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New Categories: IdeaStorm & Ideas in Action

30 October , 06:30 PM

Today, we're launching two new categories on Direct2Dell: IdeaStorm and Ideas in Action. Over the past several months we've heard from customers and from several folks like Mack Collier that we should strengthen the ties between Direct2Dell and IdeaStorm. In the IdeaStorm category, you'll hear from folks like the IdeaStorm Manager Caroline Dietz and the IdeaStorm Moderator Kara Krautter. They'll use the overall IdeaStorm category to blog about feature improvements, policy updates and to provide perspective on issues that the community raises, and insight into Dell's lessons in crowd-sourcing. Similar to how Kevin Rose and team use the digg.com blog.

Pages like the Moderator Update page and the Ideas in Action page were static before. The team hopes that moving this content to Direct2Dell will allow the IdeaStorm community to comment on and share their thoughts on how IdeaStorm continues to evolve.

To give you an idea of the kinds of things to expect, Kara's first two posts provide more context about this move, and explain the IdeaStorm category list in more detail. If you are really interested in getting automatic updates on either category, you can subscribe to an RSS feed for the IdeaStorm category here and the Ideas in Action category here.

Subscribing will pull new content into your favorite RSS reader like Google Reader, Google Homepage, My Yahoo, Bloglines, or NewsGator. That way, you will automatically receive any updates that are added to either category.

We look forward to hearing more from the IdeaStorm community and continuing the discussion.

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vlad laurentiu
01 Mar 2008 09:26 AM

I think this is a great move on Dell's part Lionel, as it's another way to build a bridge between the company and its community of customers.

 
aikiwolfie
12 Nov 2007 08:18 AM
Welcome to the mod Kara Krautter :o)
 
IdeaStormer Jorge
01 Nov 2007 08:22 PM
Ha! Goes to show you the promise isn't panning out is it. Nobody at SalesForce thought of running a database verifier before taking it down did they. My oh my, the simplest of tools developed my most if not all CS majors in their first year at college. The db is probably so corrupted you can't get it to list anything anymore, so much for the fix. Better hope you backed it up.
 
jervis961
01 Nov 2007 05:57 PM
I guess the move to Direct2Dell hasn't helped with notifications.  Things like "hey we're taking the site down for a bit tonight" BEFORE it happens would be appreciated. 
 
DELL-Caroline D
01 Nov 2007 05:57 PM
We didn't anticipate the site being down for more than a few seconds, so didn't think a notification was necessary. I did learn a little bit ago, however, that the site is down and we're at 25% complete with the update. I'm getting updates as we hit 50%, 75%, 100%, etc. And will keep you updated here.
 
jervis961
31 Oct 2007 11:17 AM

Lionel,

This has the potential to become a great new feature for the Dell community but there are a few problems to overcome.  I posted a new idea on IdeaStorm for improvement suggestions to the Direct2Dell site.  Instead of listing them here, I have included a link.  Perhaps a few Direct2Dell readers who haven't joined IdeaStorm will feel impelled to join the fray.  Good luck 

http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/74716/Improve_the_Direct2Dell_site
 
Mack Collier
30 Oct 2007 09:22 PM
I think this is a great move on Dell's part Lionel, as it's another way to build a bridge between the company and its community of customers.