First time at Swiss IT Forum(s), and what a welcome!

Pauline and Dan are on site, and they’ve already had some great conversations today. The good news? They’ll also be there tomorrow, ready to talk about knowledge management, migrations, and open-source alternatives to Confluence and Google Docs.

It’s our first Swiss event, and we’re enjoying it so much we just might become regulars.

Find us at stand IT52 and let’s connect.

With Mozilla's #Pocket shutting down (articles are already unavailable, exports can be retrieved through 8 October 2025, see: https://web.archive.org/web/20250927204616/https://getpocket.com/home), I've exported the list of URLs I'd logged with the service.

One of my longstanding gripes was that there was no way for me to get a total of the articles I'd saved.

(There ... were other gripes.)

I now know: 30,735.

In an ideal world, this would have been a useful library of references. I'd tagged many of these (including, eventually, adopting a convention of tagging by archive date which Pocket surely must've known somewhere in its data schema, but petulantly hid from its users), through a loose but somewhat controlled vocabulary influenced in part by both my general interests and some familiarity with existing library ontologies, classifications, and subject headings.

I'm kicking around what to do with this archive. One question of course is how many of the links have since rotted (I suspect a high percentage). I've got a few leads on readability-rendering (including a bash script invoking JS ... somehow ... I've got to look at). Tracking down archived copies, and spinning up a media server, would also be handy.

New in XWiki: integration with Microsoft Entra ID (ex–Azure AD) via OpenID Connect.

Secure authentication
Group mapping
Flexible usernames
Better admin interface

Admins can now connect Entra ID to XWiki for seamless & secure logins.

Details + FAQs https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/Microsoft-Entra-ID-OpenID-Connect

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DARPA Research Project: “Don’t Just Ask a #Chatbot. Have It Push Useful Info Right When It’s Needed”https://www.infodocket.com/2025/09/05/darpa-research-project-dont-just-ask-a-chatbot-have-it-push-useful-info-right-when-its-needed/ #knowledgemanagement #libraries #AI

August updates for XWiki Pro Apps

We’ve been busy polishing a few things:

Confluence Migrator now supports team calendars migration

Flash Messages to reach your whole wiki farm with one announcement

Calendar allows smoother scheduling + bug fixes

Next up: We're working on a project Management Pro App to connect your @openproject instance with XWiki and bring tasks directly into wiki pages.

Details https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/pro-apps-updates-Confluence/

New service just dropped: InlineStyle Workspace
Looking for a FOSS alternative to Notion or Obsidian?

You can now organize your notes, docs, and projects in a clean, collaborative space powered by the open-source version of Outline.

Available at:
https://workspace.inlinestyle.it

Perfect for knowledge bases, wikis, or structured thinking.

Back from holiday?

Scenario A: 83 Slack messages + “final_v3_LAST_really.xlsx”
Scenario B: One page with updates, tasks, and next steps.

Structured documentation = continuity without chaos.
That’s what XWiki does.

https://xwiki.com/en/try-xwiki/

I fed my entire Obsidian vault (500+ notes) to an AI. It analyzed my knowledge system and spotted things I never knew were there.

Read what happened: https://wiobyrne.com/ai-analyzed-my-knowledge-system/

#Mastodon Resources 2025, Marcus P. Zillman recommends selected sources and sites to help navigate and use the vast Fediverse effectively. Although BlueSky, Threads and Twitter continue to dominate the #socialmedia space, Mastodon offers #opensource connectivity that transverses silos and allows users to seamlessly communicate with users across platforms with little impediment. #research #education #socialmedia #KM #knowledgemanagement https://www.llrx.com/2025/08/mastodon-resources-2025/

Automated calendar sync for #Logseq users!

Built a shell script bridging macOS Calendar/Reminders with Logseq journals via icalpal.

Smart filtering, auto-backup, comprehensive logging, native notifications

Result: Open Logseq → "Today's Agenda" perfectly formatted & ready

Open-source on GitHub!

Project developed with the support of @claudeai under careful human oversight provided by me.

More info: https://www.nicfab.eu/en/posts/logseq-calendar-sync/

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#Obsidian Tipp - Mit dem neuen Plugin .md Merge lässen sich Markdown-Dateien in einem Ordner zu einer Markdown-Datei zusammenführen

Anwendung: über Menu "Externe Erweiterung", Plugin installieren. Es gibt über 2500 kostenlose Erweiterungen aus der Community für Obsidian #pkm #KnowledgeManagement

Looking for Notion alternatives that don’t trade your data for features?

We rounded up 5 great open-source tools with:
Self-hosting
Structured docs
Real-time collab
Community roots

Spoiler: XWiki made the list.
Check them out https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/5-alternatives-to-Notion/

BookStack v25.07 is now here with a bundle of improvements:

Markdown Plaintext Input Option
New Comment/Description Editor
New WYSIWYG Editor Improvements
Improved Changelog Input
ZIP Import/Export API Endpoints
Parent Tag Classes
Multi-Column Layout Refinements
Better Permission Generation
Nepali Language & Updates

https://www.bookstackapp.com/blog/bookstack-release-v25-07/

What kind of knowledge traveler are you?

Summer mode ON, but your wiki style still says a lot about you.

We mapped documentation habits to travel types: from the page-digging Explorer to the Minimalist who loves a tidy structure.

Check, reflect, and maybe laugh a bit.

Tired of repeating the same HR info over and over?

An open-source knowledge base tool like XWiki helps HR teams stay consistent, efficient, and compliant, without locking you into proprietary software.

Learn how teams are using it:
https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/hr-knowledge-base/

Customers and friends of mine :-)
@bluespice #hallowelt #regensburg #opensource #linux #knowledgemanagement #atlassian #alternatives https://betweenthebrackets.libsyn.com/episode-186-richard-heigl-and-markus-glaser

Today is #Patch Day!
#BlueSpice 5.1.1 is now available for #download.
https://bluespice.com/download/

The new version contains numerous #improvements and #bugfixes.
Changelog: https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Setup:Release_Notes