Comments on: Facework: good for your health too! http://metarand.com/2007/08/20/facework-good-for-your-health-too/ meta musings and digital curation on tech, innovation, gadgets, lifestyle and the media arena Fri, 04 May 2012 00:38:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stephen Collins http://metarand.com/2007/08/20/facework-good-for-your-health-too/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Stephen Collins Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:51:59 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=59#comment-947 Randall, I'm more inclined to agree with Cameron on this one, unfortunately. With the consulting work I do, I'm trying to get the organisations I work with to have a conversation around social computing use and more often than not, what I encouter are barriers and fears around opening organisations. Now, that said, I live in a government run town where being leading-edge isn't exactly a huge priority... You might also like to read my refutations of the article <a href="http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/08/20/australian-media-misleads-on-social-computing/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/08/20/calling-aussie-media-do-a-positive-story-on-social-computing/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Randall, I’m more inclined to agree with Cameron on this one, unfortunately. With the consulting work I do, I’m trying to get the organisations I work with to have a conversation around social computing use and more often than not, what I encouter are barriers and fears around opening organisations.

Now, that said, I live in a government run town where being leading-edge isn’t exactly a huge priority…

You might also like to read my refutations of the article here and here.

]]> By: Cameron Reilly http://metarand.com/2007/08/20/facework-good-for-your-health-too/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Cameron Reilly Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:08:02 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=59#comment-945 You think people "at corporate level" are even capable of having an intelligent conversation about social networking right now in Australia? I suspect they are more capable of having a conversation in Swahili about the mating practices of the extinct South American jumping green tree frog. You think people “at corporate level” are even capable of having an intelligent conversation about social networking right now in Australia? I suspect they are more capable of having a conversation in Swahili about the mating practices of the extinct South American jumping green tree frog.

]]> By: metarand http://metarand.com/2007/08/20/facework-good-for-your-health-too/comment-page-1/#comment-944 metarand Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:53:02 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=59#comment-944 Touche, Cam! If publishing is all about getting attention, that article has been an out and out success. It's also upped the conversation and awareness at corporate level around the real benefits of social networking. Touche, Cam!

If publishing is all about getting attention, that article has been an out and out success.

It’s also upped the conversation and awareness at corporate level around the real benefits of social networking.

]]> By: Cameron Reilly http://metarand.com/2007/08/20/facework-good-for-your-health-too/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Cameron Reilly Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:44:48 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=59#comment-943 Don't forget my response this morning: Report: Newspapers Cost Employers $5 Billion http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/21/report-newspapers-cost-employers-5-billion/ Don’t forget my response this morning:
Report: Newspapers Cost Employers $5 Billion
http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/08/21/report-newspapers-cost-employers-5-billion/

]]> By: Steven Lewis http://metarand.com/2007/08/20/facework-good-for-your-health-too/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Steven Lewis Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:19:43 +0000 http://metarand.com/?p=59#comment-942 Thanks for the link, Rand. I would say more but I've just cost the Australian economy one trillion dollars by writing this comment. By the time I hit "submit" we could be back in the stone age. Thanks for the link, Rand. I would say more but I’ve just cost the Australian economy one trillion dollars by writing this comment. By the time I hit “submit” we could be back in the stone age.

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