Comments on: Twitter Enters the Enterprise? http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Ives http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-46141 Bill Ives Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:21:55 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-46141 Jon - Thanks anyway. I have been collecting a few of these posts. Jon – Thanks anyway. I have been collecting a few of these posts.

]]> By: Jon Husband http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-46102 Jon Husband Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:42:59 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-46102 I was going to comment that a fair number of early adopters have already written about the ways twitter or derivatives could be useful in enetrprise settings, but I see that this comment is now redundant ;-) I was going to comment that a fair number of early adopters have already written about the ways twitter or derivatives could be useful in enetrprise settings, but I see that this comment is now redundant ;-)

]]> By: Bill Ives http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-45829 Bill Ives Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:42:46 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-45829 John I really liked your comparison of blogs and twitter which I will repeat here. “blogging is about announcing, communicating, sharing, productivity, there is lots about how this benefits the enterprise. Twitter is a micro-blogging network, so it’s a bit different has you can only share brief content, so it’s more about location, presence, status, updates…I see this as very useful especially for business travel or for people who are never at their desk, or I suppose for geographically spread teams.” This is a clear explanation for using Twitter in the enterprise. John I really liked your comparison of blogs and twitter which I will repeat here. “blogging is about announcing, communicating, sharing, productivity, there is lots about how this benefits the enterprise. Twitter is a micro-blogging network, so it’s a bit different has you can only share brief content, so it’s more about location, presence, status, updates…I see this as very useful especially for business travel or for people who are never at their desk, or I suppose for geographically spread teams.” This is a clear explanation for using Twitter in the enterprise.

]]> By: John Tropea http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-45658 John Tropea Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:19:48 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-45658 Hey Bill, This post caught my eye, and I see Jack and Luis have dropped in, I posted about business uses for Twitter a little while ago. http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/05/21/twitter-for-business-and-presence-social-network/ I like that work colleagues that follow you could receive a quick announcement on the go, right from the palm of your hand. I like that you can SMS a shoutout of your presence in a snap and your followers are informed, it's very low cognitive publishing...no brainer, just a mini publish and everyone is in the know, you don't have to send it to anyone, people who follow you will receive it. Luis did a podcast on it with Tom Mandel on Maggie Fox's show; http://www.smcpodcast.com/index.php?post_id=212680 NOTE: Nouncer.com looks like it's a micro-blogging solution The Swarm and Talk-Now look similar, but more of an indicator than publishing: http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/05/08/roundup-feedsmith-feedest-flurry-updates-iotum-talk-now-twitbin-and-tweetbar/ Hey Bill,

This post caught my eye, and I see Jack and Luis have dropped in, I posted about business uses for Twitter a little while ago.

http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/05/21/twitter-for-business-and-presence-social-network/

I like that work colleagues that follow you could receive a quick announcement on the go, right from the palm of your hand.

I like that you can SMS a shoutout of your presence in a snap and your followers are informed, it’s very low cognitive publishing…no brainer, just a mini publish and everyone is in the know, you don’t have to send it to anyone, people who follow you will receive it.

Luis did a podcast on it with Tom Mandel on Maggie Fox’s show;
http://www.smcpodcast.com/index.php?post_id=212680

NOTE: Nouncer.com looks like it’s a micro-blogging solution

The Swarm and Talk-Now look similar, but more of an indicator than publishing:
http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/05/08/roundup-feedsmith-feedest-flurry-updates-iotum-talk-now-twitbin-and-tweetbar/

]]> By: Bill Ives http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44751 Bill Ives Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:18:00 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-44751 Luis - My mistake - I read the orange text too fast. This makes sense. Thanks, Bill Luis – My mistake – I read the orange text too fast. This makes sense. Thanks, Bill

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44679 Luis Suarez Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:34:17 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-44679 Hi Bill! Errr, did I say BlueTart? Nope, just re-read the comment above. It is called BlueTwit, which seems like a clone from Twitter with the blue flavour ;-) Nothing about "tarts" in here :-O heh Hi Bill! Errr, did I say BlueTart? Nope, just re-read the comment above. It is called BlueTwit, which seems like a clone from Twitter with the blue flavour ;-) Nothing about “tarts” in here :-O heh

]]> By: Bill Ives http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44663 Bill Ives Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:54:43 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-44663 Luis - Thanks for the links. It is great to see all these twitter defenders emerge. I will certainly look at your 10 reasons, as well as Blue Tart - following in the footsteps of Dogear. I understand the metaphor for Dogear and bookmarking - what is the reason for BlueTart? Luis – Thanks for the links. It is great to see all these twitter defenders emerge. I will certainly look at your 10 reasons, as well as Blue Tart – following in the footsteps of Dogear. I understand the metaphor for Dogear and bookmarking – what is the reason for BlueTart?

