--- title: "Knowledge Work" url: https://campbell-online.com/blog/page/6/ description: "Knowledge Work is a weblog about technical communication, instructional design, business process analysis and the tools knowledge workers use." published: 2006-07-08 updated: 2006-07-08 --- # Knowledge Work Published 2006-07-08 Page 6 of 16 ## [Top 10 Open Source OS X Apps](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/08/top-10-open-source-os-x-apps/) July 8, 2006 · [Macintosh](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/macintosh/) A lot of old favorites here, like the Mac-optimized Mozilla browser Camino and the Adium chat client, but a few surprises, too. BoydCreative » Top 10 Open Source OS X Apps! [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/08/top-10-open-source-os-x-apps/) ## [The Myth of the New India - New York Times](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/08/the-myth-of-the-new-india-new-york-times/) July 8, 2006 · [Outsourcing](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/outsourcing/) “India is a roaring capitalist success story.” So says the latest issue of Foreign Affairs; and last week many leading business executives and politicians in India celebrated as Lakshmi Mittal, the fifth richest man in the world, finally succeeded in his hostile takeover of the Luxembourgian steel… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/08/the-myth-of-the-new-india-new-york-times/) ## [Online employment networks spring up for older workers](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/04/online-employment-networks-spring-up-for-older-workers/) July 4, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) Jerry Toomer retired from a 25-year career at Dow Chemical in 2003. But today he’s back at work, having found a consulting job through an employment network designed specifically for older adults, YourEncore.com. ‘I don’t see myself as a retiree,’ says Mr. Toomer, a 57-year-old… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/04/online-employment-networks-spring-up-for-older-workers/) ## [Advice for new MacBook owners](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/02/geeking-out-with-a-new-laptop/) July 2, 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/) · [Macintosh](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/macintosh/) I haven’t used a Mac regularly since 1996, but about a month ago I found myself in a techno-trance state, in the Apple Store in SoHo, New York City, swiping my AmEx card to buy one of the new Intel-based MacBooks. (I was driven screaming back into the arms of Apple by a hauntingly awful experience… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/07/02/geeking-out-with-a-new-laptop/) ## [Gliffy - Create and share diagrams online](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/28/gliffy-create-and-share-diagrams-online/) June 28, 2006 · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) Gliffy is easy, free, and fun! Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software Similar to Visio, yet in your web browser Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow Link to published Gliffy drawings from your… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/28/gliffy-create-and-share-diagrams-online/) ## [EXIN introduces new certificate in Service Quality Management](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/28/exin-introduces-new-certificate-in-service-quality-management/) June 28, 2006 · [IT service management](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/it-service-management/) · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) …EXIN has launched a new Service Quality Management Certificate based on ISO 20000. This Foundation Certificate in Service Quality Management will also become part of a new learning track for the Service Quality Management consultant. This track consists of ITIL Foundation, Service Quality… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/28/exin-introduces-new-certificate-in-service-quality-management/) ## [Adventures in Mac/Windows Wonkery](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/25/adventures-in-macwindows-wonkery/) June 25, 2006 · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) Well, I must say I’m enjoying the new MacBook. I still have a need to run a few Windows programs (Visio, Project), and so for the first few days this week I experimented with Apple’s BootCamp. This is a perfectly satisfactory solution, as long as you don’t mind shutting down and rebooting whenever… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/25/adventures-in-macwindows-wonkery/) ## [Broken Windows Theory](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/19/broken-windows-theory/) June 19, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) Vista. The term stirs the imagination to conceive of beautiful possibilities just around the corner. And “just around the corner” is what Windows Vista has been, and has remained, for the past two years. In this time, Vista has suffered a series of high-profile delays, including most recently the… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/19/broken-windows-theory/) ## [Basic Negotiating for Fun and Profit](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/13/basic-negotiating-for-fun-and-profit/) June 13, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/) Many independent developers eventually find themselves in a situation where they must negotiate a contract for the first time, such as for a publishing deal. And many developers are taken advantage of on their first deal because of a lack of basic negotiating skills. This article will attempt to… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/13/basic-negotiating-for-fun-and-profit/) ## [Great Mistakes in Technical Leadership](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/12/great-mistakes-in-technical-leadership/) June 12, 2006 · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) If you’ve just been appointed technical lead (of anything), take ten minutes to read this. Perhaps the most difficult job to do on any software development project is that of Technical Lead. The Technical Lead has overall responsibility for all technical aspects of the project - design, code… [Read the full entry](https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/06/12/great-mistakes-in-technical-leadership/)