What do you think are the advantages of corporate blogging? Both EXTERNAL and INTERNAL usage for the organisation ?
The newspaper DNA (Daily News and Analysis - http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore ) seems to have involved in not verifying its sources of photographs and having used my photographs (does this amount to plagiarism? I think it does) after it carried some of my pictures in the 'After Hrs' section of its newspaper on 31st January 2009, which I had taken at the IIMB Yamini 2009. It is good that they covered the event but they should have cited/verified the sources of the photographs. In all probability they or their sources just picked up the photos from my blog, with the belief that no one would notice anyways - seems they could not escape as luck would have it, I spotted them in the DNA paper on Saturday. It was early in the morning when as I flipped open the last page of the supplement that I was stunned to see my pics, which I was able to recognize immediately - however there were no credits anywhere in sight! Please check the photos below from the e-paper version on their website...
It is to show how democratic and "open" the organizations are. Press statements are too formal and are usually done by top management. But when a technical lead or developer blogs about what he/she is working on, it sort of becomes an informal way of communication. Adds to the "coolness" of the company.
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Is that all - the coolness factor only ?
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