In the continued battle to have HR departments produce workable acceptable use guidelines for the internet, I stumbled across this old items from Ray Ozzie.
Category Archives: Blogging
Sun 2 : HP 1
It is interesting to watch a public fight, it is even more interesting when it is between two well known companies. From Boing Boing: HP sends Sun’s President a nastygram for blogging
More on blogging fear
Corporate blogging believes the lack of blogging is about knowledge not fear as per Scoble. This is probably true, however before we get everyone out there to blog we must have clear acceptable usage policies from within organisations. Otherwise more and more workers will get fired. Ok, after 9pm is not a good time toContinue reading “More on blogging fear”
Are you afraid to blog?
An interesting perspective on blogging from Michael Gartenberg of Juipter research. He talks about the differences in organisational culture and industry and how this impacts blogging. (thanks to Scoble again). However having spent the last day and half at the People in Business conference and seeing the response to the SurfControl session I am nowContinue reading “Are you afraid to blog?”
Wireless blogging?
I have flown to Melbourne this morning on the 6am Qantas flight, getting up in time to meet this flight should be against the law, but I digress. I had a few minutes and wanted to post a blog so once I had my coffee I decided to see if I could find a wirelessContinue reading “Wireless blogging?”
Another one bites the dust (Maybe)
Steve Rubel has an interesting item about a Delta Airline’s flight attendant who has been suspended for Photo Blogging. You just cannot be to careful what you do on your blog. It seems more and more people are ending up on the wrong side of their blog, IT workers, CEO’s, daughter’s US presidental candidates.
Sun vs HP and blogs
It seems Sun’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz has caused a stir over at HP with his blog. I found in it in ComputerWorld has been reported in several blogs, including Scoble who provides some really good advice, “only say nice things about your competitors. It drives them nuts. ” I love it! I wondered when JonathanContinue reading “Sun vs HP and blogs”
Mainstream blogging
There is a new site/blog setup just for CEO’s who blog, (thanks to Lee LeFever at CommonCraft) does this mean blogging is now completely mainstream and not just for technical people. Heather Leigh has even had her parent’s asking about blogs and speculates what it would be like if her mother wrote one. All ofContinue reading “Mainstream blogging”
Sun requiring employees to sign guidelines on blogging
Steve Rubel talks on a Fortune article that states Sun employees will soon be required to agree to specific guidelines on blogging. Sounds like a good thing. Maybe. Does this mean soon Sun will require employees to sign a document allowing them to talk about work at a BBQ on Sunday afternoon, or at theContinue reading “Sun requiring employees to sign guidelines on blogging”
Recruiting via your blog
For the last 7 months or so two of Microsoft’s recruiters from the Microsoft Core Technical Recruiting team (the “Moon Gals) have been blogging away with a variety of posts. Based on the number of comments (1795) and trackbacks (281) based on only 154 posts, they have a significant readership, me included. Today’s post isContinue reading “Recruiting via your blog”