Some of the most important and interesting thinkers in Knowledge Managment, Tom Davenport, Larry Prusak and Don Cohen have had a weblog for almost two months: http://www.babsonknowledge.org/
Welcome to the Babson knowledge blog! For those who don’t have this knowledge, Babson College has a research center on knowledge management (the Working Knowledge Research Center, or WKRC) […]

We sat up last night to soak up a piece of Australian sporting history: World Cup here we come.
Many people have been praised and thanked for their contribution to this sensational win: “St.” Guus for his coaching, Qantas for proving a chartered flight, and of course the players themselves. But the most important contributor to […]

Another one of these silly internet polls. Astrology for the information age, but then I would think that given that apparently I’m a “hardhat”.

Hardhat

You are an atheist, a rationalist, a believer in the triumph of science and of reason over libido. You can’t stand mumbo jumbo, ritual, spiritual nonsense of any kind, and you refuse […]

I heard today that Peter Drucker has died at the age of 95.
A few weeks ago I promised to write a bit more about why I was so underwhelmed by Drucker’s work.
I have no doubt that Drucker was an extremely influential thinker, especially for those involved in business and management. I also freely […]

Here’s something for all you conspiracy theorists:
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study
Abstract:
Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, […]

You’ve just got to love someone who combines two of my big interests: the debate over “intelligent design” and the dark world of H. P. Lovecraft.
J. M. Tyree writes:

The Designer who so Intelligently Designed our world, in theory, could be malevolent or capricious just as easily as he could be all good. He might have […]

This seems about right:

You Are a Little Scary

You’ve got a nice edge to you. Use it.

How Scary Are You?
I can’t comment on PZMyers, but I know John Wilkins ain’t that scary. Unless he’s one of those charming psychopath types, of course, and in that case you won’t know until it is too late.

From Pharyngula (via Amygdala) comes this interesting news.
Marti Noxon, executive producer of UPN’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer in its last seasons, told SCI FI Wire that the popular series’ characters may live on in direct-to-DVD movies. “There are serious discussions going on about bringing some of the characters back and making a few movies that […]