2006-10-21
underground sites used by the army
in "the age":http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/general-defends-underground-army-website/2006/10/21/1160851184506.html today there was a interesting article about how soldiers are using the web (and in particular "FireSupportBase":http://firesupportbase.com ) to talk between themselves and discuss the goings on.
The reason why I mention this, is that some 'well-meaning' support staff thought they shouldn't and blocked access to it. Only to have the head of the army general Leahy tear them a new one and get it unblocked.
This actually shows me a level of insight by the general, he needs to hear first hand what is going on at the ground level, and not have it filtered out by middle management.
When I worked at CNET, they had a similar thing called cnet-spam, a mailing list where anybody and anyone could mail about something. Some senior people were also lurking on the list, and sometimes took action because of it. A great thing for senior management I belive.. and I hope my new corporate has something similiar.
My only sadness is the outing of firesupportbase might render it useless, as journalists and other onlookers register to look for the juicy gossip...