Comments on: SharePoint – The Ring for the Memetic Smackdown http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/ No GeekSpeak on SharePoint 2007 WSS and MOSS Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:17:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: CleverWorkarounds » SharePoint Analysts–Stop analysing! http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-114954 CleverWorkarounds » SharePoint Analysts–Stop analysing! Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:01:01 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=8715#comment-114954 [...] So, here is a tip. Don’t define your own wellbeing by a role title or adherence to a body of knowledge because, if you do, you will inevitable have an identity crisis. The world simply moves on and with it, the problems that people are trying to solve tend to wriggle out of the domain of any single BOK. Any attempts to resist this will eventually become dogma and then we have “memetic smackdowns” as I describe in this EUSP Post. [...] [...] So, here is a tip. Don’t define your own wellbeing by a role title or adherence to a body of knowledge because, if you do, you will inevitable have an identity crisis. The world simply moves on and with it, the problems that people are trying to solve tend to wriggle out of the domain of any single BOK. Any attempts to resist this will eventually become dogma and then we have “memetic smackdowns” as I describe in this EUSP Post. [...]

]]> By: Kerri http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-80613 Kerri Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:13:11 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=8715#comment-80613 Funny! Truth be told... I'm right brain dominant and math dyslexic. I've got nothing to guide me but intuition! Math problems don't stand a chance, the answer to me in every equation is the same - let someone else figure it out! Really looking forward to the book, have enjoyed all your articles here to date! ~ Kerri Funny! Truth be told… I’m right brain dominant and math dyslexic. I’ve got nothing to guide me but intuition! Math problems don’t stand a chance, the answer to me in every equation is the same – let someone else figure it out!

Really looking forward to the book, have enjoyed all your articles here to date! ~ Kerri

]]> By: Kelsey http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-80544 Kelsey Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:06:16 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=8715#comment-80544 Paul, Great article! I agree that many look to SharePoint as the magic solution that will solve all their collaboration problems. The unfortunate paradox reminds me a lot of the famous line in Spiderman "with great power comes great responsibility". In SharePoint's case, it's more like "with extended functionality comes the potential for extended issues". Keep up the good writing, Kelsey, Fpweb.net copywriter Paul,

Great article! I agree that many look to SharePoint as the magic solution that will solve all their collaboration problems. The unfortunate paradox reminds me a lot of the famous line in Spiderman “with great power comes great responsibility”. In SharePoint’s case, it’s more like “with extended functionality comes the potential for extended issues”.

Keep up the good writing,

Kelsey, Fpweb.net copywriter

]]> By: Paul Culmsee http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-79191 Paul Culmsee Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:26:40 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=8715#comment-79191 You won? Damn! You are therefore a rare breed indeed Kerri, because to this day no-one has ever won when I have tried this in a workshop or the pub! The book will be out early next year we think. Stay tuned to EUSP or our respective blogs. We will get a site going for the book soon. regards Paul Culmsee You won? Damn!

You are therefore a rare breed indeed Kerri, because to this day no-one has ever won when I have tried this in a workshop or the pub!

The book will be out early next year we think. Stay tuned to EUSP or our respective blogs. We will get a site going for the book soon.

regards

Paul Culmsee

]]> By: Kerri http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-79141 Kerri Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:00:02 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=8715#comment-79141 Wow, thanks to both of you! What a pairing you two make - When is the book coming out? and how do I order? Looking forward to it! good stuff And for the record - I won the estimate challenge! Thanks Paul! Wow, thanks to both of you! What a pairing you two make – When is the book coming out? and how do I order? Looking forward to it! good stuff

And for the record – I won the estimate challenge! Thanks Paul!

]]> By: Kailash Awati http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-78916 Kailash Awati Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:32:54 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=8715#comment-78916 Hi Kerri, Taking a memetic view explaons why it is so hard to challenge established (best?) practices in pretty much any profession. Paul mentions the example of Business Analysis in his article. Another area where memetics has been used to challenge orthodoxy is project management. See the following post for more: http://eight2late.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/a-memetic-view-of-project-management/ Much more on memes and methodologies in our book - please stay tuned! Regards, Kailash. Hi Kerri,

Taking a memetic view explaons why it is so hard to challenge established (best?) practices in pretty much any profession. Paul mentions the example of Business Analysis in his article. Another area where memetics has been used to challenge orthodoxy is project management. See the following post for more:

http://eight2late.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/a-memetic-view-of-project-management/

Much more on memes and methodologies in our book – please stay tuned!

Regards,

Kailash.

]]> By: Paul Culmsee http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-78838 Paul Culmsee Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:12:52 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=8715#comment-78838 Hi Kerri - glad you enjoyed it. We toyed with the book title along the lines of stuff like "Beyond Best Practices: Handbook for the heretic turned visionary" Being a heretic is really fun - especially when you have done your research. You can really mess with people ;-) http://www.cleverworkarounds.com/2009/11/09/a-simple-way-to-improve-your-estimating-and-a-cool-pub-trick-part-1/ regards Paul Hi Kerri – glad you enjoyed it. We toyed with the book title along the lines of stuff like “Beyond Best Practices: Handbook for the heretic turned visionary”

Being a heretic is really fun – especially when you have done your research. You can really mess with people ;-)

http://www.cleverworkarounds.com/2009/11/09/a-simple-way-to-improve-your-estimating-and-a-cool-pub-trick-part-1/

regards

Paul

]]> By: Kerri http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/06/30/sharepoint-%e2%80%93-the-ring-for-the-memetic-smackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-78828 Kerri Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:56:19 +0000 http://www.endusersharepoint.com/?p=8715#comment-78828 Paul, enjoyed this a lot. Heretical visionary, never put it all together until now, I've been a heretic all my life -- it wasn't until Sharepoint that it really started to pay off! Thanks! Kerri, Sharepoint COORDINATOR Paul, enjoyed this a lot. Heretical visionary, never put it all together until now, I’ve been a heretic all my life — it wasn’t until Sharepoint that it really started to pay off! Thanks!

Kerri, Sharepoint COORDINATOR

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