Comments on: Search as research

By: ccseed

ccseed — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:57:47 +0000

Hey Henie, It is absolutly impossible sift through it all aleady which
makes the need to formulate effective searches even more important.
If we "master" search, then we can become confident that the results
returning to us are the story. If we do not master search, then the
results returned to us become the story…

By: Henie

Henie — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:36:58 +0000

The exticntion is the instantaneous release/share and concurrent absorption and because of the barrage and bombastic rate information is spewed, it is almost impossible to comb through endless virual archives because we are constantly being fed in an endless moment.

I agree with Ted, I rather enjoy the feel/scent of an old book…

By: ccseed

ccseed — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:16:05 +0000

Great,
I'll be over to check it out.

By: Returning to the Agora | exUrban, Inc.

Returning to the Agora | exUrban, Inc. — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:26:18 +0000

[...] particular helped me snap out of it because it brought me to a wonderful, thought provoking post, Search as Research by Richard Reeve (@CCSeed) at his blog, Catskill Cottage Seed. Writing about the vast oceans of [...]

By: ted

ted — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:08:03 +0000

Just saw the link at the end of our string and am reading it now. I'm riffing on your post and this exchange in a post of my own. This is a fascinating piece. Thanks!

By: ccseed

ccseed — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:00:24 +0000

Just came across this post and I think it speaks to what we are talking about... http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2009/05/13/699/

By: ccseed

ccseed — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:00:24 +0000

Just came across this post and I think it speaks to what we are talking about... http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2009/05/13/699/

By: ted

ted — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:17:06 +0000

Yes, agreed about having the conversation being more than about tech and social media. Love the idea of the agora, and months ago, in the dark of Jauary nights it was that idea, and its potential about which I was most excited.

You and I had an exchange during the winter in which we talked about the social media world as the rebirth of the late-night-dorm-bull- sessions — that are fairly absent in our current lives (at least in mine, these days!) — so, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell on this, the over-hyped 40th anniversary of Woodstock "I've got to get back to the agora…." and start swapping ideas about "stuff."

By: ccseed

ccseed — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:48:06 +0000

...So it's come down to \"you haven't lived to you've been RT'd.\".

Awsome content is no garuntee of great numbers, but within any given
niche, I think its essential. It's clear that I craft recognition
about my \"personal brand\" (kind of hate that term) just as much by
sharing items from my reader as I do posting on this blog. But
interaction does not tend to flow from the shared items.

As for making use of all the information, my sense is I need a crash
course in Yahoo Pipes

By: ccseed

ccseed — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:41:05 +0000

Crafting meaningful interactions, and here I'd add my two cents that
these need to be about more than just the new tech and social media
itself, is \"the\" challenge for all of us.

It's why I try new things all the time, to see what might be more
effective. It's funny, I had just become convinced that friendfeed
was the best platform even though the current conversation there is
tech-centric, and facebook bought them out. So again, it comes down to
people interacting in the digital marketplace regardless of the
platform, but here with sense being that of the Athenian agora...