a blog about information
When I started writing Confused of Calcutta, I included the following text in About This Blog: I believe that it is only a matter of time before enterprise software consists of only four types of application: publishing, search, fulfilment and conversation. I believe that weaknesses and corruptions in our own thinking about digital rights and … Continue reading “Facebook and the Enterprise: Part 4: Four Pillars”
There have been a lot of comments about Facebook in the blogosphere, and I think some people are missing the point. For some reason, all the talk is about the applications. It’s not about the applications. It’s about the people. Facebook is first and foremost a collection of people, a community. Many communities. Yet one … Continue reading “All dressed up with everywhere to go: More musings about Facebook in the enterprise”
At the airport with the family, flight delayed by 3 hours. Such is life. Everyone else is either asleep or listening to their iPods, so the lounge is an island of serenity. Which makes a change. I did something I hadn’t done for a long time…. I picked up a copy of Financial News to … Continue reading “more FaceBook musings”
Declan made a recent comment about the need for a Behind-The-Firewall version of Facebook, perhaps even appliance-based, a sort-of Facebook-in-a-Box. In my reply, I indicated that he echoed my thoughts precisely…. but with one small proviso…. that was the way I thought a few years ago. That I had since changed my mind. What Declan … Continue reading “Musing about a Behind-The-Firewall Facebook”
One of the commonest criticisms levelled at social software is that of wasting time. Wikis were whined at, blogs were barracked and now we have social networking sites (particularly Facebook) getting slammed. Now I can understand the arguments about “too closed”. I can even understand the arguments about “too open”. What fascinates me is the … Continue reading “On Facebook and wasting time”