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We've released an update with some improvements and bug-fixes regarding hyperlinks using drag-and-drop, and relative links.
In addition, we've added a button in the statusbar that enables you to toggle the zoom size for image previews (in addition to the existing keyboard shortcut Alt + Z and Ctrl+MouseWheel).
The icon is a magnifying glass with a + inside (next to the 'Tip of the day' button).
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Usually you'll want to preview images in the standard preview to the left (as shown in the first image below), but sometimes you may want to zoom in to view the image better.
The zoomed image is even more powerful for web captures, as you can capture several pages from a web site, and the zoom will allow you to view one page at a time, and select next/previous page using the arrow keys....
Posted by Atle Iversen on July 14, 2010 |
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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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Posted by Atle Iversen on July 03, 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 !
Easier.Faster.Better
(Click the image for more details)
Yes, we know that we shouldn't launch a major new version during the World Cup...but we simply couldn't wait to show you how great PpcSoft iKnow 2010 is :-)
PpcSoft iKnow 2010 is available in three editions: Home, Standard and Professional.
The upgrade is free for professional licenses, and the registration code is the same. The upgrade is also free for standard licenses that was purchased later than March 01, 2010. The registration code is the same from that date.
Posted by Atle Iversen on June 24, 2010 |
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A great reminder why a KM system can help you from Rajesh Setty:
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.
Check out the article Why some smart people don't help other people? for more details.
Posted by Atle Iversen on March 26, 2010 |
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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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Posted by Atle Iversen on March 11, 2010 |
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Found an interesting chart over the Social Landscape at TheNextWeb...
This was attributed to Drew McLellan, who attributed it to Gavin Heaton, who linked back to the original source at CMO.
But the actual article was at this page.
And even that wasn't the real source, as CMO.com actually asked 97th Floor, a SEO and social media firm for this :-) !
A PDF is also available for download
(at the bottom of the page).
Anyway, the chart is very interesting regarding The Social Landscape, and I also found the "search" for the original source interesting...I think it is important to give credit where credit is due - my thanks go to CMO and 97th Floor :-)
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Posted by Atle Iversen on March 07, 2010 |
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We're proud to present the new PpcSoft iKnow 2009 Home edition.
For business users we already offer a Standard and Professional edition, and we also offer a 100% free Lite edition for personal, non-commercial use.
However, we've received many requests for a more powerful edition than the Lite editon, but at the same time more affordable than the Standard and Professional edition. The new Home edition is our answer for power users.
While the free Lite edition offers max. 100 notes and no support, the Home edition offers max. 500 notes and 1 month of free priority support and upgrades.
In these tough economic times, we're very happy to offer a powerful yet affordable application that will hopefully help a lot of people manage all their information and reduce their information overload.
The Home edition is available for only $29 US for personal, non-commercial use.
See the press release or go to the download page for more details.
Posted by Atle Iversen on March 01, 2010 |
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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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Posted by Atle Iversen on February 25, 2010 |
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Added a new category "Knowledge Management" for better organization of all KM and PKM-related articles.
Also updated some older articles, like Social Media and information overload.
Trying to improve the usability of this blog; still not sure if I should list the latest articles in the right column (which I do now), or if I should rather create an alphabetical "index" of the articles...
Posted by Atle Iversen on February 16, 2010 |
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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 ?
Read the full article...
Posted by Atle Iversen on February 11, 2010 |
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Do you often make the same grammatical mistakes when writing ? Find the correct spelling and write it down in a note for reference (in English or in your own language (or both))
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Posted by Atle Iversen on February 03, 2010 |
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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 !
Posted by Atle Iversen on January 29, 2010 |
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Social media and Information Overload
Why are businesses reluctant to adopting the "new" social media like blogs, Twitter and Facebook ?
One important reason is that increasing conversation does not necessarily increase productivity (in fact, it can actually decrease productivity). Joel Spolsky argues in his latest Inc. column that many organizations and teams suffer from a common illness: too much communication.
And this is only considering the business-related communication - who knows how much of the conversation is with friends and family during business hours ?
Increased unnecessary communication will increase information overload and reduce productivity - and this is a major part of the reason why most businesses are slow to adopt the latest social media tools....
Posted by Atle Iversen on January 26, 2010 |
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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.
Read the full article...
Posted by Atle Iversen on January 19, 2010 |
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Our web site was down approx. 6 hours yesterday due to a server upgrade from our web hosting provider.
This will hopefully increase the stability and uptime in the future.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Posted by Atle Iversen on January 19, 2010 |
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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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Posted by Atle Iversen on January 12, 2010 |
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