Tuesday, February 10, 2009
procrastination
OK...one thing I learned this week is don't wait to post on this blog. A few days ago I was jumping around linking to all sorts of interesting web 2.0 stuff but I didn't blog it immediately and now it's all lost to the ether. First thing I did was clink on all those links that are a mystery to me...digg, delicious, redditt, etc. I've always wondered "what's that all about?" and now I know...there all very similar to each other. Basically, a push rather than a pull of information. Sure some have minor differences, but that's the bottom line. Rather than search for content...they deliver. I like the concept in some ways but I also feel it elliminates some of the serendipity involved in just perusing the content of an online source. As an example, I would never set up a link for business news, but recently I've been clicking on the bzness page out of simple curiosity. Same with sports...every once in awhile something jumps out at me and I investigate. So...while I love all this rss feed type stuff, I still think there is some merit to the random perusal of open content.
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I felt the same way, I had a vague idea of how these buttons work-- they are everywhere! Yet, I never knew what the porpuse was until now.
ReplyDeleteand... great, one more social thing, more power to the public! My view is: what is important out there? I mean, some one can tag a video of a monkey hitting the wall and of course everyone thinks it's funny, and boom! A video of a monkey makes the 6'oclock news, winds awards, etc. Instead of actual news about social events, politcs, etc, that should matter.