Comments on: Continuing with the theme of Twitter in the Enterprise: Twitter and Agile http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/ a blog about information Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-250233 Steve Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:23:48 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-250233 I can vaguely see how I could use Twitter in the enterprise... currently, it's broadening my horizons, but I can imagine it doing much more - for example, when I'm looking for text to describe "our" capabilities to do something, I can look in a repository, or I can broadcast email colleagues "Hey, who's worked on an opportunity with a European outsource..."; I'll get answers but it clogs up mail... Twitter wouldn't do that, but how interested in the rest of the world in me not knowing how to describe multilingual config management? ... and my tweet would be visible to all. I can use it to point people to what I'm interested in, or what I'm doing... I can even use url masking to point to stuff that I only want corporate colleagues to see... are suits happy for me to tweet in public about *exactly* what I'm doing? No. The usability is increasing - I just need more colleagues using it... I can vaguely see how I could use Twitter in the enterprise… currently, it’s broadening my horizons, but I can imagine it doing much more -

for example, when I’m looking for text to describe “our” capabilities to do something, I can look in a repository, or I can broadcast email colleagues “Hey, who’s worked on an opportunity with a European outsource…”; I’ll get answers but it clogs up mail…

Twitter wouldn’t do that, but how interested in the rest of the world in me not knowing how to describe multilingual config management?

… and my tweet would be visible to all.

I can use it to point people to what I’m interested in, or what I’m doing… I can even use url masking to point to stuff that I only want corporate colleagues to see… are suits happy for me to tweet in public about *exactly* what I’m doing? No.

The usability is increasing – I just need more colleagues using it…

]]> By: Derek Abdinor http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-249644 Derek Abdinor Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:04:16 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-249644 like the ideas. I have a wishlist for an enterprise microblog that seems to grow by the day, I include the URL for your interest. http://www.corporatewebsite.com/articles/derek_abdinor/a_wishlist_for_enterprise_twitter%3A_sugarplums_and_microblogs like the ideas. I have a wishlist for an enterprise microblog that seems to grow by the day, I include the URL for your interest.
http://www.corporatewebsite.com/articles/derek_abdinor/a_wishlist_for_enterprise_twitter%3A_sugarplums_and_microblogs

]]> By: Dennis McDonald http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-249600 Dennis McDonald Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:37:51 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-249600 In the "enterprise" I would want to see channels such as Twitter incorporated into other collaboration-supporting tools. The Twitter question "what are you doing?" is basically an opportunity to advertise what some vendors call "presence" -- i.e., when I'm online or at my station a badge or link displays to others that I am there and available to be contacted. Twitter provides a way to add more information to that on-off definition of presence. Where Twitter falls down, as you suggest, is when the advertised information can't be understood or comprehended by the recipient, which happens a lot in Twitter since "conversations" are conducted among groups where only a subset hear both sides. That leads to noise and confusion. I would think that a group use of a tool like Twitter in a corporate (or project) setting would need to be pretty focused so members would all have the context to understand the messages. In the “enterprise” I would want to see channels such as Twitter incorporated into other collaboration-supporting tools. The Twitter question “what are you doing?” is basically an opportunity to advertise what some vendors call “presence” — i.e., when I’m online or at my station a badge or link displays to others that I am there and available to be contacted.

Twitter provides a way to add more information to that on-off definition of presence. Where Twitter falls down, as you suggest, is when the advertised information can’t be understood or comprehended by the recipient, which happens a lot in Twitter since “conversations” are conducted among groups where only a subset hear both sides. That leads to noise and confusion.

I would think that a group use of a tool like Twitter in a corporate (or project) setting would need to be pretty focused so members would all have the context to understand the messages.

]]> By: Web 2.0, version 51 - The Yourdon Report - Blogging the impact of computer-related technology trends, and whatever else catches my interest. http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-249011 Web 2.0, version 51 - The Yourdon Report - Blogging the impact of computer-related technology trends, and whatever else catches my interest. Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:09:13 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-249011 [...] on page 19, I added a bullet point, with links to blog postings here and here and here and here, about the use of Twitter in the enterprise, by the CIO of British Telecom’s Global [...] [...] on page 19, I added a bullet point, with links to blog postings here and here and here and here, about the use of Twitter in the enterprise, by the CIO of British Telecom’s Global [...]

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-248922 JP Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:45:58 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-248922 Marc, answering your questions will take an entire blog post. Which I will try and do over the next day or so. Marc, answering your questions will take an entire blog post. Which I will try and do over the next day or so.

]]> By: marc http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-248919 marc Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:41:44 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-248919 I'm still having difficulty with Twitter. What's in it for the consumer of Tweets? As the network grows, the volume of messages will surely become unmanageable and any valuable will be lost in the noise. And in a corporate environment, what's wrong with email and a blackberry? I’m still having difficulty with Twitter. What’s in it for the consumer of Tweets? As the network grows, the volume of messages will surely become unmanageable and any valuable will be lost in the noise. And in a corporate environment, what’s wrong with email and a blackberry?

]]> By: FND http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-248874 FND Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:09:54 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-248874 I think that the "forced conciseness" of Twitter is a good thing: On the one hand, it allows one to take in a lot of input with little effort - much like (good) RSS feeds. On the other hand, it teaches people to focus on what's truly relevant - not just on Twitter, but (hopefully) also in e-mails and other areas. I think that the “forced conciseness” of Twitter is a good thing:
On the one hand, it allows one to take in a lot of input with little effort – much like (good) RSS feeds.
On the other hand, it teaches people to focus on what’s truly relevant – not just on Twitter, but (hopefully) also in e-mails and other areas.

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-248861 JP Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:10:40 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-248861 I agree, but what a payoff! I agree, but what a payoff!

]]> By: fp http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/comment-page-1/#comment-248855 fp Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:52:04 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/26/continuing-with-the-theme-of-twitter-in-the-enterprise-twitter-and-agile/#comment-248855 describing precisely what one is doing in less than 141 chars is a skill requiring practice describing precisely what one is doing in less than 141 chars is a skill requiring practice

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