More good stuff:
The prerelease version of Automator currently comes with 123 Actions that are grouped into categories according to function. The categories include Mail, Find, Alert, People, and iPod, and users can search for Actions using Tiger’s standard Mac OS X search field. The alternate view command groups the Actions by keyword, which can be [...]
A few posts ago I mentioned that Apple’s new Automator tool was a potentially interesting development vis-a-vis workflow learning. Well, a new article at MacWorld surfaces this fascinating additional tidbit:
With the Automator, you don’t have to write a single line of code; instead, you build a flow chart. On the left side of the Automator’s [...]
The evolution of workflow learning follows the evolution of workflow automation. The reason is that, in order for workflow learning to…er…work, there has to be a way to look into the software system and find out what events are happening in the context of a pre-defined workflow. These are exactly the same things that you [...]
As I wrote in a previous post, one of the issues that I have with the way that Jay Cross is defining workflow learning is his heavy emphasis on ubiquitous web services applications with a high degree of business intelligence built in. I just think it’s way too early to be quite so confident that [...]
In general, I like Jay Cross’ writings. While I have never personally met the guy, I find that his articles usually have something interesting and sensible to say. Which is why I’m so disappointed with his overly exhuberant fluff piece in e-Learn:
“For some, the work of the future will resemble an elaborate, personalized video [...]