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44553 Luis Suarez Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:01:10 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-44553 Hi Bill! Really nice blog post! Thanks a bunch for sharing it with us and for showing some of the concerns on the potential business use of Twitter. I must say that I agree with Jack on his comments about trying it out. Believe me, it will change your perception about it. Many months ago I was on the same situation as you described above. I then decided to give it a try for a few weeks and as a result of that initial trial it has become now one of my essential tools to keep in touch with my different social networks. So much so that some time ago I created the following blog post to reflect how it could well be used from a business perspective: "<a href="http://www.elsua.net/2007/03/15/10-reasons-why-twitter-will-help-improve-your-already-existing-social-networks/" rel="nofollow">10 Reasons Why Twitter Will Help Improve Your Already Existing Social Networks</a>". As I said, you will have to try it to see the potential. Best part of it though is that there are a whole bunch of KMers and E2.0ers already on it and plenty of really good conversations going on the side. Hardly to be missed. Then perhaps you could convince me to make use of Facebook, and why you are on it, because so far I haven't bought into it yet ;-) Oh, one final comment, inside IBM we are already toying with the idea of a Twitter enterprise app. and although it is still in its infancy, it is getting more and more traction by the day. It is called <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=Sjx&q=bluetwit+ibm&btnG=Search" rel="nofollow">BlueTwit</a> and its value is just tremendously for such a large corporation. PS. <a href="http://twitter.com/elsua" rel="nofollow">Here is my Twitter handle</a>, in case you would want to connect ;-) Hi Bill! Really nice blog post! Thanks a bunch for sharing it with us and for showing some of the concerns on the potential business use of Twitter. I must say that I agree with Jack on his comments about trying it out. Believe me, it will change your perception about it. Many months ago I was on the same situation as you described above. I then decided to give it a try for a few weeks and as a result of that initial trial it has become now one of my essential tools to keep in touch with my different social networks.

So much so that some time ago I created the following blog post to reflect how it could well be used from a business perspective: “10 Reasons Why Twitter Will Help Improve Your Already Existing Social Networks“. As I said, you will have to try it to see the potential. Best part of it though is that there are a whole bunch of KMers and E2.0ers already on it and plenty of really good conversations going on the side. Hardly to be missed. Then perhaps you could convince me to make use of Facebook, and why you are on it, because so far I haven’t bought into it yet ;-)

Oh, one final comment, inside IBM we are already toying with the idea of a Twitter enterprise app. and although it is still in its infancy, it is getting more and more traction by the day. It is called BlueTwit and its value is just tremendously for such a large corporation.

PS. Here is my Twitter handle, in case you would want to connect ;-)

]]> By: Serrin http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-44301 Serrin Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:42:53 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-44301 Twitter is not really a standalone application itself. Berkay - I'm very excited to hear about your product! I'm just back from a very busy day at the Office 2.0 conference, so will take time tomorrow to do an in-depth review of your product - but I really like your approach. Twitter is not really a standalone application itself.

Berkay – I’m very excited to hear about your product! I’m just back from a very busy day at the Office 2.0 conference, so will take time tomorrow to do an in-depth review of your product – but I really like your approach.

]]> By: Bill Ives http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-43843 Bill Ives Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:11:39 +0000 http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/09/05/twitter-enters-the-enterprise/#comment-43843 Berkay What you say makes sense. I wonder if the functionality will simply be incorporated into enterprise 2.0 platforms rathers than remaining in a standlone, single function application. Berkay

What you say makes sense. I wonder if the functionality will simply be incorporated into enterprise 2.0 platforms rathers than remaining in a standlone, single function application.

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