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The following is a copy of the "Taking care of your intranet" article on the Technology and Innovation page of the NZ Herald's pull out magazine called 'The Business' 25 June 2007. This aricle was written by Adam Gifford It is not available on the NZ Herald website (otherwise I would link to it) hence I have reproduced it here. I reference this article in my 'into the paper' post --------------------------- Page : Technology and Innovation Headline : Taking care of your intranet There are a few simple measures you can take to stop your intranet from becoming a wasteland, writes Adam Gifford. When was the last time you used your intranet, if your organisation has such a thing? Yesterday? Last week? Last month? The day it launched? Some organisations have put a lot of time and money into developing information-rich internal websites for use by staff or partners, only to see them becoming digital compost heaps, filled with information of red

Yes papers are still published and journalists still ring up folks for their opinion. A few weeks ago Adam Gifford rang me asking for help with an intranet article he was writing. Not knowing Adam from Adam I spoke to Dan Randow who had gave Adam my details, everything seemed on the up and up so I called Adam back, and now I'm in the paper. As the person who setup the 'Kiwi Intranets' group. Well that may be overstating things a little - My name is mentioned in NZ Herald's pull out magazine called 'The Business' 25 June 2007. You won't find me in their online archives so I'll post the text of the article here . Why bother blowing my own trumpet about this - well the great thing from my perspective was that, though not mentioned in the same sentence the other person asked for comment was Paul Reynolds. Paul is one of my heroes. A big thinker, someone with a global outlook, and a wonderful way with words. I saw Paul speak at the Bright Star in