> There's also a new feature coming that makes it really easy
>to move a conversation from email to QuickTopic --
>'revolutionary' might be too strong a word, but I think it can
>change the way people work. I'm really excited about that, and I
>may announce it along with the release of QuickTopic Pro.

Just for clarity's sake - will that new feature be only available in Pro, or is that something we can expect on the existing Quicktopic service?


>I actually
>think this has even bigger potential for corporate knowledge
>sharing than enterprise weblogging.

Now that's interesting. As someone who once tried (and failed) to get a team of people in a corporate environment to share knowledge via a mailing list, I know how hard it can be to foster collaboration in a workplace, especially electronic collaboration.

There's been a lot of talk about the use of weblogs for knowledge management (so-called "k-logs"), and no doubt the idea may well catch on. Personally, I think the larger the organisation, the harder it will be to implement such a policy.

But to return to your point - what's going to be the biggest hurdle to overcome on the path to getting people to make use of a
Quicktopic-style tool in the workplace? Is it your job, as the
creator of the software (and presumably of the UI) to make simplicity the key to encouraging participation, or is it the job of the company that decides to implement it?