One Response to “NYT: Nine Web sites IT pros should master in 2009”

1. Adam Franco says:

   January 9, 2009 at 3:56 pm

   As recommended in the article, check out Yammer.

   A number of us have been consistently using Yammer to post short updates on what we are working on, both to help us review our own work, as well as to let others know what we are working on. Posting regularly to Yammer (use the Desktop Application for easiest use) can really help colleagues get a handle on what is going on around them without spamming everyone with emails. I personally have found Yammer to be exceedingly helpful in building and maintaining strong working relationships with colleagues in other workgroups and buildings that I don’t see every day. I get a handle on what they are dealing with and know when not to interrupt their putting out of an important fire.

   The great thing about Yammer and other Twitter-like systems is that — unlike email — they let the message recipients decide what messages they want to receive rather than putting that control in the hands of the sender. In Yammer, you can choose to receive all posts, or just those posted by the particular people or tags that you want to follow. In this way you can keep the updates to a manageable number and focused on the people or topics that interest you.

   Give it a try!