On the other hand, if you're hell bent against anything Microsoft invading your space (I trust you to supply your own reasons) and you want to bring a hip presentation into your next meeting, turn up the volume and click on the little movie below.

If you need to bide some time investigating alternatives to eRoom and SharePoint, Google launched Google sites last night. It's the reincarnation of JotSpot, a hosted wiki platform for building collaborative Web sites, which Google purchased sixteen months ago. If you look into it, let me know what you think, Google's a brand that can give anyone a run for its money.

And finally, if you feel powerless over the onslaught of technologies good/bad/unproven, I want to remind you that you still have power. Consider the Blissful Ignorance Effect which reasons that customers (trans. your upper management and end- users) don't want to be burdened by all the details inherent in the choices available to them. It's how you (or anyone else) spins the truth that matters. Scientific findings suggest that decision makers "will often engage in whatever distortion is needed to justify the purchase." It may be as simple as playing up the positive aspects while downplaying the negatives.