Comments on WriteBetterBits.com - Jim Fiorato's Blog: Are You Following Your Team's Information Stream?

There's nothing wrong with tweeting or blogging yo...

2009-07-26T06:12:30.363-07:00

There's nothing wrong with tweeting or blogging your experiences, both good and bad, whether or not you think your manager will read them.

Write to exchange knowledge with the community—to share what you've learned with your peers and learn what you can from them. When you tweet or blog, you never know what insightful response (or completely moronic flame) you might get. That's the beauty of the Internet.

Chris, you're right. While I think that most writ...

2009-07-26T04:01:34.669-07:00

Chris, you're right. While I think that most write knowing there's a possibility of whomever they are writing about may actually read, there's probably a bit more restraint around the content of a post when you know for sure that person is reading the post.

But, I do want to clarify... I'm not saying that blog/Twitter is the most proper place for a team member to provide feedback. Blogging about how your manager sucks, or how you don't get paid enough, or how your process blows, should all be raised at work directly through the proper channels.

I think a non-sucky-bad manager can glean a lot of early warning signs of stress, unhappiness, and burnout from reading the team member's information stream though, and can be proactive handling those situations.

I often wonder if part of the reason people tweet ...

2009-07-25T20:22:19.712-07:00

I often wonder if part of the reason people tweet and blog their thoughts, experiences and extracurricular work is because they know their manager won't read it. You know, because they suck.

I officially don't suck... Or at least if I do it'...

2009-07-25T19:07:54.808-07:00

I officially don't suck... Or at least if I do it's nor for failing to read this post.

I'm trying to decide if I don't suck because I rea...

2009-07-25T12:20:18.334-07:00

I'm trying to decide if I don't suck because I read your article or because I'm not a manager in the first place ;-)