Architecture Matters: The Rebirth of Public Discussion
[Blogs solve the signal:noise problem typical of forums and mailing lists because] nobody bothers to link to the "flamers" or "spammers", and thus they remain out of the loop, or form the...
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http://www.ozzie.net/blog/stories/2002/08/12/architectureMattersTheRebirthOfPublicDiscussion...
[Blogs solve the signal:noise problem typical of forums and mailing lists because] nobody bothers to link to the "flamers" or "spammers", and thus they remain out of the loop, or form the...
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http://www.ozzie.net/blog/stories/2002/08/12/architectureMattersTheRebirthOfPublicDiscussion...
Architecture Matters: the Death of Inclusive Discussion
Public blog discussions [are based on] an architecture that creates "discussions" that are decentralized, but are therefore also self-selecting and exclusive.
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http://www.tenreasonswhy.com/weblog/archives/2002/08/22/architecture_matters_the_death_of_in...
Public blog discussions [are based on] an architecture that creates "discussions" that are decentralized, but are therefore also self-selecting and exclusive.
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http://www.tenreasonswhy.com/weblog/archives/2002/08/22/architecture_matters_the_death_of_in...
The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes
Essentially, as we increase group sizes beyond 80, to 150, 200, or even 350-500, we typically do so by breaking larger groups down into smaller ones, and continually reducing community si...
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http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/03/the_dunbar_numb.html
Essentially, as we increase group sizes beyond 80, to 150, 200, or even 350-500, we typically do so by breaking larger groups down into smaller ones, and continually reducing community si...
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http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/03/the_dunbar_numb.html
The Job of the Media
The problem is that the media are set up to deal with news that are either one-shot events that are reported and promptly forgotten, or ongoing stories where there is a continuous feed of...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/02/24.html#a1061
The problem is that the media are set up to deal with news that are either one-shot events that are reported and promptly forgotten, or ongoing stories where there is a continuous feed of...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/02/24.html#a1061
United we find
Search, and you search alone; ramble from one recommendation to another, and you may feel a curious kinship with the like-minded individuals whose opinions influence your own.
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http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3714044
Search, and you search alone; ramble from one recommendation to another, and you may feel a curious kinship with the like-minded individuals whose opinions influence your own.
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http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3714044
MF Bliki: LimitationsOfGeneralAdvice
General advice raises issues that you have to consider in your particular case, reducing the chances that something will be left out because you didn't think of it.
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http://martinfowler.com/bliki/LimitationsOfGeneralAdvice.html
General advice raises issues that you have to consider in your particular case, reducing the chances that something will be left out because you didn't think of it.
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http://martinfowler.com/bliki/LimitationsOfGeneralAdvice.html
Search Engine APIs
Great post from Alex Bosworth on how API T's and C's affect developer adoption, and - consequently - innovation.
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http://sourcelabs.com/ajb/archives/2005/03/search_engine_a.html
Great post from Alex Bosworth on how API T's and C's affect developer adoption, and - consequently - innovation.
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http://sourcelabs.com/ajb/archives/2005/03/search_engine_a.html
Extending Wikipedia to include everything. The next stage of social networking
A unique identification code for every event, person, place, and thing is the next logical step. It's where the future is headed and we might as well go there now. There's simply too much...
association, identification, inclusion saved by: meryn more details ...
http://hownottoblog.com/index.php/2005/03/18/extending_wikipedia_to_include_everythin
A unique identification code for every event, person, place, and thing is the next logical step. It's where the future is headed and we might as well go there now. There's simply too much...
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http://hownottoblog.com/index.php/2005/03/18/extending_wikipedia_to_include_everythin
The Fading Altruism of Open Source Development
The nexus of open source development appears to have shifted to Europe over the last ten years. This paper explains why this trend undermines cultural arguments about "hacker ethics" and ...
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http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue6_12/lancashire
The nexus of open source development appears to have shifted to Europe over the last ten years. This paper explains why this trend undermines cultural arguments about "hacker ethics" and ...
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http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue6_12/lancashire
Dunbar, Altruistic Punishment, and Meta-Moderation
In any group process look for the commons, allow participants to participate in identifing defectors; determine what the costs are for such identification [...] and encourage participatio...
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http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/03/dunbar_altruist.html
In any group process look for the commons, allow participants to participate in identifing defectors; determine what the costs are for such identification [...] and encourage participatio...
