Today, all of us who have ever dreamed of integrating Twitter into the workplace have something to smile about; last night, the makers of WordPress unveiled a nifty new tool, to help pave the way towards a Twitterpated world. Prologue-like Twitter, but for Enterprise-is a group blog designed for efficient team collaboration and communication.
For me, Prologue is a great implementation of the instant communication, micro-blogging technology Twitter pioneered. It really seems to be a great tool for global companies with employees scattered across time-zones.
It works like this:
- Leave a status update, comment, helpful link or question, so that everyone on the team can see the progress of other members on the team, answer questions, etc.
- Tag each Tweet with a project-specific category to quickly filter through the other posts and find only information regarding a specific project.
- Add an RSS feed for instant communication.
- Better yet, add an RSS feed for each category tag to filter for project specific "news."
Right now, Prologue is only available on WordPress. Make the blog private if you don't want the world to see. (Personally, I'd love to see someone remain totally transparent and keep their Prologue Blog public.) Since the code is open, you should be able to adapt it to most enterprise scenarios.
Click on the screenshot below to see the demo blog set up by the WordPress team.
Do you foresee your company utilizing this for Enterprise 2.0 implementation? Will this be a Twitter Killer, or is it another testament to the greatness of all things Tweet?
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Recommended Reading:
"Twitterpated: A Twitter How-To"
"PR to Enterprise: Beam me Up!"
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