Comments for Tom Witkin's Blogs http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com The intersection of renewable energy and collaboration Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:32:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Collaboration Before Email: Has anything changed? by sandrar http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2006/10/20/collaboration-before-email/#comment-507 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:32:19 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2006/10/20/collaboration-before-email/#comment-507 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on Cutting Energy Use In Your Town by Robert Proctor http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/cutting-energy-use-in-your-town/#comment-500 Robert Proctor Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:04:37 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-500 Hi Tom, Sorry this is not related to your post... I am wondering what happened to your Speedwork Application. Is it still being developed or are you considering OPenNTF. What was the last version released. It was/is a great product Hope you are doing well... A very satisfied former Speedwork Customer Robert Hi Tom,

Sorry this is not related to your post…

I am wondering what happened to your Speedwork Application. Is it still being developed or are you considering OPenNTF. What was the last version released.

It was/is a great product

Hope you are doing well…

A very satisfied former Speedwork Customer

Robert

]]> Comment on About this blog site by Bill Hawthorne http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/about/#comment-477 Bill Hawthorne Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:55:08 +0000 #comment-477 Hello, My name is Bill Hawthorne, and I represent maacenter.org, a leading web resource for asbestos exposure and mesothelioma cancer information. Our organization is dedicated to increasing awareness of the terrible health consequences of asbestos exposure through the distribution of the best informational materials and public outreach efforts. I found your site through a search and decided to contact you because of its high environmental and green presence which is extremely important in our movement. Your viewers are extremely savvy and motivated. The promotion of how buildings should now be built using sustainable green products to avoid asbestos and mesothelioma as well as the awareness of past buildings and preventative steps in avoiding asbestos exposure are extremely important. My goal is to get a resource link on your site/blog or even to provide a guest posting to be placed. I look forward to hearing from you. Please feel free to check out our website at www.maacenter.org. Thank you for your time and consideration. Bill Hello,

My name is Bill Hawthorne, and I represent maacenter.org, a leading web resource for asbestos exposure and mesothelioma cancer information. Our organization is dedicated to increasing awareness of the terrible health consequences of asbestos exposure through the distribution of the best informational materials and public outreach efforts.

I found your site through a search and decided to contact you because of its high environmental and green presence which is extremely important in our movement. Your viewers are extremely savvy and motivated. The promotion of how buildings should now be built using sustainable green products to avoid asbestos and mesothelioma as well as the awareness of past buildings and preventative steps in avoiding asbestos exposure are extremely important. My goal is to get a resource link on your site/blog or even to provide a guest posting to be placed.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please feel free to check out our website at http://www.maacenter.org. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Bill

]]> Comment on “Destination Collaboration” – Stillborn? by jessica lipnack http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/%e2%80%9cdestination-collaboration%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-stillborn/#comment-473 jessica lipnack Fri, 01 May 2009 13:19:46 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/?p=134#comment-473 I agree completely with much of Andy's analysis about the plethora of confusing tools, requiring people to reinvent how they work for every project. And, "destination collaboration" is a great term. Total waste of time AND many people end up wanting to scream. Howevuhhhh, I don't think the answer lies in collaboration via messaging. Rather, I think it lies in consistency of collaboration design so that every collaboration space you go to has approximately the same architecture, arrayed in basically the same way. I use an analogy from physical space to illustrate: when you go into a room, where do you find the light switch? Near the door - maybe to the left, maybe the right, but it's not on the ceiling, in the opposite corner, in a different room altogether. Our collaboration "destinations" need to have the light switches in the same place. All "people" information needs to be on the same "wall;" all info about meetings on the same wall...and so on. When you collaborate online, you need common space. The group needs to live together somewhere. Clever messaging solutions can get us there but we need to go somewhere to co-locate our online selves/work/life. I agree completely with much of Andy’s analysis about the plethora of confusing tools, requiring people to reinvent how they work for every project. And, “destination collaboration” is a great term. Total waste of time AND many people end up wanting to scream. Howevuhhhh, I don’t think the answer lies in collaboration via messaging. Rather, I think it lies in consistency of collaboration design so that every collaboration space you go to has approximately the same architecture, arrayed in basically the same way. I use an analogy from physical space to illustrate: when you go into a room, where do you find the light switch? Near the door – maybe to the left, maybe the right, but it’s not on the ceiling, in the opposite corner, in a different room altogether. Our collaboration “destinations” need to have the light switches in the same place. All “people” information needs to be on the same “wall;” all info about meetings on the same wall…and so on. When you collaborate online, you need common space. The group needs to live together somewhere. Clever messaging solutions can get us there but we need to go somewhere to co-locate our online selves/work/life.

