e-wot?

So here’s maybe how to persuade more investment in your intranet during the coming recession. Click for ‘Cut costs by expanding your intranet’ – eGov AU

Craig Thomler’s first point is about quantifying and promoting satisfaction with an intranet. This makes sense to me because we don’t do this enough with ours.

I like the way he’s pointing out an opportunity within a potential obstacle. I hadn’t considered this at all. Very relevant and timely I reckon.

Quote:

I often advocate increasing intranet funding during cost cutting exercises as a lower cost channel for engaging staff and sharing information.

Seems like good advice.

Ok, a bit of fun-punditry… Rizzn from Mashable suggests 5 types of web business that might survive the coming financial splat. And Rafe Needleman from Webware suggests 11 companies they think might not make it through the recession. Ooooh.

Mashable’s 5 potential winners are:

1. Co-Working Spaces
2. Bootstrapping and Growth Based Businesses
3. Collaborative Tools
4. Idea Marketplaces
5. Workforce Marketplaces

Click for Mashable – 5 Web 2.0 Businesses That Will Thrive in a Down Economy

Webware’s 11 potential losers are:

1. Twitter
2. Meebo
3. TripIt
4. Zillow
5. Pandora
6. Second Life
7. Skype
8. Ask
9. DailyMotion
10. Netvibes
11. MySpace

Click for Webware – 11 troubled Web companies: The next Kozmos?

Meh, not so entirely sure about the loser list. Skype? RU sure? Apparently it’s owner, eBay, might drag it down. MySpace, hmm. Twitter, well OK so how does Twitter make money? Second Life, never clicked with me.