IM-ing Myself - 02

I am going to Kuala Lumpur this Thursday, to attend a one-day workshop organised by SEACeM.

This will be the second time in a matter of days which I am immersing myself in anything that is information management (IM). Somehow, I have this feeling that the management where I will will someday 'chop' off my head for all the things that I have absorded these few days.

On top of it all, we are in the midst of doing our budget for next year as well as tying loose ends for any program and activities these last quarter. So when can I have the time to put down on paper the things I heard, saw, learned with regards to IM.

That notion really defeats the purpose of everything - IM.

Right now, the thought of having a computer chip as a brain and being able to extract it and plugging it elsewhere to access whatever there is in there is not a bad idea after all.

Just don't delete my personal memories, that is all I ask....

IM-ing Myself

The past one week (last week) I attended an Information Management Conference and its subsequent workshop.

What??!!! you ask.

Well, a good definition is here http://www.willpowerinfo.co.uk/infoman.htm

Why I was sent there? Probably becuase I am the official Chief Information Officer at my workplace (though my official title is Information & Knowledge Management Officer).

The conference/workshop made me understood that many amongst us are still confused with IM and ICT. Simply put, IM is the process of the exercise while ICT are the tools which we can use in the process. I also came to realise that many still think information and its management as a technical aspect of the workings of an organisation.

I guess it is really up to people designated as CIO to inform and educate the rest of us.

Boy! Don't I have one big task ahead of me!