So far I'm the only one with the password to post to the blog, but I'd really like to pass that info on to others, so that it's sharable, like the wiki.
Part of the reason for the blog was to have a dynamic site like the wiki so we can keep the main Web site relatively stable and static. I put some info about graduation, though. sean I'll put something up about the EAC class. On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 07:14:15PM -0000, nneff wrote: > Speaking of the Blog, Dan or Sean, can you post about our EAC class > graduating tomorrow? > > I'll provide you some details (How many, etc) after they graduate > tomorrow. > > --Nate > > --- In [email protected], adelmand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Corporate blogs are usually used in addition to corporate websites to > > highlight important events or specific types of information. They do > > not replace a good website, but rather supplement it. One of the > > many advantages of blogging is that blogging software generates > > "feeds" of the information in the blog. The feeds allow interested > > parties to see what has been added to the blog in a chronological > > manner, similar to e-mail. Blogs allow people seeking information > > about Bworks at least two additional ways to find it. More ways to > > find information = more publicity and involvement. It's worth noting > > that blogs have become an integral part of communication via the > > internet (there are more than 113 million of them) and are published > > by virtually every print publication (p-d publishes 45 blogs), TV > > station (KSDK has 7) and fortune 500 company in the country. The > > city's mayor even has two opinion-based blogs and regularly publishes > > video and audio segments. > > > > In the really broad overview, myspace, web sites, blogs, RSS, Wikis, > > google docs and e-mail are all ways of both delivering and receiving > > information. These methods differ from nearly all previously > > existing media in that they allow "two-way, many-to-many" > > communication and sometimes collaboration. This can be difficult to > > cope with at first, as it can be a bit like carrying on a dozen > > conversations at once. Some researchers speculate that we're seeing > > a resurgence in the victorian idea of "the public persona", because > > constant many-to-many communication requires a very consistent > > presentation of oneself that most non-famous folks are unfamiliar > > with. Additionally, all that incoming information has to be filtered > > somehow, (not all of it is unbiased or even true) and there are some > > surprising solutions to that dilemma also. In any case, many-to-many > > communication is here for the long haul - whether it be in the form > > of blogs, websites, wikis or something else that doesn't yet exist. > > > > Dan > > > > > > On Dec 6, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Sean Burns wrote: > > > > On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:42:14PM -0000, Robert S. DeLorey wrote: > > > I'm not into blogging but just for the hell of it I went to our > > > website and clicked on the link to the BWorks Blog. I read through > > > the few messages that have been posted and for the life of me can't > > > figure why the blog exists, other than to fragment our > > > communications. > > > While there, I ran across a note about our lack of internet service > > > for our graduates and chased some of the hyperlinks. The following > > > paragraphs are form the CIN website: > > > > Obviously it's useful if you're learning something, like not > > having Internet service for our graduates. Interestingly, before > > I started the blog, that bit of news had been on the website for > > MONTHS! But you learned it from the blog. > > > > Also, regarding the fragmenting of communications, when I first > > proposed the blog, why didn't you say something then? > > > > sean > > -- > > Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:05:26 -0600 > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:18:32 -0600
