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Comment on The Enterprise 2.0 Catalyst – Simplicity by Brian Nunnery

Brian Nunnery — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:38:56 +0000

Sid,

Well-written post. You make a valuable point here about simplicity– it certainly gives a software the upper hand in an Enterprise 2.0 environment.

One relevant question I have for you: do you think SharePoint’s relatively 1.0-ish interface can cut it in a 2.0 world?

The reason I ask: I’ve noticed more and more employees becoming literate and used to interacting in 2.0 interfaces– that is, simpler interfaces with 2.0-esque functions where each click doesn’t require a page reload. As a result, these 2.0 people have a frustrating time using SharePoint, which lacks the simple design and innovative functions of a purely 2.0 software. I find the intuitive gap to be quite concerning.

I’d love to hear your thoughts. I’ll be working on a blog series of my own on SharePoint over the next month at http://prcpo.me?sharept_1.

Best,
Brian Nunnery
Praecipio Consulting

Comment on Enterprise Bookmarking by Raj

Raj — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:07:32 +0000

Ditto. Jumper 2.0 rocks. Best enterprise bookmarking platform out there for two reasons; easy to use and search, bookmark any data (not just web pages), and you can use more than just keywords (ok that’s 3 reasons)…

Comment on Enterprise Bookmarking by Will

Will — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:07:45 +0000

A better and more developed tool is Jumper 2.0 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jumper/) it links more than just web pages with expanded tag fields. And unlike Cogezn you can download it for free!

Comment on Twitter in the Enterprise by konstanzealexbrown

konstanzealexbrown — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:35:57 +0000

I have been thinking about this as well. However, one question that comes up as soon as I suggest it is about security. Ppl are really worried and I don’t have a good answer. The concept per se for the enterprise is brilliant. Work groups, project teams, departments (as you suggest with the IT comment) could greatly benefit from the status updates b/c of the brevity (ppl will actually do it) and b/c of the searchability of the content. I am working on a research project about the use of Twitter in the private/social sphere but I expect much of the findings to be applicable in for enterprise use as well –> http://konstanzealexbrown.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/micro-blogging-knowledge-in-the-cloud/

Comment on The Social Media Family by The_Shed » SharePoint, Wordpress and Me

The_Shed » SharePoint, Wordpress and Me — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:02:51 +0000

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Comment on SharePoint, WordPress and Me by theshed

theshed — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:42:42 +0000

@Marcel,
Hey Marcel, apologies for not replying to your e.mail. Switching jobs has been keeping me busy. I hope you’re well.
There’s been a bit of toying around with MS Knowledge Network but it didn’t work out at the time. Right now I’m still waiting to see something in this area but we’re doing fairly well with a mix and match of tools. It’ll be good when we get something together.

Comment on SharePoint, WordPress and Me by theshed

theshed — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:39:27 +0000

@Panos
Hey Panos, sorry I’ve taken so long to get back on this one.
By platform I’m assuming you mean somewhere to hook all of these things together, give them the same look and feel along with the same infrastructure? If that’s the case then I think you might struggle to get something that works well with all aspects of social software. I haven’t seen anything yet that hooks it all together in one awesome package.
Saying that SP is quite good but it needs work. The blogging functionality whilst not brilliant can be made to work. The wiki is rubbish but then they’ve partnered with a couple of companies, the last one being Confluence, which may make a big difference. I don’t think they’ve thought about social bookmarking yet and they’ve got to rework their social network stuff.
The other piece of kit I’ve heard decent things about is Lotus Connections. I’ve never tried it but it seems they’ve done some decent stuff with it.
Having said that my ideal situation would be to take the best of breed of everything, mash them all up and present them in a way that looks like they’re coming as a complete package despite not really being that hooked together behind the scenes.

Comment on SharePoint, WordPress and Me by Marcel de Ruiter

Marcel de Ruiter — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:10:00 +0000

Hi Daniel,

Does your SP installation also include something like an ExpertFinder functionality? You know, people listing their skills and interests and other stuff, which then become “tags” to search on?

Cheers,
Marcel

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Comment on SharePoint, WordPress and Me by Panos

Panos — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:40:06 +0000

Hi there, I am you friend from Greece.
I understand that you may not have the best feelings for Sharepoint however do you have any strong suggestions for a platform – preferably not heavily commercial – gathering all this internet related stuff.
I thought that Confluence would be a good alternative but my friend Tom Raftery shared a rather bad experience with it. I have a couple of leads interested in a collaboration internal platform and I am really interested in your opinion

What do you think?