE >>

So for the longest while, Google has been the boogie bear of taxonomists, with senior executives lying in wait to pounce on innocent taxonomy projects with the battle cry “why do we need a taxonomy, let’s just get Google!” ” Is that taxonomy work or is that taxonomy work? The times they are a changing MORE >>

Remote work may be going increasingly mainstream with more and more companies letting staff work flexibly, but as with any major shift in how we work, there are bound to be holdouts. And the start-up scene is home to its fair share. Remote working still raises eyebrows among some. He also insists on regular face-to-face meet-ups for the team. MORE >>

Marian Smith gained her PhD from Loughborough University in 2010, with an interesting dissertation about children's perceptions of information (I was external examiner at her viva) entitled "Young people: a phenomenographic investigation into the ways they experience information". Information Behaviour research schools sector Information Literacy MORE >>

Real collaboration happens when we agree to move money across borders. Tuesday opened with a fun, story-filled keynote from  Gregory Howell  of the  Lean Construction Institute. I think most of the audience could have listened to him for another hour. That got my attention. In this model the project is a web of tasks. Requires a good think.  . MORE >>