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Using the web at work

March 4th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Social software

There’s regular debate on whether people should be “allowed personal use” of the web while at work. While dinosaur organisations try and block this altogether and talk of employees “stealing time” this way, thankfully most don’t.
There’s always a liberty versus licence issue in situations like this. Even the liberal organisations tend to have some controls, [...]

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Blogs entice people to write down what they know

March 4th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Social software

David Weinberger’s comments following his recent trip to Germany make interesting reading; I particularly like the suggestion of emergent osmosis from within the organisation to the extended enterprise. It seems to reflect the way we tried things out at the bank. His post can be found here.

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