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Shared transcripts for the masses

Blogs in the Workplace.

An NY Times article on weblogs in business that somehow missed Socialtext ;-(

..."People are starting to use Web logs to archive data that would have otherwise been lost," Mr. Tang said. He noted that much of the company's internal communications had been via instant messaging — and was lost as soon as the correspondents closed their chat windows. Now, though, employees are starting to post transcripts of relevant discussions on the Web logs, he said.

"It's not just making life more convenient," Mr. Tang said, "but actually giving us something new we didn't have before."

[via Scripting News]

[Ross Mayfield's Weblog]

This would seem to support the argument for IM-to-blog as a useful publishing metaphor.  Although I wonder how well it can be made to work in practice:  I can think of few IM conversations that I would want to appear on a blog unedited.  Perhaps there is a middle-step.

An interesting approach to this, for me, would be the idea of a shared transcript editor.  Roughly what I have in mind is a 3rd participant in the conversation (a bot of some kind) which records what is said.  When the conversation is over it sends (via IM) both participants a link to a shared transcript editing page.  Once the participants have agreed the final transcript it then blogs it to both their weblogs.

Of course all of this sounds like it would work much more seamlessly as a Groove application.

Was it worth it?

Doubts raised on Iraq dossier. A former US ambassador who investigated alleged uranium procurement by Iraq says his findings were ignored. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

Doubts raised?  Is there anyone left who doesn't already doubt the veracity of claims by Downing Street and The Whitehouse regarding alleged Iraqi nuclear, chemical & biological weapons?

I'd like to see a balanced, objective, summary of the benefits and costs of the joint UK/US military effots in Afghanistan and Iraq.  A baseline that could be compared against in a decades time.  All the rhetoric.  All the deaths.  All the money funnelled into the pockets of people who make & sell armaments.

How will we ever know what all this was worth?

Forgiveness

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk.

It's your move.

It really doesn’t matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.

You can't forget. Forgiving has nothing to do with forgetting. You should remember everything and learn from it. Forgiving is goodness in the middle of remembering.

Above all, forgiveness is a series of choices you make.

You choose not to seek revenge or fantasize about it. You choose not to talk badly about the person who hurt you or wish evil for them.

You choose to let go of your anger and not to feed upon it. Shedding anger takes time and practice, but you choose to move in that direction.

You choose to wish that person well.

If these choices seem impossible to you, you might start by choosing to pray for the person who wronged you. You can pray for someone even if you don’t think God exists.

You should be quiet about your forgiveness, except with close friends. If you need to tell the story, you have not arrived. Choose not to tell the story until you no longer want to.

Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.

Whatever happens, forgiveness is good food for your soul. Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself.

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