Thursday 07 August 2008

Bleak and industrial, we're not and never will be

Intranet on the Internet

Oracle AppsLab is one of my longest standing and favourite blogs.

Jake Kuramoto (and the AppsLab team) always post interesting and thought provoking articles and I also share a few areas of common interest (Twitter, Disqus, FriendFeed et al).

Although I happen to work for the same company as Jake Kuramoto, I have never actually met Jake in person. Curiously, I have had more interactions with Jake by commenting on the blog as opposed to communications via Oracle email.

When I read this recent post announcing a new version of Oracle Connect (an internal networking initiative within Oracle behind the corporate firewall), my immediate reaction was: 'Why did he post this to the AppsLab blog ? Why on earth would this possibly be relevant, or of interest, to non Oracle employees ?'

Then I realised such internal developments are of interest to a wider audience as it demonstrates Oracle's committment to 'Web 2.0' technologies.

I also pondered how long it would have taken me to find out about this upgrade if I wasn't subscribed to the AppsLab blog.

There is a certain irony in finding out about internal developments within Oracle on a public blog.

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