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Re: German companies overcome E2.0 challenges.

Michael Krigsman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:10:00 -0000

Fantastic and well-written post.

Enterprise 2.0 adherents often assume that everyone wants shared and transparent information. Sadly, agendas of all kinds frequently interfere with that goal.

I believe this fundamental issue is perhaps the single largest obstacle to E20 adoption.

Re: Some Conversations have shifted to Twitter

Michael Krigsman — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:46:57 -0000

Great post!

Michael Krigsman
ZDNet blog: http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mkrigsman

Re: Explaining what the “Social Graph” is to your Executives

Michael Krigsman — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:23:44 -0000

Based on your Twitter announcement, I was looking forward to a clear, business explanation of Social Graph in the executive summary. The executive summary doesn't deliver on that promise.

In effect, you actually established two goals in the executive summary: a. clear presentation, and b. short word count. Unfortunately, the word count "writing challenge" overpowered the more important communication goal.

Perhaps it may appear I'm splitting hairs, but isn't that what we bloggers do? Of course, feel free to do the same over at my ZDNet blog. Critical comments always welcome!

Cheers,

Michael Krigsman
http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures

Re: PR is so over

Michael Krigsman — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:21:42 -0000

I also get tired of receiving press releases where the sender didn't invest even a moment learning about my blogging focus -- an absolute waste of their client's money.

On the other hand, there are PR people who contact me with relevant, focused material useful to my blog focus. In addition, these folks set up meaningful, high-level interviews with their clients on topics that directly within my interest area.

The best PR people act as value-add partners between the client and blogger. That means the value is exchanged in both directions -- as it should in all good partnerships.

Re: Sometimes it’s too important

Michael Krigsman — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:50:53 -0000

I totally agree and have posted about it here.

Michael Krigsman
<a href="http://projectfailures.com" rel="nofollow">http://projectfailures.com

Re: The best advice about cash you’ll ever read

Michael Krigsman — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:09:04 -0000

Dennis,

Thanks for pointing out simple, easy to use steps to help any small business reduce receivables and build customer relationships at the same time.

Michael Krigsman -- http://projectfailures.com

Re: Service launch – 5-7th June

Michael Krigsman — Tue, 29 May 2007 22:51:01 -0000

(good answer)

Re: Service launch – 5-7th June

Michael Krigsman — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:04:15 -0000

Dennis,

Please tell us, your loyal readers, a bit more about life as a geek girl. Also, maybe drop a few more hints regarding your new project?

Michael Krigsmanhttp://projectfailures.com

Re: 15 Rules for clients

Michael Krigsman — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:55:43 -0000

I liked this post so much I blogged about it here.

Michael krigsmanhttp://projectfailures.com

Re: 15 Rules for clients

Michael Krigsman — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:37:40 -0000

Dennis,

In general, the honest/integrity of a vendor should count for a great deal more than it often does.

While these comments apply to lawyers and accountants, they work equally well for consultants. Many IT project failures are driven by external consultants pursuing their own self-interest, rather than doing what's right for their customer.

Thanks for raising this important issue. By the way, I always enjoy your blog.

Michael Krigsmanhttp://projectfailures.com

Re: Technorati is Toast: Drops Older Posts from Index

Michael Krigsman — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:05:15 -0000

Zoli,

Some time ago, I did a detailed examination of Technorati "rules", trying to understand something of what goes on over there. I recall reading that authority is based on the most recent six-month period. This may be relevant to the issue you raised.

By the way, does Technorati authority-updating generally seem weird, quixotic, and idiosyncratic (ie: buggy and non-intuitive)?

Cheers,
Michael Krigsman
http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures

Re: FeedBurner Missing Google Feedfetcher Again

Michael Krigsman — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:41:29 -0000

Yeah, thanks for the heads-up. I was wondering about that same problem today as well.

Re: Guy Kawasaki Takes Over TechCrunch…

Michael Krigsman — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:57:11 -0000

Zoli,

Most likely, it is because he is insanely posting/twittering/talking about Truemors, his website. Short bits, repeated anywhere and everywhere.

Michael Krigsman
http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures

Re: Google Apps and Account Chaos Fixed (More or Less)

Michael Krigsman — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:53:42 -0000

This is waaaay to complicated. No civilian (non-techy, non-early adopter) would waste their time jumping through so many hoops.

If Zoli can't figure this out and get it running properly, then it can't be done.