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http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/03/dunbar_altruist.html
Schwartz: Blogs are essential for leadership
Given that any time executives send an e-mail blast to employees it typically ends up in the public domain, being more direct and transparent is more credible and helps build dialog with ...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1531&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
Given that any time executives send an e-mail blast to employees it typically ends up in the public domain, being more direct and transparent is more credible and helps build dialog with ...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1531&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
Massively parallel culture
Rather than the scary fragmentation of our society into a nation of disconnected people doing their own thing, I think we're reforming into thousands of cultural tribes, connected less by...
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http://longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/2005/06/tribal_culture.html
Rather than the scary fragmentation of our society into a nation of disconnected people doing their own thing, I think we're reforming into thousands of cultural tribes, connected less by...
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http://longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/2005/06/tribal_culture.html
Evolving search, metadata, and trust into the Experts' Net
People, in the aggregate, like to believe in a trusted or aspirational authority figure whether it is a blogger, a movie star, or some other highly respected professional. Too many choice...
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http://gordon.blogsmith.com/2005/07/06/evolving-search-metadata-trust-into-the-experts-net
People, in the aggregate, like to believe in a trusted or aspirational authority figure whether it is a blogger, a movie star, or some other highly respected professional. Too many choice...
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http://gordon.blogsmith.com/2005/07/06/evolving-search-metadata-trust-into-the-experts-net
Tagging, spam and drunken roommates
If you deliberately spam My Web, I'll disconnect from you. If you connect to people who spam, I'll ask you to stop it or, if that doesn't work, shut you off entirely. If the system work...
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http://www.heynorton.org/blog/2005/07/dont_barf_on_my.html
If you deliberately spam My Web, I'll disconnect from you. If you connect to people who spam, I'll ask you to stop it or, if that doesn't work, shut you off entirely. If the system work...
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http://www.heynorton.org/blog/2005/07/dont_barf_on_my.html
Why generic XML on the web is a bad idea
Using XML or even RDF serialized as XML you can describe your content much better and in far more detail [than in HTML], but there is no search engine out there that will understand you.
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http://annevankesteren.nl/2005/05/generic-xml
Using XML or even RDF serialized as XML you can describe your content much better and in far more detail [than in HTML], but there is no search engine out there that will understand you.
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http://annevankesteren.nl/2005/05/generic-xml
Software revolutionaries get a haircut
Merging with the corporate mainstream is the logical next step. It signals the success of open-source pioneers in reshaping the software landscape, not the end of a dream.
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http://news.ft.com/cms/s/888a41a4-0a03-11da-b870-00000e2511c8.html
Merging with the corporate mainstream is the logical next step. It signals the success of open-source pioneers in reshaping the software landscape, not the end of a dream.
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http://news.ft.com/cms/s/888a41a4-0a03-11da-b870-00000e2511c8.html
Quality's in the Eye of the Beholder
We ask customers and developers and partners, basically every constituency at Sun the world over, 'Would you recommend Sun?' If they say 'yes,' we ask why. And we do more of what they say.
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http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=defining_quality
We ask customers and developers and partners, basically every constituency at Sun the world over, 'Would you recommend Sun?' If they say 'yes,' we ask why. And we do more of what they say.
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http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=defining_quality
It’s about relationships
The web isn’t about — or just about — content or communication, of course. It’s really about making connections — about, well, links. But to be valued, those links must be organ...
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http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/07/23/its-about-relationships
The web isn’t about — or just about — content or communication, of course. It’s really about making connections — about, well, links. But to be valued, those links must be organ...
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http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/07/23/its-about-relationships
Reduce the risk, hire from open source
Open source gives companies a way out of the crap shot. A competitive advantage in picking winners with a much higher rate of success than the guessing, interpolation, and charade of old.
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http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000505.html
Open source gives companies a way out of the crap shot. A competitive advantage in picking winners with a much higher rate of success than the guessing, interpolation, and charade of old.
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http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000505.html
Linus on source code, developer craziness, and the makings of successful projects
Encourage them to make things configurable, so that the system integrators and distributors can [combine the parts into] a more unified whole. Maybe it won't be totally unified, but what ...
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2005/12/linus_on_source.html
Encourage them to make things configurable, so that the system integrators and distributors can [combine the parts into] a more unified whole. Maybe it won't be totally unified, but what ...
