Stu Downes - Latest Comments

Re: Desktop versus Tablet versus Frames ….. or is it a blend?

Charlie Hope — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:47:12 -0000

Indeed I was impressed at Atrix as it managed the best delivered package of the concept to date? Agree on the need for the standards.

Re: Desktop versus Tablet versus Frames ….. or is it a blend?

Stu Downes — Fri, 04 May 2012 02:34:50 -0000

We have started to see it in reality, the first real device of this nature was the Motorola Atrix and we are now starting to see more tablets which will drive larger displays and have an interface with screens, keyboards and mouse. The concept of Frames will need industry standards so that you know when you turn up at the library, school, hotel or tourist information centre that the device you have will be compatible with the frame you want to use.

Re: Desktop versus Tablet versus Frames ….. or is it a blend?

Charlie Hope — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:23:31 -0000

I like the idea of "frames" too, I'm guessing many folks have been thinking along that line for while, but not had common category to describe those concepts, perhaps "frames" will stick.

Good to see you back blogging.

Re: Drinking from a hose pipe

Tosh — Tue, 31 May 2011 06:41:06 -0000

nice one - thanks...

Re: Drinking from a hose pipe

Stu Downes — Tue, 31 May 2011 01:55:24 -0000

Tosh, I use InstaReader which uses the starred items rss feed from Google Reader

http://mediastech.com/InstaRea...

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Stu

Re: Drinking from a hose pipe

Tosh — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:19:24 -0000

Good post - one thing - what's the tool for auto importing Google Reader starred items into Instapaper?

Re: Using the full power of presentations to win

S. Quevillon — Mon, 16 May 2011 09:53:51 -0000

I wish it was available for the Kindle...

Re: Using the full power of presentations to win

speakingppt — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:32:00 -0000

Thanks for the review Stu!

Re: I’m testing a new comment mechanism on the blog…

Stu Downes — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:15:58 -0000

Will let you know, good to see it supports email replies to your comment for when travelling, just gotta make sure I reply with the correct post in context!

Re: I’m testing a new comment mechanism on the blog…

Graham Chastney — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:26:08 -0000

Umm DISQUS, I'm not sure either, which is why I've never gone there. Would be interesting to know how you get on though.

Re: Drinking from a hose pipe

Stu Downes — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:08:19 -0000

Yes and I'm very careful about what I consider personal knowledge. There is an interesting debate that would be had between the legal people and knowledge workers about this. I doubt the legal folk would agree with me on what is "mine". My general rule of thumb is anything publicly downloadable can go into personal knowledge libraries. The problem area for me is analyst reports which I place in there too. I never use it for corporate data which isn't publicly available. I'd love the same tool capability for my corporate personal knowledge as I have for my personal knowledge.

Re: Drinking from a hose pipe

Graham Chastney — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:13:47 -0000

Have you given much thought to who 'owns' the data that you now have stored in Evernote? I think that many organisations are going to have to start to get their head around the question of data ownership.

Re: Drinking from a hose pipe

Stu Downes — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:53:25 -0000

Test comment, first on disqus

Re: Knowledge Work, Aging and Apprenticeships

Stu Downes — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:22:22 -0000

Firstly Dan apologies your comment was in the spam queue for some reason. Absolutely there will be more people working by 2018, I think my point is that we need to be ready for a multi-generational workplace where inclusive design will be key. What I observe personally is a focus to attract the best talent but less focus on integrating the work styles of that new talent with the work styles of the aging workforce, not enough focus on knowledge transfer etc.

Re: Knowledge Work, Aging and Apprenticeships

Daniel — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:27:18 -0000

Isn't the graph a good thing? Although is says more over 40s working than under 40s, it sees a large rise in under 20s also. So there will be more people in work by 2018. The graph will only represent the population.

Re: PowerPoint is more important than Word for me

Stu Downes — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:28:01 -0000

Thanks will email

Re: PowerPoint is more important than Word for me

Bruce Gabrielle — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:16:17 -0000

2-5 weeks? Yikes! Email me your mailing address Stu and I'll mail you a signed copy.

I really should do a Kindle edition. I've been looking into it. No timeline, but really I should get on it.

Re: PowerPoint is more important than Word for me

Stu Downes — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:52:03 -0000

Thanks Bruce. Wondering whether you had a date, if at all for a kindle version? UK delivery times on the book are 2-5 weeks, happy to do that but if an ebook is near then I'll wait for that.

Re: PowerPoint is more important than Word for me

Bruce Gabrielle — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:11:47 -0000

Hi Stu - Thanks for the kind comments about my site and my book. I'm glad you found the tips helpful and hope you'll visit often!

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Bruce Gabrielle
author, Speaking PowerPoint

Re: Crafting Slides …. or Crafting a Story

Stu Downes — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:06:10 -0000

I do agree it was a simplified response. The main point for me was it seems today is different to many years ago. I'm not 100% sure hoe much of that is new supplementary tools, how much is the increased need to bring along stakeholders in the crafting process, or how much is that my role has changed so much.

Re: Crafting Slides …. or Crafting a Story

Graham Chastney — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:49:33 -0000

Nice response Stu.

I think that you are probably over simplifying, but the diagram works all the same.

The main over simplification that I think is an issue is the "Knowledge Repositories" one. There's a lot of work to do with data and information before it becomes knowledge and quite often we don't know what the questions are before we get into the crafting piece.

And there's a bit of a chicken and egg problem when trying to work out what the message is - quite often we don't know what the appropriate questions are until we've understood something of the answers. As the message comes out of the answers to the questions then we can find oursleves in a bit of a catch-22.

Re: Attempting to kill one of your bosses

Stu Downes — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:24:23 -0000

Jake, sadly I haven't done the 7 Stanes. In terms of comparison the track at healey nab is only 2.5km but is the best Mountain bike route available in the rivington area. It is technical, probably a good enhancement for those used to the rivington trails and wanting more before moving to the lakes, wales or Scotland.

Re: Attempting to kill one of your bosses

Jake Howlett — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:20:51 -0000

Hi Stu,
Have you done any of the 7 Staines? If so, how does Healey Nab compare? Always looking for new rides to try.
Jake

Re: Lenovo X60 – Auto-rotate Fixed

Eddie D — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:57:32 -0000

Thanks for this. I installed Windows 7 on my X60 Tablet and while I knew this Auto-rotate feature was available I couldn't figure out how to set it up! Now it works perfectly!

Re: Wordpress 3.0

Stu Downes — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:12:18 -0000

I was just shocked by the speed. It left me thinking "surely that can't be it"