Welcome to the 'Plogging' World

Roland Piquepaille writes "No, it's not a typo. A plog is short for 'project log' like a blog is short for 'web log.' And plogs start to be used as tools to manage projects, especially in the IT world, as discovered Michael Schrage of the MIT. He reports his findings in an article published by CIO Magazine, "The Virtues of Chitchat." Schrage found that if plogs are not really commonplace, they're not exactly rare. And they are even used to manage large IT projects, such as ERP rollouts. I totally agree with him that a plog is of great value to integrate people in a team or to keep track of the advancement of a project. And you, what's your view? If you're a project manager, do you use a plog for better control? And if not today, will you use one in the future? This overview contains selected excerpts from Schage's article which will help you to answer the above questions."

Neat

[Anonymous Coward]

I can't wait to blog in my moblog about plogging. Oh, and kill myself.

What a...

[skraps]

shameless plog.
har, har.

Following this naming scheme

[pavon]

Richard Stallman's page would be a Freedom Log, one of many in the new flogging scene.

Cue the Comic Book Guy

[Anonymous Coward]

Worst. Fake word. Evar.

Star Trek

[danormsby]

Why are there all these abbreviations anyway?

Never heard James T. Kirk put an entry in the clog.

We all knew it would come to this...

[jiffah]

O.K. it's time to shut off the internet. Thanks for your participation everybody.

Plog, Blog,...

[thenextpresident]

all make me think of Barf's (John Candy) line in Spaceballs:

"I'm a mog. Half-man, half-dog. I'm my own best friend."

Re:Tlog?

[Anonymous Coward]

of course!
actually Plog means "craP log"

Re:Following this naming scheme

[gokubi]

Rumsfeld is starting his Strategic Log for the war in Iraq titled, "Iraq: A Long, Hard Slog"

Re:Do we need more types?

[sootman]

"We already have blogs, flogs, photologs, moblogs and now these plogs? Someone needs to stop making new terms up and just call them all logs."

There are too many words in English, period. From now on, let's just call all things "things."

Oh, wait, what's the point of language again?

Re:Following this naming scheme

[Noxx]

That's "GNU/Flog" you insensitive clod!

Re:Do we need more types?

[generic-man]

'Web' should be replaced with 'Internet-based hypertext-linked document system'.

It's still better than "blogosphere."

if it were an IQ test

[sesaetaen]

web log is to blog, as project log is to:

1. a) tlog
2. 
   b) plog
   c) clog
   
   

My logic would tell me a project log was a tlog (+ it sounds way cooler =)

Re:Do we need more types?

[arnie_apesacrappin]

I believe the word you are looking for is marklar.

From here [southparkstudios.com] if you don't get the reference.

Re:Do we need more types?

[mrscorpio]

I just hope this doesn't facilitate the return of the Pog.

Chris

Really, do you need a "Plog(tm)" to say...

[PDHoss]

4/14: This project sucks. I hate you all.

4/13: This project sucks. I hate you all.

4/12: This project sucks. I hate you all.

4/11: Hot chick from Marketing was at meeting. Woohoo!

4/10: This project sucks. I hate you all.

Glog

[merphle]

Slashdot: The one true glog (*log log)

Re:if it were an IQ test

[hachete]

d) flog

as in "to flog the log", i.e. create a work of fiction to fulfill some project manager's dream of what should be happening. Not that I'm cynical or anything... but

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