--- title: "Knowledge Work" url: https://campbell-online.com/blog/page/3/ description: "Knowledge Work is a weblog about technical communication, instructional design, business process analysis and the tools knowledge workers use." published: 2007-01-30 updated: 2007-01-30 --- # Knowledge Work Published 2007-01-30 Page 3 of 16 ## [“I’m a Mac, I’m a PC”](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2007/01/30/im-a-mac-im-a-pc/) January 30, 2007 · [Marketing](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/marketing/) Apple’s “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads (starring John Hodgman and Justin Long in the US) are running in other markets too, with local actors playing the Mac and the PC. I don’t speak a word of Japanese, which is one reason I may find the Japanese ads the best. The UK ads are pretty good, too. [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2007/01/30/im-a-mac-im-a-pc/) ## [Grammar-based peptide fights bacteria](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/10/18/grammar-based-peptide-fights-bacteria/) October 18, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) As a language geek, I can’t tell you how much I dig this story: Using grammar rules alongside test tubes, biologists may have found a promising new way to fight nasty bacteria, including drug-resistant microbes and anthrax. Studying a potent type of bacteria-fighters found in nature, called… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/10/18/grammar-based-peptide-fights-bacteria/) ## [Toy or Tool? Google Docs & Spreadsheets Reviewed](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/10/16/toy-or-tool-google-docs-spreadsheets-reviewed/) October 16, 2006 · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) Computerworld reviews Google Docs and Spreadsheets, formerly known as Writely, and concludes “good concept, but far from ready for prime time”: Looking for a free word processor and spreadsheet? Google’s newly released Docs & Spreadsheets suite that offers just that, but in this case you get what… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/10/16/toy-or-tool-google-docs-spreadsheets-reviewed/) ## [Reliable data on H1B visas, offshoring not available](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/10/11/reliable-data-on-h1b-visas-offshoring-not-available/) October 11, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) A sobering report issued last month by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Industrial Performance Center criticized the U.S. government’s ability to develop sound economic policy due to the extreme lack of data available concerning the offshoring of American jobs. The MIT report was… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/10/11/reliable-data-on-h1b-visas-offshoring-not-available/) ## [The Insecure American](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/10/02/the-insecure-american/) October 2, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) Pressured by foreign competition and impatient domestic investors… employers broke the post-war “work contract” with employees under which they had shared the gains and risks of the post-war economy. As a result, more of the risks were shifted onto employees. Under the old contract… “workers… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/10/02/the-insecure-american/) ## [Language hacking](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/30/language-hacking/) September 30, 2006 · [Instructional design](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/instructional-design/) · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) After a “meh” experience with a set of Berlitz CDs and workbooks, I’m embarking on a new language-learning adventure. Did an extended online demo of the Rosetta Stone language software last week, and was very impressed with it; have just popped for a couple of Latin American Spanish teaching… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/30/language-hacking/) ## [The worst things you can do as a manager](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/19/the-worst-things-you-can-do-as-a-manager/) September 19, 2006 · [Uncategorized](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/uncategorized/) · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) Lately, I have been thinking about a couple of management practices that seem (based on my experience of more than 18 years in government) to occur more frequently in government settings and to have significant detrimental effects on employees and the organization. The first one is keeping… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/19/the-worst-things-you-can-do-as-a-manager/) ## [Review in brief: Proposal Guide for Technical and Business Professionals](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/09/review-in-brief-proposal-guide-for-technical-and-business-professionals/) September 9, 2006 · [Technical communications](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/technical-communications/) · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) If you respond to RFPs or have any part in the proposal writing process, the Shipley Associates Proposal Guide for Business and Technical Professionals will be worth every penny of the $60 you pay for it (Amazon price as of September 2006.) It is not a tutorial or a “how to” guide; rather, it’s a… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/09/review-in-brief-proposal-guide-for-technical-and-business-professionals/) ## [Adobe FrameMaker 7.2 Application Packs for DITA and S1000D](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/08/adobe-framemaker-72-application-packs-for-dita-and-s1000d/) September 8, 2006 · [Technical communications](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/technical-communications/) · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) The Adobe® FrameMaker® 7.2 Application Packs for Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and S1000D enable developers to fully evaluate and enhance the XML authoring and publishing capabilities within FrameMaker using two leading open standards. Both application packs are companion pieces to… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/08/adobe-framemaker-72-application-packs-for-dita-and-s1000d/) ## [Online word processors: A hands-on comparison](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/06/online-word-processors-a-hands-on-comparison/) September 6, 2006 · [Technical communications](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/technical-communications/) · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) The last year has seen the first appearance of online word processing applications such as ajaxWrite, ThinkFree Online, Writely, and Zoho Writer. Online office applications are an unproven product in a new market. To see how worthwhile they were, I compared their interfaces, basic and advanced… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/09/06/online-word-processors-a-hands-on-comparison/)