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2005/12/linus_on_source.html
RSS sucks and information overload
Current generation of feed readers merely reformat RSS for display. They don't do anything else, no prioritization, no filtering, no help dealing with the flood of information.
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http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/01/rss-sucks-and-information-overload.html
Current generation of feed readers merely reformat RSS for display. They don't do anything else, no prioritization, no filtering, no help dealing with the flood of information.
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http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/01/rss-sucks-and-information-overload.html
Peer review not sacrosanct
One aim of establishment science is to prevent the emergence of new ideas; peer review seems to be a good way to accomplish this.
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http://blog.mises.org/archives/004512.asp
One aim of establishment science is to prevent the emergence of new ideas; peer review seems to be a good way to accomplish this.
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http://blog.mises.org/archives/004512.asp
Why Some Medical Spending Should Count as Investment
An extra 10% of birth weight raises earnings by about 1%. 10% more birth weight is about as valuable in the labor market as a quarter of a year of education.
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http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2005/12/why_some_medica.htm...
An extra 10% of birth weight raises earnings by about 1%. 10% more birth weight is about as valuable in the labor market as a quarter of a year of education.
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http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2005/12/why_some_medica.htm...
Tribes of the internet
Research shows that very small biases, when magnified through thousands or millions or billions of choices, can turn into profound schisms. [This effect could] end up turning the internet...
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http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/12/tribes_of_the_i_1.php
Research shows that very small biases, when magnified through thousands or millions or billions of choices, can turn into profound schisms. [This effect could] end up turning the internet...
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http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/12/tribes_of_the_i_1.php
Dark Matter
U.S. assets abroad are really worth a lot more than we thought, because the official calculation doesn't include the value of the intellectual property.
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http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2005/12/dark_matter.html?ca...
U.S. assets abroad are really worth a lot more than we thought, because the official calculation doesn't include the value of the intellectual property.
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http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2005/12/dark_matter.html?ca...
On the need for an "Outlook for blogs"
Just as many users today have both a personal and professional email, and increasingly multiple emails for various aspects of their lives, there is an increasing need for multiple blogs f...
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http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/06/on_need_for_mul.html
Just as many users today have both a personal and professional email, and increasingly multiple emails for various aspects of their lives, there is an increasing need for multiple blogs f...
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http://mp.blogs.com/mp/2005/06/on_need_for_mul.html
Thinking About Dark Matter
Intel, to the chagrin of the IRS, chooses not to pay itself a royalty, but to book its profits in Ireland. This choice of accounting practice does not signify that a real, though unmeasur...
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http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/facultystaff/nichols/darkmatter.html
Intel, to the chagrin of the IRS, chooses not to pay itself a royalty, but to book its profits in Ireland. This choice of accounting practice does not signify that a real, though unmeasur...
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http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/facultystaff/nichols/darkmatter.html
Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad?
Online communities are more like nation-states than technological tools. There is a master behind the architecture, a master who controls the walls of the system and can wage war on her/h...
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http://www.danah.org/papers/FriendsterMySpaceEssay.html
Online communities are more like nation-states than technological tools. There is a master behind the architecture, a master who controls the walls of the system and can wage war on her/h...
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http://www.danah.org/papers/FriendsterMySpaceEssay.html
Economist Class
We need more trespassers. Fortunately, a few of today’s economists are beginning to hurdle professional fences and mine neurology, psychology, sociology, and political science to enrich...
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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3389
We need more trespassers. Fortunately, a few of today’s economists are beginning to hurdle professional fences and mine neurology, psychology, sociology, and political science to enrich...
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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3389
The Latest French Riots
The youth unemployment rate is largely an artefact of French law. If employers were free to fire employees without cause, they would be much more willing to take a chance on hiring worker...
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http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/03/the_latest_fren.html
The youth unemployment rate is largely an artefact of French law. If employers were free to fire employees without cause, they would be much more willing to take a chance on hiring worker...
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http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/03/the_latest_fren.html
Here's an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas
There's a fine line between individual genius and know-it-all arrogance. [...] It's time to invent a less top-down approach to innovation, to make it everybody's business to come up with ...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/business/yourmoney/26mgmt.html?ex=1301029200&en=0d90ed5116...
