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WareLogging. Groupware, which is to say a very slow e-mail system with a raging superfluity of inefficient capability and a lot of metaphors borrowed from paper document systems.
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<[[Brennen]]> Or am I being unkind?
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<[[BrentNewhall]]> No, though Lotus Notes can be amazingly useful if set up right. I am blessed (I suppose) that I work at a place where Notes is set up right.
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Lotus Notes can be seen as a large document-based conversation, similar to the early online services such as CompuServe and Delphi. With consistent application of the proper metaphor, Lotus Notes can be a powerful system.
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Or -- as seems to be much more common -- it can suck away your productivity with the inevitability of a black hole.
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<[[Brennen]]> Yeah, that's the alternative I'm familiar with. Fortunately I didn't have to ''use'' Notes for anything except occasional e-mails from my boss.
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