Category Archives: Research & Knowledge Management

What’s happening with Surfulater & what’s Neville up to.

Posted on December 5, 2011 by nevf

Jim Parker just posted a comment which has prompted me to write, although it is fair to  say I should have blogged before now. In essence Jim commented that no development seems to have been done on Surfulater in a … Continue reading →

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Too much of a good thing – the rebuttal

Posted on April 8, 2009 by nevf

After writing Too much of a good thing I contacted the therein mentioned customer (Mr. T.) informing him of the blog post. To my surprise he wrote a lengthy rebuttal and with his permission here it is in full, along … Continue reading →

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Why I use Surfulater

Posted on July 2, 2007 by nevf

I continue to be pleasantly surprised at the diverse range of uses Surfulater is being put to and the diversity of our customer base. This is both a strength and a weakness for Surfulater. It’s ability to be used so … Continue reading →

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Not Happy!

Posted on August 15, 2006 by nevf

For the past week and a bit I’ve been doing a lot of research into synchronization techniques, client/server technology, tcp/ip, Windows and Unix sockets and the like. This is all related to the work I’m doing to enable Surfulater databases … Continue reading →

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One or many Knowledge Bases and Tree Filters

Posted on February 8, 2006 by nevf

Their are two schools of thought when it comes to filing information; store everything in one big file or break things up into smaller, easier to manage, separate files. When I designed Surfulater I went down the path of one big … Continue reading →

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Personal Knowledge Management

Posted on October 23, 2005 by nevf

I’ve stumbled across several interesting articles on Personal Knowledge Management recently. The first is by Steve Barth entitled The Power of One and was published in Knowledge Management Magazine. Steve’s article discusses the importance of implementing knowledge management systems within … Continue reading →

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Ontology is Overrated

Posted on June 27, 2005 by nevf

Ontology is Overrated is a PodCast I recommend you listen to if you are interested in finding out more about organizing information and why using categories or hierarchical trees is flawed Continue reading →

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Knowledge Lost

Posted on May 11, 2005 by nevf

Is Knowledge lost from outsourced and off-shore development? Continue reading →

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Managing Knowledge Pt 1

Posted on May 1, 2005 by nevf

I spend a reasonable amount of time reading about and looking at Knowledge Management (KM) style software. Lots of different types of programs can be used or abused into performing knowledge management tasks. These range from storing bits and pieces … Continue reading →

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Information Organisation

Posted on April 6, 2005 by nevf

David Weinberger writes: We’ve organized knowledge into trees, from Aristotle to Linnaeus to Dewey. You get a tree by doing the basic thing of lumping and splitting, and then splitting the lumps until you get to a lump that is … Continue reading →

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