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Much as it's probably true, I absolutely hate that. Somebody once showed me a diagram demonstrating the increased efficiency gained by using a wiki instead of e
by ojbyrne 18y ago
Much as it's probably true, I absolutely hate that. Somebody once showed me a diagram demonstrating the increased efficiency gained by using a wiki instead of email - but the entire gain would have been nullified if they assumed that rather than entering stuff directly into the wiki, people would upload word documents to the wiki (which the pointy-hairs invariably do).
- Xichekolas 18y agoJust need to write something that automatically converts word docs into new wiki pages. Then the pointy-hairs can upload all they want and everyone else gets some sanity. Don't even try to make the conversion full featured, just rip it plain text. When the boss asks why his charts and headers don't convert over, show him how easy it is to fix that in the wiki. By getting his feet wet this way, eventually he might not even bother uploading word docs at all. Or maybe I have too much faith in pointy-haired bosses.
- giles_bowkett 18y agono, just fire the pointy-hairs. if somebody is uploading word docs to a wiki then they're not qualified to work with you. don't waste your time.
- tptacek 18y agoPick your battles.
- ojbyrne 18y agoI wish it actually worked that way in the real world, but it doesn't. Yes, you can quit and do a startup, but then you end up with pointy-haired VCs instead of pointy-haired bosses.
- helveticaman 18y agoIt may be difficult to believe this while in US, but in other countries industries are dominated by engineers...I know of one bank in Chile where all the business guys were being replaced with civil engineers (in Chile, that means a guy with an extensive math + science background).
- Xichekolas 18y agoA fine solution in a start-up or when you are in charge, but not so easy to accomplish in a large organization, where the pointy-hairs tend to accumulate.
- anamax 18y ago> When the boss asks why his charts and headers don't convert over, show him how easy it is to fix that in the wiki. The rational response to that from the PHB's point of view is to ban wikis.
- jcromartie 18y ago> rather than entering stuff directly into the wiki, people would upload word documents This is precisely why both of my last two employers actively forbade real Wikis in favor of dumbed-down Word document repositories.
- gaius 18y agoHence Sharepoint.