Comments on: Dude, you’re getting a blog http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Mon, 30 May 2011 20:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ian Delaneyhttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-59 Ian Delaney Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:14:07 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/07/11/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-59 Agreed, Range. Software developers can be a lot more flexible in any case. It takes very little effort to incorporate a customer idea of request, relatively speaking. Hardware people have to order their stuff from Taiwan in terms of millions of units, perhaps 12 months in advance. An idea about hardware design being better will have to go through 30 different people, and get mistranslated a dozen times in the process. Dell lobbyists should stick to keeping up the heat on tech support, IMHO. Agreed, Range. Software developers can be a lot more flexible in any case. It takes very little effort to incorporate a customer idea of request, relatively speaking. Hardware people have to order their stuff from Taiwan in terms of millions of units, perhaps 12 months in advance. An idea about hardware design being better will have to go through 30 different people, and get mistranslated a dozen times in the process. Dell lobbyists should stick to keeping up the heat on tech support, IMHO.

]]> By: rangehttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-57 range Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:54:52 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/07/11/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-57 It's important to have a blog for a company. Though the relevance for the day to day blogger might be in question. I find blogs from software developers a lot more useful. If you track your comments with something like coComments, you know the instant that you receive any feedback. Useful. It’s important to have a blog for a company. Though the relevance for the day to day blogger might be in question.

I find blogs from software developers a lot more useful. If you track your comments with something like coComments, you know the instant that you receive any feedback. Useful.

]]> By: Marchttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-48 Marc Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:14:14 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/07/11/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-48 How many people are going to go hang around the Dell website? Probably thousands, but I suspect they'll be mostly made of Dell employees and the employees of Dell's partners and suppliers. They'll fill the blog with chatter but that does not make them customers. Marc How many people are going to go hang around the Dell website?

Probably thousands, but I suspect they’ll be mostly made of Dell employees and the employees of Dell’s partners and suppliers.

They’ll fill the blog with chatter but that does not make them customers.

Marc

]]> By: Ian Delaneyhttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-47 Ian Delaney Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:36:23 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/07/11/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-47 Hi there Marc, Of course these things will evolve, and I suspect the term 'blog' may seem very old-fashioned in five years. But if, as a big company, you had the opportunity to communicate with individuals on a very personal level, would you not want to try to take that step? Business blogs are a positive step, by every metric, if they do it right. It means they are taking the risk of publishing their exchanges with customers. How can they possibly get away with bad service under those conditions? Hi there Marc,

Of course these things will evolve, and I suspect the term ‘blog’ may seem very old-fashioned in five years.

But if, as a big company, you had the opportunity to communicate with individuals on a very personal level, would you not want to try to take that step?

Business blogs are a positive step, by every metric, if they do it right. It means they are taking the risk of publishing their exchanges with customers. How can they possibly get away with bad service under those conditions?

]]> By: Marchttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-46 Marc Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:58:20 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/07/11/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-46 We'll see when the novelty wears off... People used to have Websites with Guestbooks. Personal websites were big. Then someone made a better guestbook and they called them blogs :) Real progress happens at a much deeper level. Marc We’ll see when the novelty wears off… People used to have Websites with Guestbooks. Personal websites were big. Then someone made a better guestbook and they called them blogs :)

Real progress happens at a much deeper level.

Marc

]]> By: ranghttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-43 rang Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:43:54 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/07/11/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-43 I don't know the actual relevance of their blog. It's just another business blog. Nothing earthshattering. I would probably read an independent blogger before I would check out their posts, which I just did for about 20 seconds before closing the tab. I don’t know the actual relevance of their blog. It’s just another business blog. Nothing earthshattering. I would probably read an independent blogger before I would check out their posts, which I just did for about 20 seconds before closing the tab.

]]> By: Ian Delaneyhttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-40 Ian Delaney Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:57:43 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/07/11/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-40 Yes. But given how connected we all are nowadays, is the stone age metaphor really apt? An individual's reach is now a million times further than the next hill, and their extended circle of trusted acquaintances proportionally so. I'd prefer to view this as empowerment rather than a retrograde movement. Yes. But given how connected we all are nowadays, is the stone age metaphor really apt? An individual’s reach is now a million times further than the next hill, and their extended circle of trusted acquaintances proportionally so. I’d prefer to view this as empowerment rather than a retrograde movement.

]]> By: Marchttp://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-38 Marc Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:52:35 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/07/11/dude-youre-getting-a-blog/#comment-38 It's a domino effect ... I think it actualy validates one of the observations in the hunter-gatherer metaphor of Web 2.0: trusted individuals are once again the source of news in society. Marc It’s a domino effect …

I think it actualy validates one of the observations in the hunter-gatherer metaphor of Web 2.0: trusted individuals are once again the source of news in society.

Marc

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