Saturday, June 08, 2002

Communications efficiency. Time spent.  20 phone calls:  A day (including voice mail tag). 200 e-mails:  3-4 hours (relevant e-mails only, including inefficient repetitive replies due to a lack of viewable archiving). 50 weblogs with 10 posts a day (500 entries):    20 minutes to scan.  20 minutes to post responses. Finding information.  Phone calls:  Limited to voice mail inbox.  No record of previous conversations.  Limited to personal interactions.  E-mail:  Limited to personal e-mail only.  No public archive.  Most e-mail tools have horribly slow search features.  Weblogs (K-Logs):  Internet search (Google on the Web or Intranet) extremely fast.  Leverages the contributions of the entire corporation. Departing employees.  Phone calls:  Lost. E-mail:  Lost. Weblogs:  Archived for posterity.  I think what we are developing here is an efficiency hierarchy of communication.  For sharing knowledge with a large group of constantly shifting individuals; weblogs win hands down.  For introductions (invitations to further interaction) and ongoing interactions with specific individuals, e-mail works great.  For immediate resolution of a complicated situation, use the phone. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] 6:59:24 AM

Brits Going Mobile With Parties. Young people in England are finding a new way to hook up and party. It's part scavenger hunt and part rave, and it's called an M-Party. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News] 6:58:50 AM

Analysis: Dell morphing into IT services company. Top 5 server vendor acquires Plural [InfoWorld: Top News] Dell picks up a professional services company to support their enterprise-class servers. 6:55:09 AM