Michael Krigsman
Project Failures

Re: You Can’t Compare Technorati to Amazon

Michael Krigsman — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:23:22 -0000

Zoli, Appreciate your comments, but I wasn't trying to boil the ocean on Technorati. I was only reacting to this one situation, without commenting or making inferences to the company's overall record of support.
As one of their customers, I can second your complaints about their support history. On the other hand, they did a great job this time.

Re: The ZDNet Obstacle Course, or Eating One’s Own Dog Food

Michael Krigsman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:41:26 -0000

Stephen, Thanks for sharing the reasoning behind the comment wall, which of course we've discussed before.

You made a clear statement of the trade-off between the registration economics and the number of comments, from both the ZDNet and blogger/user perspectives.

Watching my own blog stats, there's absolutely no denying the power of the ZDNet newsletters. At the same time, more comments also means more love, page views, discussion, and so on.

Many ZDNet bloggers are routinely asked (often on Twitter) about the comment wall. Here are some examples:

http://summize.com/search?max_id=843517667&...

Isn't there some way to retain the economic benefits while making the whole thing easier for users?

Re: The ZDNet Obstacle Course, or Eating One’s Own Dog Food

Michael Krigsman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:55:46 -0000

Josh, May a thousand years of sunshine rain down warmth on you and yours.

Re: Social Media as Personal Power

Michael Krigsman — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:11:47 -0000

You're saying the difference between enterprise software and social media software is the latter empowers individuals. While you don't explicitly state what enterprise software does, presumably it empowers groups (ie: companies).

You go on to say that "Social media tools are built to connect individual voices to a community." Here's where I see a disconnect: from this description, it appears that enterprise software and social media tools end up doing the same thing. Since I suspect that's not your argument, could you elaborate more on what the differences actually are?

By the way, was great to meet you on Twitter, and hope we can get together here in Boston sometime.

Michael Krigsman
Blog: http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mkrigsman

Re: Why enterprise software isn’t sexy

Michael Krigsman — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:50:25 -0000

Geez, Scoble, I like you but you missed the boat entirely on this one. I've blogged the response over at ZDNet:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=524

Michael Krigsman
http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures

Re: Enterprise “firestorm” continues on

Michael Krigsman — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:25:23 -0000

Hey Robert, It has been fun, hasn't it :-)

Michael Krigsman
http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures

Re: Why we’re going to FastCompany.tv

Michael Krigsman — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:23:58 -0000

Congratulations - look forward to seeing your new work!

Re: Maryam on Yahoo’s rejection of Microsoft

Michael Krigsman — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:00:01 -0000

At this point the blog swarm on Techmeme is almost as interesting as the story itself.

As I blogged, it's time for Microsoft to break itself into sensible, bite-sized pieces. After that's accomplished, Yahoo can buy the newly-minted Microsoft Internet division.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=584

Re: No, I didn’t take down Amazon

Michael Krigsman — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:54:56 -0000

Yes, yes, it was Twitter's fault. Where ever twitter goes to host, they immediately fail. Some of sort of voodoo hex or spell. I suggest exorcism.

Re: The Scoble Top Tech Blogger/FriendFeed/Social Media List

Michael Krigsman — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:08:20 -0000

Hey, thanks for including me in your list.

This proves that enterprise software can be sexy after all!

Re: The Scoble Top Tech Blogger/FriendFeed/Social Media List

Michael Krigsman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:40:19 -0000

I totally, absolutely, completely agree that "someone who only tweets is superficial."

Sure, 140 characters is a great way to concisely share bits of information. But, how can short info-bursts replace writing logically composed thoughts and arguments?

Fact: blogging is hard and twittering is easy. Although both are useful, confusing or equating their value for substantive communication is a mistake.

Re: Anti-depression thinking: what do we do?

Michael Krigsman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:17:35 -0000

Most importantly, stay calm and try to maintain some sense of personal balance. Yes, it's hard in this difficult environment, but a relaxed mind makes every problem more manageable.

Re: What is Business Software, Really?

Michael Krigsman — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:04:06 -0000

You make a good point on the complexity/simplicity issue. Generally, I agree 100% and have blogged more than once on exactly this issue.

However, when we talk of enterprise software, we enter a realm where the people actively involved are typically professionals in the field, so have at least a basic understanding of the issues, jargon, implications, and so on.

Thanks for raising the issue, as in general, jargon-free communication is better communication.

Michael Krigsman
http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures