Looks like everyone's favorite cubical prisoner Dilbert is about to get a high tech makeover. Since 1989, fans have been able to relate to beleaguered office worker trying to navigate a corporate bureaucracy that seems to make no sense.
But now, fans are not only "in" on the joke, they get to be part of the joke. New web site features will allow folks to add the punch line to an incomplete strip, as well as view and vote on their favorites.
In this world of fan fiction, home made YouTube music videos and song and software mashups, the idea of community created content isn't so surprising, and the social aspect is straight out of the Web 2.0 handbook, but what I find refreshing is that an author, a personality type typically hyper-protective of their intellectual property is being so open and friendly with "his children". It's something I'd like to see other creators adopt...
