[ox-en] lovely ibm mantra
- From: Geert Lovink <geert xs4all.nl>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:57:14 +0100
http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=13664_0_43_0_C
Big Blue Bit by the Blogging Bug
Blogging, just like the Internet, World Wide Web, Linux, and open
source, is a major initiative in the marketplace that we should be part
of.
By Irving Wladawsky-Berger [IBM] |
Earlier this week, the Journal News published an interesting article
on IBM's blogging initiative—"Big Blue Bit by the Blogging Bug" written
by reporter Julie Moran Alterio, who interviewed me for the article.
She asked me why IBM encouraged its employees to participate in the
blogging community, to which I replied that "we absolutely recognize
that blogging, just like the Internet, World Wide Web, Linux, and open
source, is a major initiative in the marketplace that we should be part
of. The best way to be part of it is not to observe it passively but to
do it actively." I also commented on the difference between blogs and
other more institutional, less personal forms of communication: "Even
if you're writing about mainframes or you're writing about XML, it's
your personal style that comes across. What you choose to write about
is which of the contents of your head are you sharing with the world."
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