Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is blogging about work OK?

2008-06-18 Thread j. eric townsend
Prachi Sakhardande wrote: Hi There Here's a question to all the avid bloggers on this list. How do you draw the line between what work related stuff you can blog about? I think it depends on where you work, both in terms of the firm and the country. In the US, we have this recent thing

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is blogging about work OK?

2008-06-18 Thread Martin
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 6:08 AM, j. eric townsend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - only designated representatives for the company can discuss anything about the company, its market, or competing companies in any online/electronic forum. As a counterpoint to this, there is the Cluetrain

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is blogging about work OK?

2008-06-17 Thread Chauncey Wilson
From a legal perspective, your employer generally owns all the intellectual property associated with your work (though you could have a contract that does allow you certain joint rights). If you develop a method inside a company, say a particular way to do workflow design, there might be aspects

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Is blogging about work OK?

2008-06-17 Thread Benjamin Ho
I suggest: Blog about principles instead of methodology. Methodology seems more contextual (varies much) whereas principles - stuff you learned for yourself - can help others create a foundation. You can do this without even mentioning your employer. What you learn is more important than how a

[IxDA Discuss] Is blogging about work OK?

2008-06-16 Thread Prachi Sakhardande
Hi There Here's a question to all the avid bloggers on this list. How do you draw the line between what work related stuff you can blog about? Since most of us do interaction design at work, and talk about the same one way or the other in our blogs, where do you draw the line? Is it OK to