Comments on: Micro-blogging in the enterprise: an idea whose time has come?

By: Romasha Roy Choudhury

Romasha Roy Choudhury — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:43:24 +0000

Hi Ross
Wanted to update you about the newest cyn.in release that now includes Microblogging – within cyn.in’s collaboration environment.
Do check out the details here: https://blog.cynapse.com/cynin-v2-1-release-announcement
I’d love to hear your feedback.

By: Ross Dawson

Ross Dawson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:20:27 +0000

Thanks Romasha.
I absolutely agree with the concept of integrating microblogging into other collaborative tools, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do well – I expect that you and others will be working on this issue for a while yet. Look forward to seeing what you come up with when it’s announced!
I’m just beginning to experiment with microblogging in my own (small) companies, so we’ll see how that goes…

By: Romasha Roy Choudhury

Romasha Roy Choudhury — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:11:12 +0000

I completely agree with you , Ross.
We at Cynapse, have seen how difficult it is for businesses to adopt new technologies, especially when it does not translate directly to increase in revenue.
We realized that an enterprise version of twitter would really work only if it was contextually integrated into the tools that their teams already use for collaboration. So we tightly integrated microblogging into cyn.in. We’ve also added threaded discussions to messages to make it a great way to start conversations and increase knowledge sharing!
I’ve just put up our ideas on why we believe in microblogging and how we have implemented those in cyn.in. Would love to hear your feedback.
https://blog.cynapse.com/twitter-ing-in-the-enterprise-are-we-kidding

By: Ross Dawson

Ross Dawson — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:14:20 +0000

Yes I absolutely agree Pieter. However I wouldn’t underestimate the massive challenges in doing this well – in many cases it could introduce more inefficiencies than it overcomes.

By: Pieter Jansegers

Pieter Jansegers — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:16:36 +0000

For an international organisation active in many countries, microblogs could provide a unique way for international socializing and identity reinforcement of that company.
You mail essentially to people you know of, but your micromessages can be read by anyone in the company anywhere in the world.
The enlarging capacities of microblogging for the social dimensions of an enterprise could turn out to be really fantastic.

By: Reframe It -- It's Your Web, Speak Up, Give It Context

Reframe It -- It's Your Web, Speak Up, Give It Context — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:29:20 +0000

respres had this to say

We’ve been using Yammer internally and it’s been a huge win for our internal communication.

By: Ross Dawson

Ross Dawson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:41:08 +0000

Thanks Daniela these are some great points.
I certainly expect evolutions of micro-blogging into new forms to be more relevant to the enterprise. For example, overlaying user filtering (possibly by attention profiles :-) ) on micro-blogging streams can help to bring out what’s relevant to the individual.
In addition there is the possibility of using channels or tags to make sure people see what they need and not too much more, and threaded comments in some form.
I just see so much potential here – let’s try to work out how to do this well, because it’s going to take some working out.
For those who didn’t see it, Daniela’s latest post on the topic is at:
https://danielabarbosa.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-you-need-another-twitt-in-your.html

By: pligg.com

pligg.com — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:45:01 +0000

Micro-blogging in the enterprise: an idea whose time has come? - Trends in the Living Networks In short, enterprise micro-blogging, implemented well, could create far more effective organizations, and be a tangible source of competitive advantage.

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By: daniela barbosa

daniela barbosa — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:54:47 +0000

I just posted a post on the same topic-and shortly after i started thinking about the continuous strain on information organization and knowledge retention that some of these tools my further create since there do not seem to be optimized for in the Enterprise space. (not saying they won’t get there)
I know as a Twitter user sometimes i can spend a while looking for that ‘Twitt’- search is ok but as volume of repeated twitts or language differences between regions for example say the question “what is the best environment dishwasher” is asked every few days-sometimes people use ‘environmental’ sometimes ‘green’- sure someone out there will have answers- will the ‘popular’ answer become automatic or will the two people that answered the first time it was asked, turn to four; then six; then eight then and eventually ten plus people are taking the time out of their day to answer the same question? [or worse yet no one answers because they think someone else will get it]…all the while annoying everyone else that knows the answer).
Lots of good stuff to think about! I certainly see the benefits and I am looking forward to working on resolving some of the issues of these new media formats.