information systems research: describe, critique or design?

At what level does IS research work best? This post argues for more direct involvement in design from the research community.
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Book Review: Metadata and Semantics

A review of the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research, held in Corfu in October 2007

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Online Information 2009 – A Twitter Timeline

An interactive timeline of tweets from Onine Information 2009

The Bristol Community Twitterati

Preliminary report on analysis of the Bristol “twolar system”..

Social epistemology as a foundation for information services

An article arguing for social epistemology as a foundation and theoretical framework for information science.

ICTD2009: Selected Cuts

Some personal highlights and observations from the Information and Communication Technologies for Development conference in Doha, Qatar, 17-19th April

Two types of mind

“Wells spoke of two types of mind. The majority of people, he said, are retropective in their habit of reasoning interpreting the things of the present solely in relation to the past. The other type of mind, much in the minority, is constructive in habit, interpreting the things of the present in relation to things [...]

Capital from Community

A paper which explores how social capital, underemphasised in early KM, needs to be factored into the design of knowledge sharing tools. Image: Nicolas Haskins

Cognitive Flexibilty Theory, Hypertext, and the Post-Gutenberg Mind

A naysayer to the dumbing down discourse Cognitive Flexibilty Theory, Hypertext, and the Post-Gutenberg Mind: Rand Spiro’s Home Page.

Information systems and theory : adhocracy v pluralism

Some exploratory work to get an overview of the IS field and to explore the range, origin and utility of theories applied by IS researchers in their work.

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