]]> Comment on Cleaner cars . . . too late? by Michael Tim http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/cleaner-cars-too-late/#comment-470 Michael Tim Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:12:48 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-470 I love your site! :) _____________________ Experiencing a slow PC recently? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/makemypcfaster" rel="nofollow">Fix it now!</a> I love your site! :)

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]]> Comment on It’s hard driving green by Clean Diesel http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/its-hard-driving-green/#comment-469 Clean Diesel Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:45:59 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-469 Yes, diesel fuel is expensive at the moment compared to gasoline, but great fuel economy offsets part of that. And, when gas prices go up, diesel gets more attractive.Nice article.Thank you. Yes, diesel fuel is expensive at the moment compared to gasoline, but great fuel economy offsets part of that. And, when gas prices go up, diesel gets more attractive.Nice article.Thank you.

]]> Comment on Cleaner cars . . . too late? by Rob L http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/cleaner-cars-too-late/#comment-468 Rob L Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:05:10 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-468 Must define "Cleaner", In my definition, Europe has has had it right for years upon years, with Diesel fueled cars outselling gas powered ones by a large margin. In general they are all getting a far bit more MPG as well.. but due to ridiculous taxes, Diesel still costs a fair bit more than gas here, and therefore doesn't sell as well. If you remove that roadblock, all those care (some even made by US manufacturers) would suddenly be much more viable in the US. Must define “Cleaner”, In my definition, Europe has has had it right for years upon years, with Diesel fueled cars outselling gas powered ones by a large margin. In general they are all getting a far bit more MPG as well.. but due to ridiculous taxes, Diesel still costs a fair bit more than gas here, and therefore doesn’t sell as well. If you remove that roadblock, all those care (some even made by US manufacturers) would suddenly be much more viable in the US.

]]> Comment on Inelasticity, SUVs and Idling by Josh Maxwell http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/inelasticity-suvs-and-idling/#comment-466 Josh Maxwell Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:31:16 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-466 You know, I have to tell you, I really enjoy this blog and the insight from everyone who participates. I find it to be refreshing and very informative. I wish there were more blogs like it. Anyway, I felt it was about time I posted, Ive spent most of my time here just lurking and reading, but today for some reason I just felt compelled to say this.

]]> Comment on Inelasticity, SUVs and Idling by swandiver http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/inelasticity-suvs-and-idling/#comment-465 swandiver Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:08:30 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-465 That's just the thing though isn't it? I'm sure they feel that as long as they can pay for the extra gas, it should be their right to idle. And while they can buy their way to to better healthcare and less polluted areas when the time comes, it's going to be the working class people like us who get the brunt of it. I think they'd much rather use the anti-idling law in neighborhoods where that $100 could mean the difference in someone's rent or not then actually applying to people who can afford it. That’s just the thing though isn’t it? I’m sure they feel that as long as they can pay for the extra gas, it should be their right to idle. And while they can buy their way to to better healthcare and less polluted areas when the time comes, it’s going to be the working class people like us who get the brunt of it.

I think they’d much rather use the anti-idling law in neighborhoods where that $100 could mean the difference in someone’s rent or not then actually applying to people who can afford it.

]]> Comment on UAW and Obama: 100% of nothing or 75% of something? by Tom Witkin http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/uaw-and-obama-100-of-nothing-or-75-of-something/#comment-461 Tom Witkin Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:48:39 +0000 http://tomwitkin.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-461 Jarvis Cromwell's "Reputation Garage" blog has a great visual represenation of the "Fall of GM." Plenty of blame to go around. Worth a look at http://reputationgarage.blogspot.com/2009/01/fall-of-gm.html Jarvis Cromwell’s “Reputation Garage” blog has a great visual represenation of the “Fall of GM.” Plenty of blame to go around.

Worth a look at http://reputationgarage.blogspot.com/2009/01/fall-of-gm.html

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