Comments on: Thinking beyond e-mail http://www.dadams.co.uk/2008/03/27/thinking-beyond-e-mail/ "I don't celebrate the magical thinking that says one random point in the space-time continuum is somehow special" - Scott Adams (via Dilbert) Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carl Tyler http://www.dadams.co.uk/2008/03/27/thinking-beyond-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Carl Tyler Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:57:13 +0000 http://www.dadams.co.uk/2008/03/27/thinking-beyond-e-mail/#comment-477 Having had experience of Sametime chat rooms for a few years they can be a great benefit to companies. They can however also suffer in the same way that discussion databases can, which is how do you get people in there and use them instead of Email? Email for many is just too convenient, they're in it already and the send mail button is right there. That's what's nice about persistent chat over discussion forums, the IM client is there, so the access is just as convenient. But like anything be it web pages, forums, newsgroups etc. it's all about content, if the content or exchanging of ideas doesn't thrill you, you still probably won't take part. Welcome to the Persistent chat party IBM :-) Having had experience of Sametime chat rooms for a few years they can be a great benefit to companies.

They can however also suffer in the same way that discussion databases can, which is how do you get people in there and use them instead of Email?

Email for many is just too convenient, they’re in it already and the send mail button is right there. That’s what’s nice about persistent chat over discussion forums, the IM client is there, so the access is just as convenient. But like anything be it web pages, forums, newsgroups etc. it’s all about content, if the content or exchanging of ideas doesn’t thrill you, you still probably won’t take part.

Welcome to the Persistent chat party IBM :-)

]]> By: Stuart McIntyre http://www.dadams.co.uk/2008/03/27/thinking-beyond-e-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Stuart McIntyre Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.dadams.co.uk/2008/03/27/thinking-beyond-e-mail/#comment-475 Nice post, Mr A. Loved the "I AM" reference ;-) I think the triple whammy of Quickr, Sametime and Connections is a great one, really extending collaboration in any business that currently relies on email. I find the new CEO Community Collaboration bundle http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/ceo-community-bundle.html is a great way of getting this triumvirate of products in from of a customer and really proving the innovation and value available from Lotus these days... Nice post, Mr A. Loved the “I AM” reference ;-)

I think the triple whammy of Quickr, Sametime and Connections is a great one, really extending collaboration in any business that currently relies on email. I find the new CEO Community Collaboration bundle http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/ceo-community-bundle.html is a great way of getting this triumvirate of products in from of a customer and really proving the innovation and value available from Lotus these days…

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