Several things to say, and not enough time right now to say them all. In brief:
- Check out Yammer, a “micro-blogging tool for the Enterprise founded by David Sacks, former COO of PayPal and current CEO of Geni” (from the press release). “Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: ‘What are you working on?’” Yes, basically Twitter for the enterprise.
- There may be some teething issues, but how impressive is it when a web company contacts you when you have a question!? All via the magic of Twitter. See it here.
- Where did they get the name? “Yammer” in English means to whine or complain, make an outcry or clamour, or talk loudly and persistently. But this word is very similar to the German “Jammer”, meaning (among other things) a wailing noise. More particularly, the word “Katzenjammer” literally means “wailing cat”. (And by extension colloquially, a loud, discordant noise, a state of depression or bewilderment, or a hangover, but hopefully those definitions aren’t relevant here.) How do I know this? I can remember seeing some old, handed-down Katzenjammer Kids comics years ago, although it is apparently still being published.
So? A cat’s wail is louder than a tweet… 🙂
Now I really must get back to some paying work.