Comments on: Blog #4 – Planning and Implementation http://www.lessonslearnedinid.com/2008/12/blog-4-planning-and-implementation/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:11:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Oscar http://www.lessonslearnedinid.com/2008/12/blog-4-planning-and-implementation/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Oscar Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:53:20 +0000 http://www.lessonslearnedinid.com/?p=81#comment-14 Hey Tony, great post. I have to comment on something you mention - "In the real world, many of us are blocked from accessing these tools..." With the prevalence of Web 2.0 tools, where do we begin defining "the real world"? I feel that employers that are not accepting these new applications are marginalizing themselves from the majority of users - the majority of internet users should be considered the "real world". I know we each have our own realities of what can and cannot be done through our employer's firewall - but the use and implementation of Web 2.0 technologies goes beyond the work place. I know it is just semantics, but the more we identify Web 2.0 as the real world, and the absence of technology as "not the real world", the stronger our positions will be as we negotiate access with paranoid IT directors. Hey Tony, great post. I have to comment on something you mention – “In the real world, many of us are blocked from accessing these tools…” With the prevalence of Web 2.0 tools, where do we begin defining “the real world”? I feel that employers that are not accepting these new applications are marginalizing themselves from the majority of users – the majority of internet users should be considered the “real world”. I know we each have our own realities of what can and cannot be done through our employer’s firewall – but the use and implementation of Web 2.0 technologies goes beyond the work place.

I know it is just semantics, but the more we identify Web 2.0 as the real world, and the absence of technology as “not the real world”, the stronger our positions will be as we negotiate access with paranoid IT directors.

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