PKM – some questions and answers
In preparation of our Personal Knowledge Management Workshop, I just filled out this questionnaire (please also do this if you are interested in the topic). Here are my answers to some of the questions:
What is your background?cognitive psychology, interaction designWhat is your definition of PKM (Personal Knowledge Management)?
Core definition: Organizing knowledge cues of our own ideas and knowledge in a way that we can efficiently recreate these thoughts when we need them.
Wider definition: including PIM (Personal Information Management)
How would you define data?
something stored on a medium
How would you define information?
something perceived by a consciuos being
How would you define knowledge?
something understood by a consciuos being
What is your research interest within the field of PKM?
How can we adequately support the human mind to efficiently deal with large amounts of knowledge?
What is the biggest challenge regarding PKM or PKM research?
Compromises between the capabilities of a tool and its usability.
What I always wanted to say about PKM (but no one ever asked me)
If we want to make further progress in science and civilisation, we will all be very dependent on PKM techniques – be they internal or external to the mind.
The question on how the use of these techniques restricts and guides our thinking, and how we can deal with their absence, should be thoroughly studied.
The question on how the use of these techniques restricts and guides our thinking, and how we can deal with their absence, should be thoroughly studied.
