September 13, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
Yammer wins TC50
There are about a billion blog posts about Yammer winning TC50 and how and what they do. I’m not here to repeat those. As you well know, one thing that I am a huge fan of is not just tech but the productive application of technology. Tech with a purpose! I wanted to re-post something from Andrew Mason’s (founder of ThePoint.com) blog. Andrew talks about a certain application of Yammer that he thinks would be valuable for ThePoint. This is exactly the type of thinking I like and want to work to promote in our industry.
It forces us to decide what we’re working on. Computers provide an endless stream of opportunities to be distracted. If you don’t articulate what you’re working on, you often end up doing 10 different things, and none of them well. In that sense, using Yammer is a great way to force us to pick a task and focus on completing it.
I find in my work day that this can become a problem. Andrew is right about how you can get lost in the web via a computer. It’s sometimes hard to really stay focused on the completion of a project. I wonder if Yammer will work for companies who don’t officially buy into such a service. Can the employee of a huge company take advantage of Yammer without the company cutting a big contract with Yammer? Let me know if you do.
Congratulations to Yammer for winning TC50. You were among some seriously great companies and you rose to the top.
