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The Wikipedia Enterprise 2.0 Debate – Epilogue
Posted on November 25, 2006 ·
The heated debate over the fate of the Enterprise 2.0 entry in Wikipedia ended in a compromise – it would stay under Enterprise Social Software. Back than I said the debate was largely irrelevant:
Enterprise 2.0 as a term my be relatively knew, but it’s not some theoretical concept a bored professor is trying to sell the world. It’s a disruptive change, a confluence of technological, social and business changes in how corporations conduct business using new IT tools. No Wikipedia gatekeepers can prevent this seismic shift. Let’s move on, do our work, and in less than 6 months Enterprise 2.0 will find its way back to Wikipedia.
Not in 6 months, but in 3 a lot has changed and the term is gaining de facto acceptance. Case studies on Enterprise 2.0 penetration, panel discussions, analyst writeups, (thanks, Susan, for spotting it), and now a full-blown conference. CMP Technology announced the renaming of the Collaborative Technologies Conference to ‘Enterprise 2.0 Conference’. If this is not full vindication of Enterprise 2.0, then I don’t know what is (well, actually, I do – more penetration into business day by day…). On a sidenote, it’s worth observing how as the term becomes “fashionable”, new players claim ownership. The current Wikipedia entry barely resembles to the original, Harvard Prof. Andy McAfee is mentioned in a footnote only, and the most prominent entry is about a US Service Mark filed on May 25, 2006 by Alvin K Chang. I have no clue if he is related to CMP Media, or just the opposite, he tried to prevent assimilation by them (for good reason), all I know is that if “Enterprise 2.0” can be “owned” by anyone, it should be Prof. McAfee. Of course, knowing Andy I think he cares more about practical adoption in business then about turf-wars. 
Tags: irregulars, enterprise 2.0, enterprise social software, social software, wikipedia, cmp media
Cool Intro to Inkscape and the Enterprise Irregulars
Posted on November 25, 2006 ·
Rod posted this cool video introduction to the Enterprise Irregulars, and to an open source drawing tool called Inkscape.
Wal-Mart is Off-Mart Today
Posted on November 24, 2006 ·
“SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The Web site of leading retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was offline or otherwise “unusable” for much of Friday, which is the busiest shopping day of the year, according to an Internet performance-tracking company.
Those that managed to gain access to the site had to wait up to 30 seconds for search results and even longer to complete a purchase, according to Ben Rushlo, a senior director at Keynote Systems, which monitors Web-site performance.
A message on the company’s site blamed the problems on “high traffic volume.”
Not expecting hight traffic volume on Black Friday? Give me a break … this is pathetic.
Update (11/26): News.com’s report just hit Techmeme.
Turkey Exit Strategy
Posted on November 23, 2006 ·
While they are just planning their exit strategy:
… they’ve already executed it (oops, bad choice of words):
NJ Transit officials reported seeing a dozen or so wild turkeys waiting on a Ramsey train station platform. Dan Stessel, a spokesman for NJ Transit, said “… it looked like the turkeys were waiting for the next outbound train,” he said “Clearly, they’re trying to catch a train and escape their fate.”
Tags: turkey, exit strategy
Wow, That’s a Lot of Fahrvergnügen
Posted on November 23, 2006 ·
Blog Affairs…
Posted on November 23, 2006 ·
What Is It With Bike Accidents Around the President?
Posted on November 21, 2006 ·
President Bush:
– fell off a Segway (isn’t that almost impossible) in Maine
– fell off a mountain bike in Texas
– fell off a bike at the G8 summit, hitting a local cop,
Today three Honolulu Police Department motorcycle officers were injured when they crashed while accompanying President Bush’s motorcade on Hickam Air Force Base this morning.
I guess Bush and Wheels just don’t match 
Foodie VC Blogs
Posted on November 20, 2006 ·
I guess there’s more than one foodie VC Blog. I’ve been a faithful reader of Trinity Partner Tom Cole’s Consuming Ambitions for a while, and today I found out from Robert that “Paul Matteucci, one of the VC’s who funded PodTech, writes a good foodie blog called FoodCrunch.”
They don’t really compete, though. FoodCrunch appears to be quite international in coverage and focuses on ingredients and recipes, while Consuming Ambitions has a definite Bay Area focus, featuring restaurant reviews, local farmers’ markets, wineries, recipes – anything worth mentioning, including private food-tasting hosted by fellow VC’s.
Ahhhhhhhhh, I’m getting hungry. Bon Appetite. 
Smoking Forbidden – Even at Your Home
Posted on November 20, 2006 ·
The city of Belmont, CA is about to introduce radical anti-smoking regulation:
“Belmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to proceed with the drafting of an ordinance that revises the city’s current smoking ban in workplaces and most public areas, to now include any residence except single-family detached homes. (CBS5.com)
Frankly, I’m not sure what to think. I do not smoke, and I can’t stand second-hand smoke. Having lived in smoke-free California for a while, landing at any European airport is a pain, I literally suffocate from the dense smoke… same experience at many places on the East Coast. But here in CA we’re as smoke-free as we can be.
Talk about smoke, how about wood-burning fireplaces? A great American tradition – banned for new home construction in most CA communities, yet every day I open my windows for a bit of fresh air, I am getting bombarded by a *fresh* dose of carcinogen courtesy of my neighbors. I really hate it, but I don’t think owners of older homes can be ordered not to use this amenity.
The list can go on – unless you live in the middle of a 15-acre property, you won’t be completely isolated from your neighbors. How far can cities go in issuing ordinances, over-regulating every aspect of our lives? Shouldn’t our homes be the ultimate sanctuary, off-limits to regulations?
What do YOU think?
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