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Comment on Chickens, Eggs and Organizational History by Jill Nienhiser

Jill Nienhiser — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:17:44 +0000

Great post, Chris. In the white paper my team just finished on government recruiting using web 2.0 (see mindandmedia.com), we recommend that agencies figure out how to better tell their “story.” The story should be clear on the agency’s website, on its Jobs or Careers pages, and to its workers, so they can better help their organization recruit. The story can be told using web 2. 0 methods as well, whether posting an organization’s recruiting video on a video sharing site, or in small doses over time through the comments and postings of the agency’s experts as they use social networks and bookmarking sites.

Comment on Everything you always wanted to know about Mind & Media (in about three minutes) by Dave Witzel

Dave Witzel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:06:50 +0000

very, very, nice! but where are the dogs?

Comment on IE Update Imminent: So it’s OK to dump Internet Explorer 6 altogether? by Eric

Eric — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:43:36 +0000

I’m with you on the cross-browser testing headache. I enthusiastically un-installed Netscape last week, and I’d love to drop IE6 from my list of browsers to check.

But it’s still interesting in a sneaky big brother kind of way that they’re packaging this software update as a security update. It’s just going to confuse and annoy people who wanted to hold on to the old version.

For instance, I run IE 7 but keep a standalone version of older IE releases for testing. I’d be quite annoyed if the update affected my configuration. Thanks for the timely post Chris, I’m off to talk to my IT helpdesk so they can calm my auto-update jitters.

Comment on IE Update Imminent: So it’s OK to dump Internet Explorer 6 altogether? by Chris

Chris — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:05:47 +0000

Hey Alan! Great to hear from you.
No doubt the testing will go on forever, particularly when trying to accomplish some specific things like embed windows media with captions–which is not uncommon when working with federal government clients. Accessible media is a huge topic, even though it is required by a small percentage of the population. If we could get government agencies to embrace Flash player the work load would get easier and cross-browser issues would fade. If only!

Best of luck with http://www.cleverthink.com/. It’s a good read.

Comment on IE Update Imminent: So it’s OK to dump Internet Explorer 6 altogether? by Alan

Alan — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:48:11 +0000

I agree, Chris. One version of IE is more than enough for anyone. But with the rising popularity of Firefox, Macs and mobile browsing, I think we’re still going to be testing for cross-browser compatibility for some time.

Love the blog. Keep up the good work.

Comment on Effective e-learning? It’s about a lot more than browsers. by Browsing the Blogosophere « LifeLongLearningLab

Browsing the Blogosophere « LifeLongLearningLab — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:54:54 +0000

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Comment on A Crash Course in Internet Security (for only $500) by Lenika Shah

Lenika Shah — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:29:05 +0000

He definitely got off easy! I can only imagine what other damage could have been possible. His cavalier attitude is definitely naive. Or maybe we’re a little bit more paranoid this side of the Atlantic?

Comment on The State of Social Networks in 2008 by Valeria Maltoni

Valeria Maltoni — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:11:51 +0000

Thank you for picking up on Seni’s interesting prediction, Jay. It’s true of many things, technology in particular — the people who figure out innovative ways of using it are usually not the ones to create it or discover it in the first place. Does it take a generation? At least generations now are much closer apart than they used to be.

Comment on You’re Already Damned, So Do It by Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:50:45 +0000

Stumbled on to the site. Loved this post. You’re absolutely right about “keeping the cards too close to our chest” and traditional organizations. Why are we so afraid as a people to be who we really are? If people reject us, so be it.

Comment on The Facts Behind Fair Useâ€”Copyright and the Digital Age by chris ammon

chris ammon — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:21:57 +0000

I agree with your post Paul, the law is the law, but what surprises me is her actions from square one. Rather than sue or demand removal of her photo, how about spinning some PR to get some recognition for her work, and more traffic to her site. Hell, all the big name stock photo companies make low resolution versions of their images available, simply by displaying them on screen, for use in mock ups. They make money selling the high resolution stuff or offering unique images. Surely she wasn’t expecting to make money off what is essentially a well-framed and lit snapshot, probably taken at a conference or something. As a record of a moment in time, sure, it is unique, but c’mon it wasn’t an image of Britney WITH panties on or some other uncommon occurance.

Instead of generating good buzz around her, she’s done the opposite.

So I agree with your argument about copyright, but in this particular instance her actions seemed both a weak argument and bad outcome for her.