Michael Robin Michael Robin was Senior Editor at Knowledge Management magazine. Previously, he was the Associate Editor for MicroTimes. His work, which often explores issues of technology and its impact on society, has appeared in Nicaraguan Perspectives, Whole Earth Review, and Small Business Computing & Communications as well as Knowledge Management and MicroTimes.

Stories By Michael Robin   For Knowledge Management Home-Grown Knowledge: Interview of Ash Sooknanan, chief corporate officer, Workplace Insurance and Safety Board, Ontario, Canada. Part of cover story "Movers & Shakers: Meet six knowledge leaders who are making a difference." Dot-Coms Differ in ROI: A U.S. Department of Commerce report offers a mixed review of the performance of dot-coms The Upside of Napster Napster and its cousins may be leading us to the next wave of knowledge sharing applications. Learning by Doing: Organizations discover that hands-on experience produces the most valuable learning. Breeding Success: Starting small, AT&T worked with sales employees to integrate the management of content with context across its intranet. Digital Vitals: New Hampshire's Bureau of Vital Records transforms data of everyday life, and itself, for the twenty-first century. Leveraging Change: Tokai Financial Services' credit rating system provides powerful support for extended enterprise relationships. Cultural Evolution: Centralized KM strategy perpetuates a knowledge-sharing environment at Astra Pharmaceuticals. For valleypeople Open Source Software: More Than An Emerging Alternative Tim O'Reilly on Open Source technology and the next killer app. For Forbes ASAP Y2K Goes Global How one multinational is getting ready for 1/1/00