Weblogs: September 2004 Archives
Whenever a media-using habit becomes obsessive-compulsive fun, I know something is happening that might change the way I do everything. I remember the first Macintosh I got my hands on, and the hours that were lost in Macpaint -- almost all of it using Fatbits, an artistic capability that no instrument had provided before. I remember when the first thing I did online every morning was check the NCSA Mosaic site to see what wild, wonderful, and useful websites had been created the night before. Virtual communities. Instant messaging. Blogging. Now I find myself drawn to the del.icio.us home page, just to see what people have bookmarked. Even more fun is checking out what has been added to the smartmobs or cooperation collections of juicy finds. Who ARE these people? And what ELSE are they bookmarking? Social bookmarking, folksonomy -- I even like the jargon people use before any of us really knows what shape this critter will take when it grows up. If you come across any sites that would interest others who are tracking smart mobs or cooperation -- bookmark them to those tags. Some day in the not too distant future, I'll post the best of what turns up.
[Smart Mobs]
"in the [attention based economy] of blogs, credit for discovering and filtering information is potent currency. Many blogs when posting links, will also include a link to the site that lead them to the link. This practice, bordering on a...
[Robin Good's Latest News]
I noticed today as I looked at my blog's front page that I switched from Radio Userland to Typepad on August 2, 2003. I am now starting my thirteenth month as a typepad user. Before typepad, I blogged for a year at "Ralph Poole'sWeblog" which is still being hosted, for some reason, by Radio Userland. My last post on RU was on August 5th, 2003 explaining that I had changed vendors.
I started blogging after I got laid off from Capgemini, at the end of October 2002. I suspect that the downturn in technology employment had a lot to do with the rapid adoption of blogs. Originally, I thought that I would keep a log of my job search and its frustrations, and my first several months of posts reflect that. In fact, finding a job was too frustrating!. Because of the economy, I did not find a job, so logging my search only exacerbated my feelings of inadequacy. So I switched,I started my own business. For my blog, I decided to follow my interests and write primarily about technology and business, but include some personal detail and posts that reflect a bit more about myself. For example, we visited Northwest Ireland,County Mayo, in July which is recorded in the photoblog. (I still have more pictures to add)
I don't write long essays, but I am very intrigued with some of the blogs I have been reading on story-telling in business. I agree that it can be a powerful mechanism to share knowledge and insight. I am considering using the technique more in my own blog, so stay tuned.
