Comments on: Last Refuge of a Scoundrel http://stuntbox.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fstuntbox.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F07%2Flast-refuge-of-a-scoundrel%2F&seed_title=Last+Refuge+of+a+Scoundrel David Sleight's Blog Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:57:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David Sleight http://stuntbox.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fstuntbox.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F07%2Flast-refuge-of-a-scoundrel%2F&seed_title=Last+Refuge+of+a+Scoundrel/comment-page-1/#comment-3379 David Sleight Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:59:31 +0000 http://www.stuntbox.com/blog/2007/07/last-refuge-of-a-scoundrel/#comment-3379 I see what you're saying, but there are plenty of Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Nets out there chalking up huge outlays to their intranets–and still managing to construct crap. There's plenty of incentive in terms of internal time and money saved too. It's ironic that this is overlooked so often when many of these same companies obsessively implement HR metrics that inform them <em>precisely</em> how much 15 minutes of an employee's wasted time costs them. I see what you’re saying, but there are plenty of Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Nets out there chalking up huge outlays to their intranets–and still managing to construct crap.

There’s plenty of incentive in terms of internal time and money saved too. It’s ironic that this is overlooked so often when many of these same companies obsessively implement HR metrics that inform them precisely how much 15 minutes of an employee’s wasted time costs them.

]]> By: Pete http://stuntbox.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fstuntbox.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F07%2Flast-refuge-of-a-scoundrel%2F&seed_title=Last+Refuge+of+a+Scoundrel/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 Pete Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:57:11 +0000 http://www.stuntbox.com/blog/2007/07/last-refuge-of-a-scoundrel/#comment-3378 While I don't disagree in theory with anything you say, I'd guess the main reason for the general crappiness of company intranets is that there is little incentive for companies to invest anything but the bare minimum in building them. If there are a limited number of development resources to go around (and there always are), those resources are most likely going to be thrown at the sites facing paying customers who can choose to go elsewhere if said sites suck. Meanwhile, employees are a relatively captive audience, and are thus more likely to put up with an underdeveloped mish-mash consisting of free javascript and links to Word docs. While I don’t disagree in theory with anything you say, I’d guess the main reason for the general crappiness of company intranets is that there is little incentive for companies to invest anything but the bare minimum in building them.

If there are a limited number of development resources to go around (and there always are), those resources are most likely going to be thrown at the sites facing paying customers who can choose to go elsewhere if said sites suck.

Meanwhile, employees are a relatively captive audience, and are thus more likely to put up with an underdeveloped mish-mash consisting of free javascript and links to Word docs.

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