Comments on: Ending the Paper Shuffle: Locating Documents http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/ Digging the world of Enterprise 2.0 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Web-Centric Content Management « Word of Pie http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Web-Centric Content Management « Word of Pie Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:12:26 +0000 http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/#comment-151 [...] have three posts on the subject concerning locating, versioning, and tracking [...] [...] have three posts on the subject concerning locating, versioning, and tracking [...]

]]> By: Ending the Paper Shuffle: Versioning Documents « infovark http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Ending the Paper Shuffle: Versioning Documents « infovark Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:47:34 +0000 http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/#comment-104 [...] described how we’d apply web technology to the problem of locating a document in your organization. So how can we help you determine whether you were looking at the right [...] [...] described how we’d apply web technology to the problem of locating a document in your organization. So how can we help you determine whether you were looking at the right [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Mark Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:38:08 +0000 http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/#comment-91 > What we’re aiming for is something like a peer-to-peer approach for sharing data, rather than a hub-and-spokes model. I see where you're going. It sounds similar to MS Groove. It will be interesting to see how you get around the problem of caching/replication. I was involved in a Groove pilot last year but soon gave up on it due to: 1. synchronization on joining new Groove workspaces - it appeared to download 100Mbs which soon slowed my PC down to a crawl (was accessing over global WAN). I've no idea if this problem still exists. 2. the features didn't seem to be that much better than using SharePoint (which I was using anyway). Good luck with your prototype. Disclaimer: SharePoint and Groove were not my choice, unfortunately they were corporate standards :-) > What we’re aiming for is something like a peer-to-peer approach for sharing data, rather than a hub-and-spokes model.

I see where you’re going. It sounds similar to MS Groove. It will be interesting to see how you get around the problem of caching/replication. I was involved in a Groove pilot last year but soon gave up on it due to:

1. synchronization on joining new Groove workspaces – it appeared to download 100Mbs which soon slowed my PC down to a crawl (was accessing over global WAN). I’ve no idea if this problem still exists.

2. the features didn’t seem to be that much better than using SharePoint (which I was using anyway).

Good luck with your prototype.

Disclaimer: SharePoint and Groove were not my choice, unfortunately they were corporate standards :-)

]]> By: John Tropea http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-89 John Tropea Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:36:27 +0000 http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/#comment-89 Great idea, I was thinking about something similar a while back...URL's replacing files. Instead of a folder with files, we are represented by a homepage with links (basically a wiki), with invite to collaborate. Each user has a homepage for their documents, each document a URL. My Documents 2.0 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2006/07/28/my-documents-20/ Great idea, I was thinking about something similar a while back…URL’s replacing files.
Instead of a folder with files, we are represented by a homepage with links (basically a wiki), with invite to collaborate.

Each user has a homepage for their documents, each document a URL.

My Documents 2.0
http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2006/07/28/my-documents-20/

]]> By: Dean http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Dean Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:23:57 +0000 http://www.infovark.com/2008/02/12/ending-the-paper-shuffle-locating-documents/#comment-88 Hey Mark, > You didn’t explain how versioning would be managed. You beat me to the punch! I plan to talk about how we might address the versioning and tracking aspects of the problem in upcoming posts. > Desktops mostly manage transient data... That's true today. What we're aiming for is something like a peer-to-peer approach for sharing data, rather than a hub-and-spokes model. This means that each workstation will be caching aspects of the corporate datasphere, much like every employee's brain carries a little bit of organizational know-how. Done properly, this might make the network more resilient, not less. > Apologies if I sound too critical. No worries, Mark. You've given us some things to think about as we continue work on our prototype. Regards, Dean Hey Mark,

> You didn’t explain how versioning would be managed.

You beat me to the punch! I plan to talk about how we might address the versioning and tracking aspects of the problem in upcoming posts.

> Desktops mostly manage transient data…

That’s true today. What we’re aiming for is something like a peer-to-peer approach for sharing data, rather than a hub-and-spokes model. This means that each workstation will be caching aspects of the corporate datasphere, much like every employee’s brain carries a little bit of organizational know-how. Done properly, this might make the network more resilient, not less.

> Apologies if I sound too critical.

No worries, Mark. You’ve given us some things to think about as we continue work on our prototype.

Regards,
Dean

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