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Home is where the hardware is; integrating the tools of knowledge work.(Personal Toolkit)

Publication: KMWorld
Publication Date: 01-NOV-03
Format: Online - approximately 991 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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I've written before in this column about the need to integrate and master all of the tools we use to do our knowledge work. How we use these tools is part of our identity as craftspeople in our fields. Typically I have focused on the tools we carry on the road, but sooner or later even the of...

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...most nomadic us settles back into our cubicle or home office. And though it feels like we're never home, we really do most of our work there.

Last month, I talked about setting up a workspace that facilitates all the different types of knowledge work we do. The final piece (except maybe for the music we play while working) is the way in which the hardware, software and personal practice fit together in the setting in which we most commonly work.

Like many knowledge workers, my portable computer is...

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