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Jeremy tells the story of how he had to fight the IT Department to build a usable page for the International Plan Genetic Resources Institute. He's very funny. He talks about showing the IT folks how great weblogging was, but they didn't quite see it that way. "I got permission from them to maintain my own web site ... on my friend's server." Jeremy set himself up far faster, cheaper and "webbier" than the IT Department could. (A draft of his presentation is here.)

Why was there such resistance to blogging? "I think it comes down to a combination of insecurity and a lust for power." They don't listen to their customers. "I'm sure there are exceptions. But I haven't met any in my professional life."