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Knowledge+Management

The Powerset acquisition and what it means for Microsoft’s enterprise software business

Jul 2, 2008

#km

Don Dodge, Google, Intelligent Search, Knowledge Management, Knowledge+Management, Microsoft, Natural Language Processing, NLP, Powerset

Since the rumor about Microsoft’s $100M acquisition broke last week (now no longer a rumor, but a fact), I’ve had several people ask me on my take of where Microsoft is headed with this new tool in its search toolbox. First let me frame my angle here. Over the last four years I’ve worked in…
Revisiting PersonalBrain

Jul 30, 2007

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brainstorming, FreeMind, GTD, Jeremy+Wagstaff, Knowledge+Management, Michael+Sampson, mind mapping, Personal+Knowledge+Management, PersonalBrain, TheBrain, Wall+Street+Journal

I’m constantly on the lookout for better, more productive ways to manage information at a personal level (Personal Knowledge Management – PKM). One of the more unique PKM tools out there is this product called PersonalBrain, made by TheBrain Technologies. PersonalBrain operates very much like a three dimensional mind mapping tool. I’ve tried PersonalBrain in…