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Website copyright © 2002-2025 by Dennis D. McDonald. From Alexandria, Virginia I support proposal writing & management, content and business development, market research, and strategic planning. I also practice and support cursive handwriting. My email: ddmcd@ddmcd.com. My bio: here.

OK, what IS a "project blog," anyway?

Dec 10

Dec 10 OK, what IS a "project blog," anyway?

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Collaboration, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, Web 2.0

I’ve been interviewing technical project managers about their thoughts on the use of blogs as project management tools. Preliminary results are here. One finding is that how you ask the question about blogging and project management makes a big difference in the response.

Presentation: Blogging and Project Management Survey - Preliminary Findings

Dec 7

Dec 7 Presentation: Blogging and Project Management Survey - Preliminary Findings

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Change, Collaboration, Content Management, Management Tools, Presentations, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, , Web 2.0

This presentation is a progress report on the dozen or so interviews I’ve conducted so far in my blogging and project management survey:

Dec 5
Dec 5 Appropriate Technology, Mobile Web Access, and Developing Countries

Dennis D. McDonald

Cell Phones, Developing Countries, Emergency, GUI, Google, Mobile Tech, Telecommunications, communications

Nathan Eagle’s The Mobile Web is NOT helping the Developing World… and what we can do about it provides food for thought for those who believe that web access in developing countries — generally thought to be a good thing — will happen automatically.

What Are You Going To Do About Your Own Web Data?

Dec 4

Dec 4 What Are You Going To Do About Your Own Web Data?

Dennis D. McDonald

Ethics, Facebook, Identity, Personal Data Management, Personal Data Ownership, Privacy, ,

One of the benefits of the Facebook Beacon affair is that it has made many more people aware of the open nature with which so much data is exchanged on the Internet and the World Wide Web.

Nov 30
Nov 30 Project Blog Survey Notes

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Change, Collaboration, Project Blog Survey, Project Management

Here are selected notes from interviews conducted as part of my project blog survey:

Nov 25
Nov 25 Architecting Online Systems for User Experience, Happiness, and Buying Shoes

Dennis D. McDonald

Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0

In September of this year Michael Platt, director of Web Architecture Strategy in the architecture strategy group at Microsoft, published Architecting for Happiness. In it he stated:

The Growth of Online Social Networks in the Real World

Nov 23

Nov 23 The Growth of Online Social Networks in the Real World

Dennis D. McDonald

Facebook, OpenSocial, Personal Data Ownership, Privacy, , ,

In Tim Berners-Lee on Social Graph: Ok, I Give Stowe Boyd takes Berners-Lee to task for confusing concepts and terminology related to “semantic web,” “social network,” and “social graph.”

Nov 19
Nov 19 Recommended: Command Line's Lessig Interview

Dennis D. McDonald

Copyright, Corruption, Lessig, Podcast

Back in June of this year when I first learned that Lawrence Lessig had shifted gears I expressed some skepticism about the ultimate success of his decision to focus more on the underlying corrupting influences that are endemic to our legal and political processes.

Nov 19
Nov 19 More Thoughts on the Social Networking "Make Versus Buy" Decision

Dennis D. McDonald

Change, Collaboration, Cost Analysis, Facebook, Fatigue, OpenSocial, , , , Standards, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Web 2.0

In Should You Make or Buy Your Social Network? I wrote about some of the technology-related decisions that are needed when an organization adopts online social networking.

Nov 13
Nov 13 Don't Make "Ready, Fire, Aim!" Your Organization's Facebook Strategy

Dennis D. McDonald

Best Practices, Collaboration, Facebook, , , Strategic Planning, Strategy

If you are thinking of setting up a Facebook or MySpace page to promote your business, brand, association, or agency, you should first read Jeremiah Owyang’s Why You Need to have a Strategy before you make a Facebook Fan Page NOW!

Bill Would Force Colleges to be Copyright Cops or Lose Federal Aid

Nov 12

Nov 12 Bill Would Force Colleges to be Copyright Cops or Lose Federal Aid

Dennis D. McDonald

Blacksburg, Copyright, Corruption, DRM, Disaster Response, Emergency, Homeland Security, Piracy, , , Virginia Tech

What I'm Learning About Applying Social Media to Disaster Response

Nov 8

Nov 8 What I'm Learning About Applying Social Media to Disaster Response

Dennis D. McDonald

700 MHz, Cell Phones, Change, Disaster Response, Emergency, Expertise Management, Facebook, Google, Homeland Security, Mobile Tech, OpenSocial, , , , Strategy, communications

I’ve been researching applications of social media and social networking in local disaster response. Here are some of the things I’ve found.

Nov 8
Nov 8 Bars and Restaurants Within Walking Distance of King Street Metro

Dennis D. McDonald

Alexandria Virginia USA, Google, Maps

Courtesy of Google Maps, here are locations of some bars and restaurants within walking distance of the King Street Metro in Alexandria, Virginia (you may need to zoom in 7 or 8 times with the “+” control to see the details):

Nov 5
Nov 5 Another Five Of My Favorite Podcasts

Dennis D. McDonald

On September 21, 2007 I published My Five Favorite Podcasts Right Now. Here are another five of my favorites:

Nov 2
Nov 2 Google OpenSocial, Collaboration, and Expertise Location

Dennis D. McDonald

Collaboration, Expertise Management, Facebook, Google, Identity, Linkedin, OpenSocial, Personal Data Ownership, Privacy, ,

The most interesting statement Forrester’s Charlene Li makes in Google OpenSocial will (hopefully) make social apps more relevant is this:

Nov 1
Nov 1 Text Messaging to Check Counterfeit Drug Status

Dennis D. McDonald

Cell Phones, Piracy, SMS, Text Messaging

One of the feeds I monitor is provided by MobileActive.org:

China as Manufacturer to the World ... and Beyond

Nov 1

Nov 1 China as Manufacturer to the World ... and Beyond

Dennis D. McDonald

China, International Trade, Manufacturing, Space Travel

Author James Fallows, who lives in China, was a guest on NPR’s Fresh Air on October 30. He discussed aspects of his Atlantic Monthly article China Makes, The World Takes.