Comments on: The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On the Misuse of Email http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/ A blog about Knowledge Management, Communities, Collaboration, Learning, Social Computing and Work/Life Balance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections — Collaborating Effectively through Wikis http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1137387 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections — Collaborating Effectively through Wikis Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:41:09 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1137387 [...] you remember, I have already blogged about episodes #1 (See "The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On the Misuse of Email" for more information) and #2 (See "The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On [...] [...] you remember, I have already blogged about episodes #1 (See "The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On the Misuse of Email" for more information) and #2 (See "The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On [...]

]]> By: Alan Alcoverro http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1132881 Alan Alcoverro Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:49:47 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1132881 ¡Muy buenas Luís! First of all I must say I'm also a non-native English speaker so I'll do my best in order not to throw my grammar to the rubbish bin! I really like your post, I have followed your blog because I am a true believer in social networking because it makes life much easier! I am currently working on a Web 2.0 project deploying Connections 2.5 and Quickr together and I need to hand out some training for the final users. The most difficult thing I find is changing the way they used to work and moving them towards next gen working methodologies, this implies changing the way they think!! And normally it's hard work!I, as a Social Networker see all the benefits in Web 2.0 but lack the guide to teach people "How to change the way they think in order to change the way they work"...Any ideas? Thanks!! ¡Muy buenas Luís! First of all I must say I’m also a non-native English speaker so I’ll do my best in order not to throw my grammar to the rubbish bin!
I really like your post, I have followed your blog because I am a true believer in social networking because it makes life much easier! I am currently working on a Web 2.0 project deploying Connections 2.5 and Quickr together and I need to hand out some training for the final users. The most difficult thing I find is changing the way they used to work and moving them towards next gen working methodologies, this implies changing the way they think!! And normally it’s hard work!I, as a Social Networker see all the benefits in Web 2.0 but lack the guide to teach people “How to change the way they think in order to change the way they work”…Any ideas? Thanks!!

]]> By: Incorrect use of email, the man who should have used Lotus Connections « Smarter Planet http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1132159 Incorrect use of email, the man who should have used Lotus Connections « Smarter Planet Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:06:51 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1132159 [...] respond directly, instead I’d like to invite you to watch this funny video that I found on elsua.net, a blog written by Luis Suarez, a Social Software evangelist at IBM. The video describes how email [...] [...] respond directly, instead I’d like to invite you to watch this funny video that I found on elsua.net, a blog written by Luis Suarez, a Social Software evangelist at IBM. The video describes how email [...]

]]> By: Phil Hartman http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1131343 Phil Hartman Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:09:41 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1131343 Very nice post. We still have the problem of consultants and sales people who have a lot of disconnected time behind client firewalls or on airplanes. Email attachments work better for people on airplanes still (I think). Very nice post. We still have the problem of consultants and sales people who have a lot of disconnected time behind client firewalls or on airplanes. Email attachments work better for people on airplanes still (I think).

]]> By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On the Business Case for Corporate Blogging http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1131318 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On the Business Case for Corporate Blogging Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:52:10 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1131318 [...] few days back you would remember how I put together a blog post on the topic of "The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On the Misuse of Email" where I mentioned a wonderful video clip that one of my fellow IBM colleagues put together [...] [...] few days back you would remember how I put together a blog post on the topic of "The Man Who Should Have Used Lotus Connections – On the Misuse of Email" where I mentioned a wonderful video clip that one of my fellow IBM colleagues put together [...]

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1129354 Luis Suarez Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:35:20 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1129354 Bon jour, Ivan! That's a little bit how far I can go with my French, too! hehe Thanks a bunch for dropping by and for the feedback comments! Appreciated the follow up! Actually, I do think that Quickr is also one of those tools that can certainly help you walk away from some of the various misuses of email! As a Team / Community collaborative space, it's probably as good as it gets and it surely is rather interesting to see how you can reduce email clutter by focusing on a close, tight niche collaboration amongst peers using an environment where everyone can contribute, but still lock down to the many benefits of the team (Some times, there may be a need to secure sensitive or confidential info, so having an option like Quickr is just incredibly helpful!). So glad you are pushing along these messages as well even if it is with Quickr, which I still think is a very powerful 2.0 environment, to say the least! Thanks again for dropping by and special thanks to Bertrand for sending you along to this blog post. Greatly appreciated! :-D Bon jour, Ivan! That’s a little bit how far I can go with my French, too! hehe Thanks a bunch for dropping by and for the feedback comments! Appreciated the follow up!

