Modern Voices

Blog is Virtual Substitute for Bill Marriott

"It is the virtual substitute for Bill Marriott visiting every hotel"

--Kathleen Matthews, Global Communications, Marriott International

Employees around the world make up about one-fifth of the blog's readership and they comment frequently.
Bill Marriott doesn't use computers. Instead, he dictates entries into a recorder and a staff member transcribes and posts them. The audio is also on the site, which averages about 6,000 visitors per week and has had more than 600,000 total visitors since its inception in January 2007.

via Washington Post

Ordering Lunch Could be Top Secret

“A lot of things are not things that you would put on a traditional Web site. If someone directed a desk officer to create an article, it would not be about how to order lunch. That might seem trivial — but getting food into the main State Department building is not an easy task.”

-- Eric M. Johnson, U.S. State Department, Office of eDiplomacy
regarding Diplopedia, the department's internal wiki

Politicians Find Blogs Give More Than MSM

"I'm always amazed about who reads this thing," he said Friday. "I don't think there's a need for Web sites anymore, I can do it all on my blog."

Texas State Representative. Aaron Pena, about his blog for constituents.