Now available for software consulting - Me - April 15 (or earlier)

I'll be finishing up with my current client by the middle of April and working half-time until then, so I am now available to consider new engagements.

I am open to considering software development work, but I'd prefer to do some work related to blogging or venture capital (e.g., due diligence), possibly helping technology startups get off the ground.

My resume can be found here: http://basetechnology.com/resume.htm
Or, just Google my name.

-- Jack Krupansky

Now available - Me

I'll be finishing up with my current client by the middle of February and working half-time until then, so I am now available to consider new engagements.

I am open to considering software development work, but I'd prefer to do some work related to blogging or venture capital (e.g., due diligence), possibly helping technology startups get off the ground.

My resume can be found here: http://basetechnology.com/resume.htm
Or, just Google my name.

-- Jack Krupansky

Updated PowerPoint presentation for The Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web (CCKW)

I've posted an updated version of my 14-page PowerPoint presentation that summarizes my thoughts for research efforts on what I've been calling The Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web (CCKW).

My updated, more-detailed, but still far from complete, white paper and idea notebook can be found at The Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web - A Vision of Consumer Applications of Software Agent Technology - Enabling Consumer-Centric Knowledge-Based Computing. My "to do" list at the end of that paper now has 1,510 items on it, and I'm sure that list will continue to grow as I continue to do more background research.

My next step, eventually, after tuning the PowerPoint presentation, is to write a 5-page summary paper.

Note: CCKW is a proposal for a research project is is unlikely to exist as a usable product or service for years to come.

-- Jack Krupansky

The Semantic Web: The Origins of Artificial Intelligence Redux

As part of my ongoing background research for my idea for a Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web (CCKW), I read a 2004 paper by Harry Halpin entitled "The Semantic Web: The Origins of Artificial Intelligence Redux". He notes a number of classic AI problems that the Semantic Web pretends to avoid but leaves unaddressed. There is a brief discussion of the Web as universal computing, but it lacked enough depth to fully evaluate. Still, this was certainly a thought-provoking paper.

-- Jack Krupansky

Integrating Complexity Theory, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Learning

As part of my background research for my idea for a Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web (CCKW), I read a 2000 paper by Mark W. McElroy entitled "Integrating Complexity Theory, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Learning". Besides a brief discourse on the three distinct topics in the title, the paper focuses on emergence and Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). The focus is on how organizations learn and adapt.

-- Jack Krupansky

The nonsense of 'knowledge management'

As part of my background research for my idea for a Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web (CCKW), I read a 2002 paper by Professor T. D. Wilson entitled "The nonsense of 'knowledge management'". He makes a lot of very valid points, but I would challenge his definitional assertion that knowledge is only in the human mind and that once we begin to approximate and represent that knowledge outside of the human mind it is by definition merely information and not knowledge. That said, I agree with him that most people are using the term knowledge as a synonym for information.

-- Jack Krupansky

Virtually attend the 2006 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference on The Attention Economy

Back on February 10th I wrote about wishing that I could attend the 2006 O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) held March 6-9, 2006 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California, which was to focus on what is called the Attention Economy. Well, as expected, I was not able to attend the conference, but we can all now attend it retrospectively in a virtual manner by reading and viewing a lot of the commentary about the conference, which just ended two days ago. See O'Reilly's ETech Conference News.

Alas, I can still claim that I personally don't know anybody who attended the conference. It's a whole different world from the one that I live in.

-- Jack Krupansky

Where did knowledge management come from?

As part of my background research for my idea for a Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web (CCKW), I read a 2001 paper by Lawrence Prusak entitled "Where did knowledge management come from?". It's written at a fairly high level, but that also makes it a good background paper for my own efforts. It makes references to economics, sociology, philosophy, and psychology.

-- Jack Krupansky

PowerPoint presentation for The Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web (CCKW)

I've developed a 12-page PowerPoint presentation that summarizes my thoughts for research efforts on what I've been calling The Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web (CCKW).

My more-detailed (but still far from complete) white paper and idea notebook can be found at The Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web - A Vision of Consumer Applications of Software Agent Technology - Enabling Consumer-Centric Knowledge-Based Computing. My "to do" list at the end of that paper now has 1,286 items on it, and I'm sure that list will continue to grow as I continue to do more background research.

I considered calling this effort COW, but I just don't like the uninspiring connotations of that acronym, so I'll stick with CCKW (Consumer-Centric Knowledge Web) for now. BTW, It turns out that CCKW is the abbreviation for counterclockwise.

My next step, after tuning the PowerPoint presentation, is to write a 5-page summary paper.

-- Jack Krupansky