Comments on: blogs.esri.com Is Confusing http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/ Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: James Fee http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16602 James Fee Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:13:40 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16602 <p>Thanks for the link RandomRat. Classic stuff....</p> Thanks for the link RandomRat. Classic stuff….

]]> By: RandomRat http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16600 RandomRat Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:59:36 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16600 <p>The graphic depicts one of the best actors from Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_Dutt He seems to fit the profile for what James had used... ;)</p> The graphic depicts one of the best actors from Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_Dutt He seems to fit the profile for what James had used… ;)

]]> By: matt m http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16599 matt m Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:54:56 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16599 <p>Well, this might be a good business opportunity for you Mr. F. If I were you, there would be an unsolicited proposal heading to Redlands next week.</p> Well, this might be a good business opportunity for you Mr. F. If I were you, there would be an unsolicited proposal heading to Redlands next week.

]]> By: Cellulose http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16594 Cellulose Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:38:49 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16594 <p>You just need to drink more of their Koolaid for the blogs to make sense... it's like government work. You're not truly a career beauracrat until the government policies and directives start making sense...</p> <p>Though, I wonder if that's still true. It seems like the latest set of policy updates are a lot more comprehensible than last year's... ;-)</p> You just need to drink more of their Koolaid for the blogs to make sense… it’s like government work. You’re not truly a career beauracrat until the government policies and directives start making sense…

Though, I wonder if that’s still true. It seems like the latest set of policy updates are a lot more comprehensible than last year’s… ;-)

]]> By: KoS http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16588 KoS Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:46:41 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16588 <p>I miss Baghdad Bob!! They should have given him a show after all the hard work he did during the second gulf war.</p> <p>Always gives me a laugh when he said, there are no American forces in Baghdad and we are getting the stuffings knocked out of us trying to enter. Just as he makes the statement, a M1 rolls by behind him :)</p> <p>KoS</p> I miss Baghdad Bob!! They should have given him a show after all the hard work he did during the second gulf war.

Always gives me a laugh when he said, there are no American forces in Baghdad and we are getting the stuffings knocked out of us trying to enter. Just as he makes the statement, a M1 rolls by behind him :)

KoS

]]> By: James Fee http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16587 James Fee Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:39:43 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16587 <p>Glenn, I can forgive them for not putting the blogspot ones on there because technically they aren't official blogs. ESRI doesn't seem to have personal blogs on their site which is much different than how other companies do it.</p> Glenn, I can forgive them for not putting the blogspot ones on there because technically they aren’t official blogs. ESRI doesn’t seem to have personal blogs on their site which is much different than how other companies do it.

]]> By: glenn http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16583 glenn Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:13:50 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16583 <p>Yep, I've also never been able to figure that one out although I've seen this with our companies as well (like Autodesk) although ADSK has done a better job at aggregating their bloggers. I think it likely has to do with people's blogs simply taking off, then the company tries to bring them together under one umbrella.. obviously having a corporate blogging policy in place should be on some company's agenda. The fact that there's blogs like those published by David Maguire (http://gismatters.blogspot.com/), Rob Elkins http://myesri.blogspot.com/, and even the ArcPad Team Blog (http://arcpadteam.blogspot.com/) all hosted on blogger and not referenced on ESRI's blogs home is really odd.</p> Yep,
I’ve also never been able to figure that one out although I’ve seen this with our companies as well (like Autodesk) although ADSK has done a better job at aggregating their bloggers. I think it likely has to do with people’s blogs simply taking off, then the company tries to bring them together under one umbrella.. obviously having a corporate blogging policy in place should be on some company’s agenda. The fact that there’s blogs like those published by David Maguire (http://gismatters.blogspot.com/),
Rob Elkins http://myesri.blogspot.com/, and even the ArcPad Team Blog (http://arcpadteam.blogspot.com/) all hosted on blogger and not referenced on ESRI’s blogs home is really odd.

]]> By: Bill http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16568 Bill Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:55:48 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16568 <p>@James</p> <p>You have raised the bar with that graphic! I'm laughing as I type.</p> @James

You have raised the bar with that graphic! I’m laughing as I type.

