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What is RSS and Why Should I Care?

For me, RSS is second only to search on my list of the most useful web applications. RSS is neither difficult nor particularly "high tech" once you wrap your head around the basic concept of what it does. RSS provides a visually easy way to scan a lot of different websites as they update. This increase… Continue

Added by Kieran Michael Brown on April 12, 2008 at 7:42am — No Comments

Last One up to the Cloud, Please Turn out the Lights.

Original here. I was reading this article on Wired today about the 700 MHz spectrum auction that b… Continue

Added by Kieran Michael Brown on March 21, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

A Couple of Articles about Social Networking

Graphic from le Monde. I've recently read two interesting articles about social networking. In the first, from. Steve Rubel's blog talks about the coming ubiquity of social networking. He writes: The online universe… Continue

Added by Kieran Michael Brown on March 20, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

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August Jackson replied to Richard's discussion 'What is your favorite Competititve Intelligence book (blog, website, podcast....)?'

I've compiled a list of on-line CI resources here: http://augustjackson.net/competitive-intelligence-resources/ P.S. Elen thanks for the shout-out for the CI Podcast.

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Ellen Naylor replied to Richard's discussion 'What is your favorite Competititve Intelligence book (blog, website, podcast....)?'

Hi Richard, Seena's book is a great way to start your CI library. Here is the link to a prior Ning discussion on this topic which I think you'll find helpful. http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/the-essential-ci-library. I also use…

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What is your favorite Competititve Intelligence book (blog, website, podcast....)?

I am reading Seena Sharp's Competitive Intelligence Advantage and it is quickly becoming a favorite. I have read other books and found them too academic to be practical. I am compiling a list of recommended reading (books, websites, blogs, magazines…

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What are your favoirte competitive intelligence books (blogs, web sites, media)?

I am reading Seena Sharp's Competitive Intelligence Advantageand it is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I have read other books, but got little practical use out of them--they were much to academic. I am trying to compile a recommended bibliogr…

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Richard commented on Seena Sharp's blog post 'New Book Announcement'

I am enjoying the book, still working through it with all my other reading, but I like the practicality of it. Practitioners of the art need more than academic treaties on the subject. And thanks for making it a Kindle selection--when you travel aro…

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Chris Hote replied to Kieran Michael Brown's discussion 'New Technology for CI - What's Your Favorite?'

Well getting a clean feed takes a combination of good web-sources and appropriate taxonomy-based semantic filters. It seems your friend's RSS is clean and thus it may be worth to look at his/her taxonomy. Any insight?

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Chris Hote replied to Kieran Michael Brown's discussion 'New Technology for CI - What's Your Favorite?'

Indeed Richard you seem pretty well covered as far as information retrieval is concerned. What about analysis, sharing, collaboration with others? What about aggregating those feeds together? Any insights would be helpful.

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Richard replied to Kieran Michael Brown's discussion 'New Technology for CI - What's Your Favorite?'

I use e-sobi. It is a rss and podcast feed reader. I can add the feeds I want, I can store pages for later use, I can set alerts. Seems to be more powerful than the free readers. SInce you can organize it the way you want, it provides a way to quick…

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