The Archives
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08.03.07Anne Truitt ZelenkaMy friend and colleague Anne Truitt Zelenka has relaunched and reimagined her blog as she moves to more or less full time writerhood (is that a word?). You should check it out.
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07.11.07I’m disappointed in Marc AndreessenAs someone who lauded Marc Andreessen's decision to start blogging, I've got to follow up his decision to block comments with an expression of my disappointment. Marc, your decision sucks. You didn't think that someone as high profile as you wasn't going to get a lot of traffic and a lot of comments? Even if some of it is execrable pap, as a blogger you have a responsibility to let it through and to keep comments enabled - so long as they're not not defamatory or plain offensive. Have a comment policy, for heaven's sake! Only allow registered ...
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07.11.07I don’t want to be smarter than all my readers, JakobI've always felt more than a little uncomfortable with the pundit from above style of usability guru, Jakob Neilsen. His AlertBox missives often contain nuggets of gold, but feel a little bit to me like he's preaching or declaring a very black and white view of the world. His most recent AlertBox is no different. In his latest, Neilsen declares: I recently served as a "consultant's consultant," advising a world leader in his field on what to do about his website. In particular, this expert asked me whether he should start a weblog. I said no. You probably already know my ...
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06.30.07Shifted HR launchedAfter significant and lengthy encouragement, my partner, Alli has finally launched her own blog - Shifted HR! Alli is a very smart HR manager in the Australian Federal Government - she works as a change agent assisting middle and senior management come to terms with strategic approaches to human resources issues. If you're at all interested in strategic HR issues, you should definitely check out Shifted HR.
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06.07.07Government bloggingBlogs are yet to find significant traction as an enabler of communication between the Australian government and its constituency. It's a shame really, as blogs offer an amazing opportunity to communicate clearly and to receive feedback from those using government services. Gary Nairn's recent comments at CeBIT give me hope, especially when he specifically mentions blogs: Nairn told the CeBIT conference in Sydney this morning that blogs could represent a “new era” in community interaction as the government develops more online services. “Blogs could split up consultation and enable government and others to analyse and debate issues in reasonable detail,” he said. “This ...