]]> By: Rob http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16567 Rob Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:53:11 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16567 <p>Where did you get the pic of Jack telling us SP3 would be out mid Jan?</p> Where did you get the pic of Jack telling us SP3 would be out mid Jan?

]]> By: top http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16544 top Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:29:01 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16544 <p>@Lefty: You said "us"? Are you going to be on the Manifold UC? Or is that a pose?</p> <p>@Erin: I have been on one of the Manifold UCs and their asking for NDAs is completely warranted. There is a boatload of technical bits being disclosed and a lot of technical issues being openly discussed, many of them concerning future developments and thus pretty sensitive. Having to sign an NDA is a bit unusual but it is no big deal and when you realize that NDA is simply a price to pay to avoid turning the real technical talk into the usual marketing fluff you get pretty much everywhere else ("we are committed to serving our customers and making the Earth a better place," bla-bla-bla, you know how it goes), you gladly pay it.</p> @Lefty: You said “us”? Are you going to be on the Manifold UC? Or is that a pose?

@Erin: I have been on one of the Manifold UCs and their asking for NDAs is completely warranted. There is a boatload of technical bits being disclosed and a lot of technical issues being openly discussed, many of them concerning future developments and thus pretty sensitive. Having to sign an NDA is a bit unusual but it is no big deal and when you realize that NDA is simply a price to pay to avoid turning the real technical talk into the usual marketing fluff you get pretty much everywhere else (“we are committed to serving our customers and making the Earth a better place,” bla-bla-bla, you know how it goes), you gladly pay it.

]]> By: Erin http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16525 Erin Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:30:48 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16525 <p>Wow, that Manifold NDA stuff is bizare. I can't imagine ESRI asking for users to sign a NDA before going to the UC.</p> Wow, that Manifold NDA stuff is bizare. I can’t imagine ESRI asking for users to sign a NDA before going to the UC.

]]> By: Alvin http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16523 Alvin Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:10:23 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16523 <p>I'm happy with the blogs, but I too would like them better organized. All ESRI blogs should be on blogs.esri.com.</p> I’m happy with the blogs, but I too would like them better organized. All ESRI blogs should be on blogs.esri.com.

]]> By: Lefty http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16518 Lefty Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:06:33 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16518 <p>I'd say more but they make us sign NDAs.</p> <p><a href="http://forum.manifold.net/Site/Thread.aspx?id=42782&ti=633186205247200000" rel="nofollow">Sign the NDA or you aren't invited</a></p> I’d say more but they make us sign NDAs.

Sign the NDA or you aren’t invited

]]> By: James Fee http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16517 James Fee Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:04:02 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16517 <p>Had to put the Manifold dig in there Lefty huh? ;)</p> Had to put the Manifold dig in there Lefty huh? ;)

]]> By: Lefty http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16516 Lefty Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:01:41 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16516 <p>Lets all get on the same page here.</p> <p>If ESRI put the same effort they did on the UC, their webpages would kick ass.</p> <p>But they seem to stick to this crappy coldfusion website (crappy by even CF standards). I've seen good looking Roller websites and I wouldn't put this on near the top.</p> <p>I do agree, they need to aggregate their blogs. Sun/Microsoft/IBM all seem to do a much better job at this.</p> <p>And Manifold still sucks ass.</p> Lets all get on the same page here.

If ESRI put the same effort they did on the UC, their webpages would kick ass.

But they seem to stick to this crappy coldfusion website (crappy by even CF standards). I’ve seen good looking Roller websites and I wouldn’t put this on near the top.

I do agree, they need to aggregate their blogs. Sun/Microsoft/IBM all seem to do a much better job at this.

And Manifold still sucks ass.

]]> By: Melissa Maples http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16515 Melissa Maples Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:49:18 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2007/07/05/blogsesricom-is-confusing/#comment-16515 <p>LMAO James, love the rollover caption to the image.</p> <p>I too have been confusted by the ESRI blog page. ESRI is usually good at making this look very glossy, but their blogging pages are ugly and very poorly organized.</p> <p>At least content seems to be good...</p> LMAO James, love the rollover caption to the image.

I too have been confusted by the ESRI blog page. ESRI is usually good at making this look very glossy, but their blogging pages are ugly and very poorly organized.

At least content seems to be good…

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