Actually, I do think that Quickr is also one of those tools that can certainly help you walk away from some of the various misuses of email! As a Team / Community collaborative space, it’s probably as good as it gets and it surely is rather interesting to see how you can reduce email clutter by focusing on a close, tight niche collaboration amongst peers using an environment where everyone can contribute, but still lock down to the many benefits of the team (Some times, there may be a need to secure sensitive or confidential info, so having an option like Quickr is just incredibly helpful!).

So glad you are pushing along these messages as well even if it is with Quickr, which I still think is a very powerful 2.0 environment, to say the least!

Thanks again for dropping by and special thanks to Bertrand for sending you along to this blog post. Greatly appreciated! :-D

]]> By: Ivan http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1129345 Ivan Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:58:45 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1129345 Hey Luis ! ¿Cómo estás? (now.. don't ask me for any more Spanish because because that's about all I know !).. Anyway. I like this video ! I'm starting to prop up some Lotus Connections pitches (I work for a french VAD that sales IBM SWG stuff) - and although I'm a tech guy, I've been pretty much put in charge of all things 2.0 related (I know.. my sales force are so 'last week !').. I'd never actually thought of putting it this way - the nefarious effects of e-mails - but that's something I was (am) actually putting forward when promoting Quickr (ok.. very 1.5 - and way too document oriented.. but still a step forward). Thanks for sharing ! --Ivan PS : Thanks to Betrand for pointing me to this little piece ! Hey Luis ! ¿Cómo estás? (now.. don’t ask me for any more Spanish because because that’s about all I know !)..

Anyway. I like this video ! I’m starting to prop up some Lotus Connections pitches (I work for a french VAD that sales IBM SWG stuff) – and although I’m a tech guy, I’ve been pretty much put in charge of all things 2.0 related (I know.. my sales force are so ‘last week !’)..

I’d never actually thought of putting it this way – the nefarious effects of e-mails – but that’s something I was (am) actually putting forward when promoting Quickr (ok.. very 1.5 – and way too document oriented.. but still a step forward).

Thanks for sharing !

–Ivan

PS : Thanks to Betrand for pointing me to this little piece !

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1129321 Luis Suarez Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:36:03 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1129321 Hi Chris! Thanks for the feedback and for sharing your comments! I, too, have a thing for the second item you mentioned above; drives me nuts some times, although I shouldn't complain much, since English is not my native language and I can imagine that it may well happen to me at some point. I just hope I am able to correct it in time! :-) hehe Thanks again for dropping by and for the kind comments! Hi Chris! Thanks for the feedback and for sharing your comments! I, too, have a thing for the second item you mentioned above; drives me nuts some times, although I shouldn’t complain much, since English is not my native language and I can imagine that it may well happen to me at some point. I just hope I am able to correct it in time! :-) hehe

Thanks again for dropping by and for the kind comments!

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1129320 Luis Suarez Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:34:22 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1129320 Hiya Rick! Thanks a bunch for dropping by and for sharing your feedback. Actually, it's funny, even though I am a non-native English speaker I find it amazing sometimes some of those common spelling mistakes you mentioned above and how they get to me as well, specially the usage of "its" for "it's" or "there" for "their" and the list goes on and on and on! I am glad I am not the only one who is part of that spelling and grammar police hehe And really appreciated your comments as well on email as counter-productive. I think that more and more we are realising about this in the context of collaboration and I surely look forward to seeing more and more of us making use of these social software tools to help us all become more productive at what we do and not just being stuck in our inboxes! That's not what I would call being productive! Thanks for dropping by and for the feedback! Hiya Rick! Thanks a bunch for dropping by and for sharing your feedback. Actually, it’s funny, even though I am a non-native English speaker I find it amazing sometimes some of those common spelling mistakes you mentioned above and how they get to me as well, specially the usage of “its” for “it’s” or “there” for “their” and the list goes on and on and on!

I am glad I am not the only one who is part of that spelling and grammar police hehe And really appreciated your comments as well on email as counter-productive. I think that more and more we are realising about this in the context of collaboration and I surely look forward to seeing more and more of us making use of these social software tools to help us all become more productive at what we do and not just being stuck in our inboxes! That’s not what I would call being productive!

Thanks for dropping by and for the feedback!

]]> By: Chris Yeh http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1129212 Chris Yeh Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:42:07 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2009/09/04/the-man-who-should-have-used-lotus-connections-on-the-misuse-of-email/#comment-1129212 Great video. And while it may seem petty, I just hate the following: People who confuse "flush out" with "flesh out." People who use apostrophes with plurals rather than possessives. People who use the expression "reign in." Great video. And while it may seem petty, I just hate the following:

People who confuse “flush out” with “flesh out.”

People who use apostrophes with plurals rather than possessives.

People who use the expression “reign in.”

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