Comments on: Facebook on the Intranet? No — Facebook AS the Intranet.

By: dentistglasgow

dentistglasgow — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:31:05 +0000

Facebook is a nice option for good social networking.

By: document management

document management — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:13:43 +0000

You had me thinking if we can trust those cheap platforms, thanks for keeping us aware of things, you're really good at it.

By: Regim Hotelier

Regim Hotelier — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:04:19 +0000

I canÂ’t even imagine using Facebook as an Intranet. It is already pushing too far into our personal data already!

By: MBA Colleges

MBA Colleges — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:04:56 +0000

I could see a tool like this increasing productivity, collaboration, and teamwork among employees who are not physically located within 20 ft of each other, but I can see the corporate/firm hostility to this technology as well.

Most of the people making the decisions about implementation of software for communication may likely see facebook as an application that is a waste of time with no useful application in the workplace.

By: Games

Games — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:03:48 +0000

Using facebook as an intranet is a great idea. I think that facebook has proven to give us much more than just connect with our friends.

By: David Loc

David Loc — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:06:26 +0000

Hi Andres!

I am a computer engineer in Vietnam. With my knowledge about computer science, I thought that It’s totally possible to integrate Facebook into Intranet, because Intranet use a protocol the same as Internet. So the problems with Facebook on Internet come with Facebook on Intranet, including security.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:40:47 +0000

I can’t even imagine using Facebook as an Intranet. It is already pushing too far into our personal data already!

By: Stefan Waldherr

Stefan Waldherr — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:16:34 +0000

A comment to James Robertson’s first post

>All of these problems can be addressed, but only >through the addition of Ã¢Â€ÂœintranetÃ¢Â€Â approaches. >Including establishing a centralised team with >overall ownership of the siteÃ¢Â€Â™s IA, search, >strategy, etc, etc.

That reads like a demand for professional gardeners. A new role for the soon-to-be jobless intranet team?

-Stefan

By: Bill Ives

Bill Ives — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:08:39 +0000

Andrew – A long delayed thanks for the kind comments on my Serena post. It is December 23 and I am still seeing new people arrive on my blog from your post. I should check my stats more often. I have been a long admirer of your blog and your work. Bill Ives

By: Jordan Frank

Jordan Frank — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:42:13 +0000

Facebook, or rather the facilities it has, are attractive as a means to fill one small slice of your intranet. Can it BE your intranet? Only as much as any other tool that lets you publish pages (pick up any blog or wiki).

National Health Service UK built a Traction TeamPage based intranet, and also relied on newsgator. They organized it nicely around departments and areas of interest. When folks start to navigate for information – that’s where they start, rather than starting with a human navigation approach. (that allows for following topics to people, not people to topics).

Facebook is good for what its best at: creating a personal profile and linking to people. The group model is not all too compelling so it doesn’t make the grade for group collaboration. The messaging model is OK but confusing (I never have a clue as to whether messages I post to people will be public or private).

Is facebook good for enterprise? Maybe in some other form. Web 2.0 gives us a glimpse of what we may want for Enterprise 2.0 – but not the reality. In the enterprise, the processes, needs and use cases are different than you see in social nets on the web.

— Jordan