http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/17/anybody/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/17/anybody/#comment-10845 Evelyn Rodriguez Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:11:07 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2285#comment-10845 The Q is about internal corporate use, which is harder to know about publicly. My good friend at Apple writes: "We use wikis and IM and email discussions extensively. I don't know about blogs." The Q is about internal corporate use, which is harder to know about publicly. My good friend at Apple writes: “We use wikis and IM and email discussions extensively. I don’t know about blogs.”

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/17/anybody/#comment-10844 The Jamoker Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:20:38 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2285#comment-10844 Every ad agency on the planet...but, you knew that one already. Every ad agency on the planet…but, you knew that one already.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/17/anybody/#comment-10843 Jon Plummer Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:22:20 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2285#comment-10843 Halfway = no way: a medical device co I am familir with has implemented IM internally, BUT they make your department pay a fee PER SEAT to start and the same amount each year PER SEAT thereafter, so the network effect is slow to appear. Nice. Halfway = no way: a medical device co I am familir with has implemented IM internally, BUT they make your department pay a fee PER SEAT to start and the same amount each year PER SEAT thereafter, so the network effect is slow to appear. Nice.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/17/anybody/#comment-10842 David Tebbutt Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:47:56 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2285#comment-10842 That's interesting. Unless the firm already has one of those formal records/document management systems, I would have thought wikis would be good - by case or project with careful authentication controls. The culture in your organisation must be 'interesting'. :-) That’s interesting. Unless the firm already has one of those formal records/document management systems, I would have thought wikis would be good — by case or project with careful authentication controls.
The culture in your organisation must be ‘interesting’.

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/17/anybody/#comment-10841 Scott Smith Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:29:32 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2285#comment-10841 Control. We introduced wiki to our lead programmer several years ago. He was skeptical. A month later, he had over a 100 documents posted. Just last week he said he'd quit if we lost the wiki -- he can't imagine losing all those brain-dumps. That same programmer wanted to spread the wiki-love to the rest of the office. He did a great presentation for the boss. No-go. As soon as the boss realized anyone on his staff can update or create a page, he didn't want it. We're a law firm, but I'm not sure if that matters. The boss also killed an intranet that allowed users some rights to update pages. In two weeks, I'm going to try to get blogs inside the firm. Once more into the breach... Control. We introduced wiki to our lead programmer several years ago. He was skeptical. A month later, he had over a 100 documents posted. Just last week he said he’d quit if we lost the wiki — he can’t imagine losing all those brain-dumps.
That same programmer wanted to spread the wiki-love to the rest of the office. He did a great presentation for the boss. No-go. As soon as the boss realized anyone on his staff can update or create a page, he didn’t want it. We’re a law firm, but I’m not sure if that matters.
The boss also killed an intranet that allowed users some rights to update pages.
In two weeks, I’m going to try to get blogs inside the firm. Once more into the breach…

]]> http://gapingvoid.com/2006/03/17/anybody/#comment-10840 David Tebbutt Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:49:23 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=2285#comment-10840 You're right about "control." I suspect the main barrier is going to be "culture" which decomposes into "command and control" and "trust" and probably other stuff as well. Thanks for the post. You’re right about “control.” I suspect the main barrier is going to be “culture” which decomposes into “command and control” and “trust” and probably other stuff as well.
Thanks for the post.

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