Comments on: WorkBook: Getting Facebook Ready for Work

By: ADSL Viettel

ADSL Viettel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:05:51 +0000

Thanks man, just what I was looking for. Worked like a charm Thanks so much…

By: pixbook

pixbook — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:57:30 +0000

Ways to make money

to me facebook is the worst social networking tools. That is used as a money making tools.

By: Rpg games

Rpg games — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:49:38 +0000

I think that once social networks manage to prove mid and large-size companies that they are 100% safe, they will really become popular. The problem right now is that the IT personnel don’t mind spending a bit more money as long as they are backed up. Why would they go see the direction and tell them they can save a few buck when they might end up in trouble after important information is leaked. It’s part of the game and i think we’ll see some time pass before social network can be use as an intranet environment.

By: igre

igre — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:54 +0000

Facebooks is only cashmaking machine, nothing good is really inthere except little “free” ads. Thats why i don’t event want to enter this kind of world. Cheers

By: Joe Murray

Joe Murray — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:37:39 +0000

Creating communities for enterprise is near and dear to my heart these days. I look at it from the software providers point of view. There seems to be a clear trend forcing software companies to truly deliver thought leadership beyond best practices “built in” to the software. More new software companies are evolving from Software as a Service to what I call “Solution as a Service”. Customers require not only on demand functionality but also on demand subject matter expertise, process outsourcing and community leadership. One tool provider I’ve discovered, but cannot truly vouch for yet, is Jive Software out of Portland, OR. Check them out and let me know what yo think. Also, please let me know what you think about my perceptions on how enterprise software providers are being forced to evolve.

By: ADSL vergelijken

ADSL vergelijken — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:35:40 +0000

Hi Geld Lenen,

I just send you a message there are some similar Dutch examples. Please check your e-mail, feel free to add me on Facebook as well.

Regards,

Vergelijken

By: geld lenen

geld lenen — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:16:12 +0000

About workbook, will it be also in Dutch like facebook? And the API’s is still a problem for me…

Well I also see more an iFrame, could be wrong?

Many thanks,

GL
The Netherlands

http://geld-lenen.welij.nl

By: Gerald Mann

Gerald Mann — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:40:39 +0000

If WorkBook works as advertised?
YES

Does it allay your security concerns related to enterprise SNS?
NO

By: Joe Schueller

Joe Schueller — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:21:08 +0000

I think it creates a lot of unnecessary confusion and also sells you way to in with Facebook.

The confusion is for the casual user who won’t be sure what’s in which system and why the search bar in FB doesn’t act the way anyone would expect. The other big issue is that “applications” in this interface are restricted to the paltry real estate FB elects to give them.

The selling in is that you’re now dependent on FB as infrastructure. Truthfully, they have more incentive to be up than you do, but you are now living with their change management.

The worst thing for me is the ad serving. No, I’m not a privacy nut, but what about when my work account gets banner ads about the Victoria’s Secret show during a demo presentation, am I now creating an environment of harassment? Is my company now endorsing what I see here? FB is an ad serving platform and very little else.

Personally, I’m betting on an Open Social solution that let’s companies selectively share profile and social graph information as needed and providers like Zoho and SalesForce.com to allow me to tap in to that at a content-application level.

This is a GREAT idea that has a lot of BIG flaws. They’re showing us the way, they just have the wrong vehicle to get there.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:02:30 +0000

It would allay some concerns of basic value but I think in this situation – along with many situations across the Internet – truly sensitive information should be confided to secured systems with encryption or systems with security of ‘blanket vulnerability’; this is basically the concept of having sensitive information in such a large database of data that it would be extremely difficult to find. Messages on Myspace are an example of this.

Even then however, careful communication of sensitive information should be acted out at all times.