Another training day with local UK Government

Good bunch of people, all of them this time, and very interested in Manila, pity I ran out of time. Usually, I don't get a full compliment, this time I was over subscribed and sharing monitors (and manuals), with more wanting to get in after we started.

A quick two hour whizz through their intranet publishing system... Though they know it's a Manila erm... something, barely do they know the full power. Some use it daily, some not yet at all.

No wonder the time passed quickly, and I barely had time to thrill about RSS aggregation and how it's the next big thing. Though many were enamoured by my aggregator. And these guys have four, FOUR, archive years worth of all sorts of stuff. Though as they haven't been using Manila to the best effect, I'm unsure if these piles will be of much value. I think the future looks rosy with more sites being spawned, more stuff going in.

As I've discovered some people who, I feel, are genuinely interested in being more productive certainly, better informed definitely, but I wonder if they could blog?

For the first time, I didn't mention the word blog, I briefly, whizzed through knowledge management though I doubt they'd remember. But, blog—no. Content management—yes. RSS aggregation, XML, URL, reverse chronological news page. But blog? No.

They appreciated the "shortcuts feature" a spin off from the address book app I built for all staff (though some names weren't in the address book). All they have to do to add a link to someone's details, location, numbers et. al. is surround their name with quotes. To get a mugshot, add the word mugshot, to get their mailTo link, add email. Thus, "steve hooker mugshot" ;-)

Another department has asked me back. Non IT too. Bottom up infiltration of... Blogs! <manic taking over the world laugh>