The other day, as part of my regular gallivant on the web, I spotted IdeaStorm, the new community site by Dell Computers.

Warmed my cockles it did. At long last, here was a corporation bold enough to

• Realize that times they-are-a-changing
• Understand the web is better at two-way communications than all the corporate monologues you can throw at your customers
• Experiment with community and web 2.0
• Glean ideas from its consumers, after they write/vote on new features
• Get/ listen to, a lot of flak [that's to be expected in any two-way dialogue, isn't it?]
• Put up instructive educational material for its customers
• Get into a discussion/dialogue with its customers on issues

Industry has embraced community at long last. May there be more Dells on the web. Let corporate chieftains, who embrace community, be blessed with more power.