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As the sun rises on Web2.0, what to do about companies that 'don't play along?'
Content comes from many places, including news sites, media companies, and individual contributors. In fact, as the Web 2.0 era becomes 'mainstream,' it is becoming common to see sites like MSNBC.com where a news story has room for responses, or CNN.Com Read More...
The ROI of Building an Internal Community
One thing we sometimes forget to do... make time to make relationships. It is good when we do it right. Large organizations are curious things. Some folks like to think of a company as something akin to an organism, with a heart and lungs and nervous Read More...
Why can't Open Source be used to fix problems like this?
I work deep in the heart of Microsoft, and I make no secret of it: I like open source. I won't start some great debate about OSS, or the traditional opposition of my employer to OSS. I support my company, and I want the stock price to go up, but I do Read More...
All bloggers are Customer 2.0, but not every Customer 2.0 is a blogger
I'd like to draw a distinction that I should have drawn before. I had an interesting discussion in e-mail after my previous blog post on EA and Customer 2.0. I suggested that Kai, our persona for Customer 2.0, learned how to write code and develop mashups Read More...
Politecture
Aaron Hanks gets credit for coining this term. Ever heard the old saw that says that software reflects the organizational structure of the team that writes it? That begs the question: which came first? The Architecture of the app (to which the organization Read More...
Using Massive Multiplayer Online Concepts to Build a Shared Architecture
How can we leverage the power, and draw, of massive multiplayer online game experiences to build a shared vision of architecture for an enterprise? I'm not in to multiplayer online games. I have a lot on my mind between being a dad and being supportive Read More...
Should corporate bloggers go "internal only?"
Todd Biske asks a good question about corporate blogging : how do you build sufficient trust to allow for corporate blogging? It's a good read. Working for a technology company that is very large allows me a level of freedom not seen by my typical peer. Read More...
All models are wrong, some models are useful
A collegue reminded me of one of my favorite "architecture" sayings yesterday, which I had on my door for a couple of years: All models are wrong. Some models are useful The point is that we don't create a model to be an exact replica of reality. We create Read More...
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