I've set up a demo server for those people who have yet to experience nntp//rss. Check out the following post to the nntp//rss forum for more information: http://www.methodize.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15 By the way - this server is running a work-in-progress copy of... [Jason Brome's Weblog]

I've set up a demo server for those people who have yet to experience nntp//rss. Check out the following post to the nntp//rss forum for more information: http://www.methodize.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15 By the way - this server is running a work-in-progress copy of... [Jason Brome's Weblog]

There's been a wash of articles this month that appear to solidify the position of weblogs as an online content platform for politics, business and public information. ... http://radio.weblogs.com/0103705/2003/07/23.html#a479

(SOURCE:"jrobb")-Thank goodness John Robb is back blogging excellent stuff like this again!
<QUOTE># K-Logs break down information silos. ... # K-Logs simplify finding information. All information posted to K-Logs is made to the Intranet where they can be easily searched by standard search engines. ... K-Logs are your internal business card). # K-Logs radically increase the possibility that meaningful information and knowledge will be captured and archived on the Intranet. There isn't another system that even comes close. K-Logs provide employees with a system that is easy to use (virtually zero training), immediate benefits, and enhanced personal prestige/value. Additionally, K-Logs can be used continuously on an ad hoc or project by project basis, as a result they are very flexible and horizontal in their utilization (increases the potential that they will be used). ...</QUOTE>
[Roland Tanglao: KLogs]

(SOURCE:The Death Of The Webmaster: Why Weblogs Bring A True Revolution To Internet Publishing - Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings)-Word!
<QUOTE>So, you can see how the advent of weblogs, was masqueraded on the surface by the "bloggers" fad, and completely misunderstood by those who would be most benefitting from the advent of such technology-based opportunities. We are ushering into an era in which things are changing at an increasing faster pace, and where ever more frequently we are looking at reality with an outdated pair of glasses, so it is difficult for me to anticipate with greater detail what the appropriate understanding and ethical exploitation of the above will exactly bring about. What I can say with some amount of safety, is that I cannot recommend enough the use of weblog/CMS based technology for both traditional business applications as well as for those organizations entrenched in publishing methods that require a seven-day tour before the content even makes it to the test server. The learning curve for these powerful CMS technologies is basically none and the cost-effectiveness is several orders of magnitude better than when working with a full-time webmaster or with an IT/Information Publishing department that wants to "webmaster" everything you do.</QUOTE>
[Roland Tanglao: KLogs]

(SOURCE:"aklogapart")-Beatifully packaged presentation about blogs. Excellent for newcomers.
<QUOTE>Web logs, or “blogs,” aren’t just for personal sites. Sites of all kinds can employ blogs to keep visitors informed and up to date. Learn what a blog can do for your site, and see the best tools for creating and maintaining them.</QUOTE>
[Roland Tanglao: KLogs]

(SOURCE:"wirearchy")-Bold bits added by me! Yup, the tools help but are not an end in themselves. Until they become as easy to use as a pen and paper we have lots of room for improvement. In the meantime, blogs are an excellent way of communicating people's passion, expertise and voice ; something that was not as easy (or in fact a lot more difficult) to communicate with bulletin boards, Usenet and email.
<QUOTE> Despite the potentially democratizing nature of the Web, I think one of the important lessons learned from the Internet and this afternoon's discussion is that the Internet and blogging are indeed just tools. They can be tuned to better promote a point of view or better disseminate information, but they are only as good as the "content" they are spreading. ... the Internet empowers a vast array of participants to produce and share their own content, the most successful of which will rise to the top and become a mass phenomenon by virtue of the power of that content and the robustness of the tools that allow the virus to spread. Comments I feel that RSS is actually the tool that gave blogs parity with bulletin boards, not something that put them over the top. ... What the newsgroups did not provide, IMO, is that richness of personal expression that blogs let you have. You did not know anything about the author. You could not easily see their other postings to other newsgroups, etc, etc. That is just fine in some situations. Bulletin boards/forums at photo.net are an amazing collection of Photographic knowledge that would be hard to replicate in a different form. In fact, any Q&A on a massive scale still cannot occur within a blog continuum, but goes on happily in newsgroups. The reason BB's were not considered a democraticizing tool is because of their Q&a structure that gives the same voice to everyone. For blogs, the voice of the author is pre-eminent. S/he may or may not allow comments, but in the end it is the author's rant that readers come for. Because a specific voice is heard, and the record of the author is easier to establish, traditional media feels more comfortable quoting blogs than BBs.</QUOTE>
[Roland Tanglao: KLogs]

(SOURCE:"wirearchy")-Wow! NewsGator + MovableType + SharePoint RSS feeds = Better company

A model case study for corporations wanting to adopt blogs and RSS
<QUOTE>Internal weblogs were created using Six Apart's Movable Type. Internal authors are accustomed to sending email, but now post certain information to their new weblog instead; when they do, a permanent, searchable record exists of the information. "It's a delicate balance between email and weblogs," says Allie, "but we're getting better at it." Multiple groups within Triple Point are now using weblogs. The development teams use them to post frequently asked questions, design documentation, daily test results, status reports, and other information. With a mixture of individual and project weblogs, the information tends to categorize itself, and others can easily subscribe to the portions they care about. The sales force is also using weblogs to keep abreast of prospects, processes, and general questions and answers, promoting quick and seamless communication across the entire team. With these weblogs and NewsGator, Triple Point is changing the way they communicate internally. "People produce local, private content in email and send it to a select few. Often it may be the wrong select few. We're trying to change that," says Allie. "Publish globally, via weblogs, but still read locally, via Outlook and NewsGator." Business Systems Second, automated business systems are being retrofitted to generate data in RSS format. For example, Triple Point uses StarTeam for source control and release management. Using the StarTeam API and some XML savvy, they have built dynamic RSS feeds based on changes to the projects managed by StarTeam. In the past, developers were required to produce email announcements of each source code change; now that process has been automated via RSS. The benefits to this go past the obvious, according to Allie. "The new sales guy can subscribe to the feed for the month that he cares about serving a new prospect, and ignore it at other times. Further, the producer of the announcement need not be concerned that the message is not getting out to the right set of people. The distribution lists are self-regulating." Intranet Third, intranet content is being enhanced with RSS. For example, content in SharePoint is being enhanced to generate RSS change notifications, and other systems have been so modified as well. Whenever existing notification systems were inadequate, clumsy, or manual, Triple Point has built RSS generation systems around them to enhance and automate the process. Client To tie it all together, NewsGator has been adopted as the company-wide standard client for RSS feeds. Since employees already use Outlook, "NewsGator was the natural choice," says Allie. And since Outlook itself is a personal database system, using NewsGator allows RSS-driven content to be locally archived and persisted on an individual basis. At the same time this content is being stored locally by certain individuals, it’s also being archived publicly and searchable for all users within the organization. "We now have the best of both worlds," Allie says. NewsGator's short learning curve, convenience, and ease of use has been a boon for Triple Point. "We started enhancing our systems to work with RSS in September 2002, and used stand-alone news aggregators on the desktops," says Allie. "By February 2003 less than 5% of potential users were reading these feeds regularly." Triple Point switched to NewsGator in March 2003, and within two months saw adoption increase to about 35%. "The key for us is the tight integration with Outlook – the stand-alone tools never became popular with our users." Using NewsGator, Triple Point integrates information from RSS feeds into Outlook, where it becomes just another information source alongside email. With more RSS information sources available every day, NewsGator has proven itself as a critical tool in Triple Point's day to day operations.</QUOTE>
[Roland Tanglao: KLogs]