First time alone to Hawaii

(c) konaboy
My next trip to Hawaii is only hours away. I will fly to the beautiful Big Island in Hawaii tomorrow morning. It will be my fifth HICSS attendance (a little jubilee, he he) and my sixth trip to Hawaii. Wow. Unfortunately, I have to travel without Eike to Hawaii for the first time. She will stay at home to care about Charlotte. I will miss them both very much.
I will stay at the amazing Hilton Waikoloa Village for the fourth time. The current wheather in Waikoloa is as follows:



The HICSS-40Paper Presentation Schedule Jan 4-6 is now available online.
Happy New Year!

Charlotte has got mail!

Mail for Charlotte
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

Charlotte has received her first "real" mail today! It was her insurance card from our health insurance. Her first pediatrist visit will hopefully be the U3 at the end of the second week of January.

Daily new photos from Charlotte . . .

My article on Social Software in the "HMD - Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik" published

My article "Benefit Potentials, Success Factors, and Performance Indicators of Social Software for the Organisational Knowledge Management“ (in German) co-authored by Prof. Dr. Gerold Riempp has been published in the December edition of the journal "HMD – Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik".
Abstract: The terms social software and Web 2.0 increasingly dominate the current media landscape. The approaches, technologies, and services behind these "buzzwords" support the human communication, interaction, and collaboration. Thereby, a basic characteristic is the creation of a spate of giving and taking, i.e., passive readers turn into active authors. In this article typical applications and techniques of social software such as weblogs and wikis, social networks as well as tagging and folksonomies are under examination regarding their benefits for the organisational knowledge management. Furthermore, critical success factors for the introduction and utilization of such applications and techniques in organizations as well as performance indicators for benefit determination are presented. Concluding, the next generation of social software as a combination of social software applications and semantic web technologies is introduced.
Further information:
http://hmd.dpunkt.de/252/index.html

Charlotte's first bath @home

Charlotte's first bath @home
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

Yesterday, Charlotte had her first bath in a tummy tube at home. She enjoyed the first minutes but then she began to cry. And of course I did NOT strangle her even if this photo looks like that.

More photos from Charlotte's first bath . . .

Beautiful Paderborn

Cathedral in Paderborn
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

Photos like this one remind me of the beauty of Paderborn. This photo shows the cathedral in Paderborn during the annual Christmas market. Hopefully, we will get the chance to come back to the Hoftstift somewhere down the road.

First week with Charlotte

Eike and Charlotte
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

The first week after Charlotte's birth is over. It was exciting and fun most of the time; nevertheless, Eike and I are pretty tired even if the nights have been ok so far. The days are affected by breastfeeding and cuddling. During the short breaks, we (mostly I) have to do the cleaning and washing. We definitely need to improve our self-organisation but that is of course a learning process.

We have received many greeting cards and presents during the last days. Thank you all for your good wishes!

Daily new photos from Charlotte . . .

Survived the first night at home

Charlotte and me
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

I took Charlotte and Eike home yesterday afternoon. We did a first walk with Charlotte in her new baby carriage. Then our first "problem evening" followed with much crying. However, our first night together was quite ok. We slept most of the time except for the breastfeeding every three or four hours. We spent today mostly with breastfeeding and swaddling. One time, when I wanted to change Charlotte's diaper, she "defecated" on her diaper changing table. Wow, what a small mess! We also had the first visit of our midwife today. She explained us many things and showed us some tricks. She will visit us again tomorrow in the late afternoon.

Daily new photos from Charlotte . . .

HICSS-40 2007: Best Paper Award Nomination for one of my papers!

HICSS-40
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

As I have told you earlier, both papers that I have submitted to HICSS this year have been accepted. Today I have received the Paper Presentation Schedule Jan 4-6 which also illustrates the Best Paper Award Nominations. According to this schedule, our paper entitled "Assessing User Acceptance of a Knowledge Management System in a Global Bank: Process Analysis and Concept Development" has been nominated for the HICSS-40 Best Paper Award from the Technological Aspects of KM minitrack! :-)

I will fly to Hawaii on January 1 and will be most probably homesick in Hawaii for the first time in my life.

Third and fourth day of Charlotte's life

Charlotte
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

Yesterday and today went quite well. Charlotte sleeps very much (especially in the daytime when I am in the hospital) and drinks much milk (especially in the nighttime when Eike wants to sleep). I visited my both ladies for two or three hours in the late morning and for a couple of hours in the late afternoon and evening each day. Today, the U2 took place and fortunately everthing was fine with Charlotte again. The upcoming night will be the last one Eike and Charlotte will spend in the hospitel. I will pick them up tomorrow noon and will take them home. The next exciting days will start then ...

Some more photos from Charlotte . . .

Day 2 with Charlotte

Charlotte
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

The second day with Charlotte is nearly over. The day was quite exciting (with some breastfeeding and first "real" crying). Charlotte had her first bellyache but was calm after some minutes crying. In the late afternoon, her grandparents and Marion and Andreas visited us in the hospitel. I am now really tired and need some sleep.

Before I forget it: Many thanks for all the good wishes! We really appreciate it.

More photos from Charlotte . . .

My sunshine

Charlotte - my sunshine
Originally uploaded by Stefan Smolnik

Eike gave birth to Charlotte, our first daughter, today at 12:24 noon in the MTK Bad Soden. I am still deeply impressed (and exhausted).

More photos from Charlotte and the birth . . .