360 Atle Iversen (Founder of PpcSoft) http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/default.asp Official blog for PpcSoft founder Atle Iversen en-us Copyright 2002-2010 PpcSoft atle.iversen@ppcsoft.com (Atle Iversen) ppcsoft@ppcsoft.com (Webmaster) 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 Atle Iversen (Founder of PpcSoft) http://www.ppcsoft.com/PpcSoft/Grafikk/rss.gif http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/default.asp 16 16 Official blog for PpcSoft founder Atle Iversen Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:00:00 GMT Efficiency and scalability with large amounts of information http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/iknow-efficiency-scalability.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/iknow-efficiency-scalability.asp Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:00:00 GMT Lots of power in a single note PpcSoft iKnow is designed to be very easy to use for beginners, but still powerful enough to keep up with you as your needs grow !

When we designed PpcSoft iKnow, we researched how to successfully cope with huge amounts of information, and found that the answer was Wikipedia and Google.

By combining the power of linking and search you will find what you need when you need it - even with 50,000 notes !


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]]> Announcing PpcSoft iKnow 2010 http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/ppcsoft-iknow-2010-released.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/ppcsoft-iknow-2010-released.asp Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:00:00 GMT PpcSoft iKnow 2010
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PpcSoft is proud to present PpcSoft iKnow 2010 !


What's new in PpcSoft iKnow 2010 ?

- Use multiple words in titles
- Include images (paste or link to)
- Auto preview images
- Capture screenshot or full web pages
- Shortcuts to your favorite notes
- Improved AutoPreview
- USB friendly (run directly from USB)

...and lots (lots !) of small improvements !

We offer a special 'World Cup 2010 Productivity' discount for those who can still get some work done during the World Cup...


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]]> The case for sharing with a KM system http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/mar-10.asp#sharing-with-km http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/mar-10.asp#sharing-with-km Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT Why some smart people don't help other people?

1. Smart people are also human beings. They cannot scale
2. It's not just 'five minutes'
3. 1-1 help requests put a dent on leverage
4. Your request may have gotten just the attention it truly deserves
5. Dig your well before you are thirsty
6. What is meaningful to you need not be meaningful to them

Sharing your knowledge in a KM system may reduce your "1-1 help requests" and help more people too ! See The value of knowledge for tips on which knowledge you should share in a KM system.

]]> PpcSoft iKnow for Mac OS X and Linux http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/iknow-mac-linux.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/iknow-mac-linux.asp Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT PpcSoft iKnow is a tool designed for Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7.

However, to avoid lock-in we have created a simple, text-based dataformat that can be viewed and edited in any standard text-editor on any platform.

In addition, thanks to the wonders of virtualization you can run PpcSoft iKnow in other OS'es using virtualization software like VMWare.


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]]> Using PpcSoft iKnow for E-learning http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/e-learning.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/e-learning.asp Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT Electronic learning (or E-Learning or eLearning) is a term for all types of technology-enhanced learning (TEL), where technology is used to support the learning process.

In companies, e-learning usually refers to the strategies that use the company network to deliver training courses to employees.

PpcSoft iKnow is a tool in the intersection between learning, information overload, social media and personal knowledge management. There are more channels and sources for learning today than ever before, but this may also increase the information overload that people are struggling with and reduce their ability to learn.

PpcSoft iKnow is not an e-learning tool, but rather a tool to complement e-learning.


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]]> Personal Knowledge Management, filtering and information overload http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/pkm-filtering-info-overload.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/pkm-filtering-info-overload.asp Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT Why is knowledge management (KM) so difficult to implement in most organizations ?

Can personal knowledge management (PKM) be the answer ?

Many of the best and brightest in the KM field got together for a TweetChat where they discussed Personal Knowledge Management (transscript), and it seems that many believe that PKM is growing in importance compared to "traditional" KM.

And how do you avoid information overload ? Is it just a matter of filter failure ?

Can personal knowledge management (PKM) be the answer here as well ?


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]]> PpcSoft iKnow reviewed by TechRepublic http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/jan-10.asp#techrepublic-review-iknow http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/jan-10.asp#techrepublic-review-iknow Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT A great review of PpcSoft iKnow in TechRepublic.

"If you are willing and able to work within iKnow's workflow, it is an outstanding application. In OneNote, I tend to dump entire Web pages in, and then use the highlighter tool to mark the text that interests me. What I end up with is a collection of Web pages that I need to look through to find the useful information, and then wonder how it relates to the other items I marked.

With iKnow, you would either copy just the relevant information, or reword it to fit your needs, and it all links together. In a nutshell, iKnow requires slightly more up-front effort and care than OneNote or Evernote when creating the notes, but once they are made, using the information is much easier."
- Justin James, TechRepublic

Comments:
Unfortunately, the reviewed version had a bug which resulted in a broken tag system - this bug has been fixed !


]]> PpcSoft iKnow Help http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/iknow-help.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/iknow-help.asp Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT The Windows Help system has gone through many changes over the years.

"The Windows Help system's bad reputation is so widespread that many folks simply disregard it altogether and have done so for such a long time that they have forgotten that the Windows Help system even exists"

Unfortunately, Microsoft is still struggling to decide what the "ultimate" help system should look like, and this makes it very hard to get a consistent help system for all applications on the Windows platform.

So where does all this leave us ?

There is no perfect solution, so we decided to use this approach:

1. Avoid the need for help by making things as easy-to-use and simple as possible
2. If you need help, try to make it automatically available when and where you need it
3. If everything else fails, provide a simple help file that can be easily updated.


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]]> Price, service, features http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/price-service-features.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/price-service-features.asp Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT The Project Triangle is typically used for the choices Fast, Good and Cheap - where you are asked to pick any two.

The triangle reflects the fact that the properties are interrelated, and you cannot optimize all three.

The Project Triangle is mainly used for (surprise) projects, but can be used for both physical products and software as well.

For physical products, the choices are often Price, Service and Quality as better quality is usually more expensive.

However, for software you don't differentiate on quality (well, competitors often differentiate on quality, but the same company does not release both a high and low quality version of the same product).

To make PpcSoft iKnow available to as many people as possible, we have three different editions. They all have different price, service level and features.


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]]> Note: Life http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/note-life.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/note-life.asp Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
- Abraham Lincoln

Improve your life - and others'...

- Do Love
- Do Laugh
- Do Learn
- Do Listen
- Do Forgive

- Be Good
- Be Positive (thinking and behaving)
- Be Honest (with others and yourself)
- Be Healthy (excercise your body & mind)
- Be Fun

Summary: Enjoy life - and help others enjoy their life !


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]]> Yellow notes http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/about-yellow-notes.asp http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/about-yellow-notes.asp Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT Small yellow notes (or Post-its) are used in various articles as examples to show you how simple a small summary/reminder can be.

All you need is a title, a short description (and maybe a link or two)
- and you're done !


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]]> Best of 2009 http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/dec-09.asp#top-10-posts-2009 http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/dec-09.asp#top-10-posts-2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT Here are my top 10 posts in 2009 (most popular).

1. KM 3.0: This time it's personal
2. iKnow vs. OneNote vs. Evernote
3. Synchronizing multiple computers
4. The power of checklists
5. Productivity Secrets
6. Personal Wiki
7. Wikipedia + Google = iKnow
8. Usability, Simplicity, Productivity
9. Capturing vs. Sharing knowledge
10. Second-sibling problem


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