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Techne and Psyche

August 28, 2009

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“Considered on its own merits, as a legitimate human activity, technology is neither good nor bad, neither harmful or harmless.  Whether it be used for good or ill depends entirely on man’s own attitude, which in turn depends upon technology.  The technologist has something of the same problem as the [...]

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Improving a Blog

August 26, 2009

I’ve always taken the discussions regarding the importance of the blog seriously.  The blog establishes the permalink whereas building digital identities out solely on social media platforms effectively turns the keys to your content over to the company.  I come down with both feet firmly on the side of making the blog the [...]

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Shadow side of social media

August 21, 2009

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This subject can be approached from many directions. On the individual level people can explore their shadow sides by creating online identities which are alter ego’s that provide a veil of anonymity allowing for a wider range of behaviors. A less intended, but a more common experience occurs when the [...]

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Feeding the Needs

August 20, 2009

In most fields the concept is professional development. Take a seminar or attend a conference and get an overview of developments in any given field, or focus in on a specific topic so that you gain a new level of expertise.
I’ve attended quite a few of events relating to social media and the new [...]

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Status in the Statusphere

August 16, 2009

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When I watch folks lavish the status of celebrity within this media, or worse, when I watch some claim the baton, I remind myself that the media itself is the real celebrity that is deserving of our lavish attention.  But this creates the paradox that we witness over at friendfeed, where [...]

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Permalinks : Permafrost

August 14, 2009

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Doc Searls summed up my experience over the last year with his Geology vs. Weather post:
On the other hand, blogging is geology. A blog’s posts may be current and timely, and constitute one person’s contribution to conversation around a subject or two, but each post is built to last. It [...]

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Tools of the Trade

August 6, 2009

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Content publishing is a specific goal that can capitalize on opportunities made available in the emerging technologies. More and more my practice incorporates the idea of living in the browser and to that end, the variety of plugins that make Firefox unlike any other browser, open up all [...]

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Publishing in the Cloulds

July 30, 2009

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One of the ideas I’ve been toying with since last fall is cloud publishing.  The idea in a nutshell: all the content you add to the web becomes your publishing catalogue.  While a blog(s) is a likely homebase for such activity, the efforts we apply in commenting on the blogs of [...]

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Traveling into contacts

June 29, 2009

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How are you utilizing all the folks you exchange ideas with across the social media platforms?  The number one difference from this corner is that no matter where I go these days, connecting with folks that I met first through this world is now a regular occurrence.  Each time these [...]

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Catch the Wave

June 3, 2009

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Google tipped it’s cards this week and I finally got around to taking a peek at what they laid on the table.  The vision is an exciting one that will radically open up the way we can share information and collaborate on ideas.
I watched the first thirty minutes or so of [...]

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