The New ITS
Well, what does what Kevin says in his blog entry today about communication and collaboration in ITS mean for DLT?
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I have been trying to parse for the past several months the question: If I had a blog would anybody read it? I'm sure nobody cares what I did at the Inn or BBQ last night, or if I ate breakfast like some tend to ramble. And frankly this is what has increased my reluctance to have my own. (I also realize I don't have to write about that junk)
I have come to the conclusion we (DLT Infrastructure) may be best served by a blog to which we could all contribute. This in no way suggests that I would mind if individuals choose to blog, but by nature we have trouble documenting system issue and procedures let alone blogging! (right?)
I believe we are doing some interesting investigations into Content Addressable Storage (CAS) as well as the eXtensible Access Method (XAM) Standard. http://www.snia.org/xam/home
We also are sharing ideas and road trips with folks from AIS in helping shape our next storage decisions.
We are part of some great collaborative efforts with TLT in creating a more transparent environment for the students using our public computers in the libraries as well as ASET with power and cooling challenges and disaster recovery.
This reinforces my commitment to a blog or other communication methods. I'm interested in seeing the results from the newly charged group addressing these issues to see if a blog or a combination of methods are best suited.
I think we're very lucky to have such an open and collaborative environment in ITS and DLT!
I like the idea of group-specific or subject-specific blogs. We can easily do that by aggregating from individual blogs too.