by Olivier Amprimo - 12/14/2007 - Estimated read times for this article: 2 mins. 38 secs.

When it comes to defining knowledge, it really is easy to have a hard time, because there are different ways of understanding it.
 
There is a natural confusion between data, information and knowledge.
Data is
1) a factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation;
2) an information output by a sensing […]

by Olivier Amprimo - 02/18/2009 - Estimated read times for this article: 3 mins. 05 secs.

I am always suprised to meet people who take security and confidentiality of information as an excuse not to do things.
Here are some thoughts why I think people should relax on information confidentiality and security.
1 - Information makes sense in context
For an information to be meaningful you need a set of location, time and people. […]

by Olivier Amprimo - 12/17/2009 - Estimated read times for this article: 1 mins. 25 secs.

Tom Davenport writes a pretty long post on his Harvard Business blog to explain Why We Don’t Care About Information Overload, which I quite don’t agree. Please have a look to it, as well as its conversation through comments.
The text below was initially intended to be a comment on Tom Davenport’s blog. However, I could […]