July 8, 2003

Blogs in the workplace
Posted by deisenhart@bostonworks.com">Douglas Eisenhart at 9:23 AM -

Well, if you're reading this blog you certainly know what a blog is. But as this piece from The New York Times states, the application, still in its infancy, is finding new uses in the workplace:

Web logs, or blogs as they are known, are a type of frequently updated online journal, often featuring excerpts from news articles and links to other blogs. So far, Web logs are best known as a medium for communicating with the general public — like the blog by the noted journalist Andrew Sullivan (www.andrewsullivan.com), which is devoted to culture and politics. . .

But a growing number of businesses, government organizations and educational institutions are using Web logs to manage and improve the flow of information among employees. These blogs, not accessible to the public, typically allow many people to contribute entries that can be read by others in the organization.

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