A Journey In Social Media

Tough Times Accelerate Cultural Change?

No surprise, it looks like we're headed for a sustained period of tough economic times.

The hurricane has blown through, metaphorically speaking.  Now it's many long months of cleanup and getting back to normal, or maybe redefining what "normal" might be.

But there might be a silver lining to this economic storm.

The "Social" In Social Computing

Something very interesting and unusual happened on the internal platform last week.

I wasn't paying close attention (busy with other things) so I almost missed it.

I can't really describe the business value in quantitative terms, but I know it was very important and very cool.  I just can't measure it, though.

New Learnings Begin

First, let me apologize for not contributing to this blog for quite some time.

One reason is that -- well -- it all was going pretty well.  Another reason is that I got very engaged in other unrelated pursuits.

But -- we're back -- and we now are encountering new kinds of problems as we move outside the firewall.