Links for 2006-07-27
- It seems only fair to point to Ben Metcalfe's response to my post about Ashley Highfield even if he sort of misrepresents it Weirdly though he rather seems to confirm my case - he declares backstage underfunded, consisting mostly of RSS feeds, not impacting on the way the organisation builds its applications and hamstrung by organisational bureaucracy...
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Mike Ellis gave a talk recently about organisational fear of web 2.0 - you can read his powerpoint slides at http://mcg.man.ac.uk/meetings/2-2006docs/ellis.ppt
Sounds very similar to the reasons why BBC Backstage hasn't been hugely brilliant.
As Mike argues, though, these are not insurmountable issues. What you do need is someone who can champion innovative ideas and defend them against organisational inertia and death by committee.
→ Posted by: Jim at July 28, 2006 9:27 AM