Category: Best Practices

  • Traction Targets the Business Market

    Following my referer log to McGee’s Musings on klogs, I stumbled across yet another blog tool—Traction—this one specifically aimed at the enterprise market. I haven’t investigated the feature set and pricing yet, and I’m curious about how it might differ from ordinary blog software. I was just talking to a business client today about using…

  • B2E Corporate Blogging

    In a column (Blogs are HUGE) at the Macromedia site, Ed Krimen discussed the way they are using blogs to promote their products: While most of the feedback about the blogs has been positive, there has been some concerned feedback, especially from the blogging community. Companies like Macromedia don’t normally use blogs to communicate with…

  • Corporate Weblog Pros and Cons

    Blunt Force Trauma cites this Seattle Times article on corporate blogging.

  • KM Blogging Hurdle: Sharing?

    Rick Klau links to thedownsideofknowledgemanagement.com, regarding the hurdles involved in using blogs for KM (or “knowledge sharing”), adding: In any event, I like the recognition that there’s more to KM than just software – that unless someone is committed, responsible and incented to make the thing work, it will be hard to succeed. BTW, I…

  • Too Easy to Collaborate?

    Michael Helfrich of Groove Networks recounts a telling exchange with a client from his days at the Lotus/IBM Knowledge Management project: “You mean that one of my supply chain people could share our schedule data with a supplier?” he asked. “Sure, but they could do that with email, or the phone too. Heck, they could…

  • PEP (Personal Expression Platform)

    For several years now I’ve been slowly spec’ing out an ideal personal publishing platform for posting a peck of pickled peppers…. Uh, sorry. No, actually I mean a system with a well designed content database at the core and a great deal of flexibility both in how to submit content (client, web, email, handheld, wireless?)…