Comments on: Variety, the colors of an active market http://catskillcottageseed.com/2008/10/22/variety-the-colors-of-an-active-market/ Positioning within the Imaginal Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:40:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: lfamous http://catskillcottageseed.com/2008/10/22/variety-the-colors-of-an-active-market/comment-page-1/#comment-85 lfamous Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:09:13 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=708#comment-85 I scan. Not much different than picking up a paper and glancing at the photos and leads to get a snapshot of what's happening. I think the key is picking which sources you check every day, and which ones you check sometimes...like the daily paper you subscribe to, the weekly news magazine, the monthly hobby magazine, and the others you just glance at while you're waiting at the doctor's office, mail salon or grocery checkout. I scan. Not much different than picking up a paper and glancing at the photos and leads to get a snapshot of what’s happening. I think the key is picking which sources you check every day, and which ones you check sometimes…like the daily paper you subscribe to, the weekly news magazine, the monthly hobby magazine, and the others you just glance at while you’re waiting at the doctor’s office, mail salon or grocery checkout.

]]> By: Ben Tremblay http://catskillcottageseed.com/2008/10/22/variety-the-colors-of-an-active-market/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Ben Tremblay Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:14:34 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=708#comment-84 As <a href="http://twitter.com/bentrem/status/971418392" rel="nofollow">I twittered in reply to your tweet</a>, the ability to filter really does produce the possibility of building a social setting that is entirely consonant / resonant with one's own world view ... homogenous ... so much so "difference" becomes equivalent to "unpleasant" and eventually "in error" ... a form of xenophobia. But to wrangle "flood" for a sec ... and here's how that tendency comes into play ... I think we can throttle quantity without reducing variety. For e.g. I'm a leftie; if I can find someone who's genuinely conservative but not paradigmatic knuckle dragger, that person is likely to stay in my stream. I'm trying to recall a quote ... I think from Locke ... "Who knows only his side of an argument knows little of that." Pretty close. I like to follow what resonates with me and then uhhh check the branches, the outlying aspects to find something that isn't so obviously in tune. Last thing I want to see when I look out into the world is a mirror! That's just too much like #matrix. --ben As I twittered in reply to your tweet, the ability to filter really does produce the possibility of building a social setting that is entirely consonant / resonant with one’s own world view … homogenous … so much so “difference” becomes equivalent to “unpleasant” and eventually “in error” … a form of xenophobia.

But to wrangle “flood” for a sec … and here’s how that tendency comes into play … I think we can throttle quantity without reducing variety. For e.g. I’m a leftie; if I can find someone who’s genuinely conservative but not paradigmatic knuckle dragger, that person is likely to stay in my stream.
I’m trying to recall a quote … I think from Locke … “Who knows only his side of an argument knows little of that.” Pretty close.

I like to follow what resonates with me and then uhhh check the branches, the outlying aspects to find something that isn’t so obviously in tune. Last thing I want to see when I look out into the world is a mirror! That’s just too much like #matrix.

–ben

]]> By: Kate http://catskillcottageseed.com/2008/10/22/variety-the-colors-of-an-active-market/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Kate Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:11:16 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=708#comment-82 Since my office is in this very part of Canal I can attest to this apt analogy. Treating the data stream as window shopping. Diving in only where something really resonates. Saving yourself the time and annoyance of barkers or worthless merchandise. Since my office is in this very part of Canal I can attest to this apt analogy. Treating the data stream as window shopping. Diving in only where something really resonates. Saving yourself the time and annoyance of barkers or worthless merchandise.

]]> By: Alden Smith http://catskillcottageseed.com/2008/10/22/variety-the-colors-of-an-active-market/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Alden Smith Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:58:57 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=708#comment-81 Data flood is an interesting twist on information overload, is it not? Finding common ground realistic to your goals is surely the watch word that must drive us. Without being informed we lose out on the world view. By spending too much time on sites not relevant to our immediate needs, we lose out on our own efforts. It is a fine line, methinks, and one that requires some discipline. Thanks for sharing... Alden Smith~ Data flood is an interesting twist on information overload, is it not? Finding common ground realistic to your goals is surely the watch word that must drive us. Without being informed we lose out on the world view. By spending too much time on sites not relevant to our immediate needs, we lose out on our own efforts. It is a fine line, methinks, and one that requires some discipline. Thanks for sharing…

Alden Smith~

]]> By: Sekoja http://catskillcottageseed.com/2008/10/22/variety-the-colors-of-an-active-market/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Sekoja Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:00:52 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=708#comment-80 The data flood. Tell me about it! But it is us who choose to expose ourselves, at least in how we use the internet. I see your point though. The flood of interesting people, sites and information is virtually endless, and even 'irrelevant' stuff can lead to interesting avenues. In the end I think it comes down to "What do I need to know, what do I want to know, and who, and why." Without a little discipline it's easy to get lost in 'the next interesting thing'. The data flood. Tell me about it! But it is us who choose to expose ourselves, at least in how we use the internet. I see your point though. The flood of interesting people, sites and information is virtually endless, and even ‘irrelevant’ stuff can lead to interesting avenues.

In the end I think it comes down to “What do I need to know, what do I want to know, and who, and why.” Without a little discipline it’s easy to get lost in ‘the next interesting thing’.

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