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Re: Blog Council: A Thinly Veiled Department Meeting

Mark \ — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:51:23 -0000

I haven't, but I'll check it out now.

Re: Blog Council: A Thinly Veiled Department Meeting

Mark \ — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:50:55 -0000

No...

... Those doing it right should be the ones teaching the ones who aren't.

It shouldn't be a blind-leading-the-blind situation. Nothing ever gets accomplished by that.

Re: Blog Council: A Thinly Veiled Department Meeting

Jake McKee — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:48:42 -0000

So wait... in your mind the people doing it right (and thus don't really need the help of others) are the ones that should make up this group, not the ones that aren't doing it right (and thus need help from others)?

Uh....

Re: Blog Council: A Thinly Veiled Department Meeting

coffeecupkat — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:22:09 -0000

"We had meetings about meetings. We had impromptu meetings about those meetings. I was hired as a coder and software engineer, but I soon found out my actual job function was to perform well in meetings."

Mark, have you read "And Then We Came to the End" by Joshua Ferris?

If not, you would seriously appreciate the humor.

Re: Blog Council: A Thinly Veiled Department Meeting

Parul — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:15:03 -0000

Interesting concept!Iâ€™m very sure a number of people would wana discuss what we learn, write and struggle with. Iâ€™ve always learned from some blend of doing it myself and snooping to others - to me, this is another way to work.

Parul
www.bhopu.com

Re: Blog Council: A Thinly Veiled Department Meeting

Zach Beauvais — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:41:27 -0000

Wow, a council? It sounds like old businesses are trying to lend their own pseudo-authority to the matter. Doesn't this sound a little more ominous than you made it out to be? "...and develop standards-based best practices as a model for other corporate blogs." That sounds a little like asserting control over other bloggers.

I don't think it will work, but I think it has potential to be even messier than you're imagining.
-Z