There's a fine line between individual genius and know-it-all arrogance. [...] It's time to invent a less top-down approach to innovation, to make it everybody's business to come up with ...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/business/yourmoney/26mgmt.html?ex=1301029200&en=0d90ed5116...
Skipping Peer Review
On the one hand, [scientists] want to get the information out as quickly as possible, but on the other hand, they understand that other scientists need to verify that information to ensur...
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http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/03/peer_review_crisis_what_about.php
On the one hand, [scientists] want to get the information out as quickly as possible, but on the other hand, they understand that other scientists need to verify that information to ensur...
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http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/03/peer_review_crisis_what_about.php
Prestige, Status, and Culture
Comparative excellence style prestige is pretty clearly going to correlate with greater earnings in general. The higher the prestige in a domain, the fiercer the bidding from clients for ...
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http://happinesspolicy.com/2006/04/07/prestige-status-and-culture
Comparative excellence style prestige is pretty clearly going to correlate with greater earnings in general. The higher the prestige in a domain, the fiercer the bidding from clients for ...
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http://happinesspolicy.com/2006/04/07/prestige-status-and-culture
The Value of a College Degree
Though the cost of higher education is significant, given the earnings disparity that exists between those who earn a bachelor's degree and those who do not, the individual rate of ROI in...
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http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/value.htm
Though the cost of higher education is significant, given the earnings disparity that exists between those who earn a bachelor's degree and those who do not, the individual rate of ROI in...
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http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/value.htm
Credibility Commons
Credibility in our web 2.0 age is not built only through centralized, technocratically-controlled authorities. For me personally, credibility for ideas is often established through person...
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http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/16/credibility-commons
Credibility in our web 2.0 age is not built only through centralized, technocratically-controlled authorities. For me personally, credibility for ideas is often established through person...
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http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/16/credibility-commons
Free content is the future
The result for EdWeek and others who are still stuck in an analog/print/old-media mindset of idea distribution is that their ideas and their publication methods are rapidly becoming de-fa...
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http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/16/free-content-is-the-future
The result for EdWeek and others who are still stuck in an analog/print/old-media mindset of idea distribution is that their ideas and their publication methods are rapidly becoming de-fa...
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http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/16/free-content-is-the-future
Blogs like a neutron bomb!
Why this phenomenon is happening is simple: “It’s the audience.” It is not just about the in-class recognition, it is mainly about the fact that a worldwide audience is regularly vi...
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http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb
Why this phenomenon is happening is simple: “It’s the audience.” It is not just about the in-class recognition, it is mainly about the fact that a worldwide audience is regularly vi...
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http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/21/blogs-like-a-neutron-bomb
Scan This Book!
Soon a book outside the library will be like a Web page outside the Web, gasping for air. Indeed, the only way for books to retain their waning authority in our culture is to wire their t...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/magazine/14publishing.html
Soon a book outside the library will be like a Web page outside the Web, gasping for air. Indeed, the only way for books to retain their waning authority in our culture is to wire their t...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/magazine/14publishing.html
The Synthesizing Leader
The ability to decide what information to heed, what to ignore, and how to organize and communicate that which we judge to be important is becoming a core competence for those living in t...
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http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2006/03/11/the-synthesizing-leader
The ability to decide what information to heed, what to ignore, and how to organize and communicate that which we judge to be important is becoming a core competence for those living in t...
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http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2006/03/11/the-synthesizing-leader
The myth of "keeping up"
You can't keep up. There is no way. And trying to keep up will probably just make you dumber.You can never be current on everything you think you should be.
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http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/04/the_myth_of_kee.html
You can't keep up. There is no way. And trying to keep up will probably just make you dumber.You can never be current on everything you think you should be.
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http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/04/the_myth_of_kee.html
Unpopularity is good, ask Weber
Mediocrity rises to the top of academia, not the cream. This is due to rules of cooperation. If you’re too good, you’re too different, and we don’t want to play with you.
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http://prairiesociology.blogspot.com/2005/06/unpopularity-is-good-ask-weber.html
Mediocrity rises to the top of academia, not the cream. This is due to rules of cooperation. If you’re too good, you’re too different, and we don’t want to play with you.
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http://prairiesociology.blogspot.com/2005/06/unpopularity-is-good-ask-weber.html
'Economic Man' vs. 'Status Man'
I suspect that the most likely alternative to economic motivation is a worse motive: status-seeking. I believe that is more important to curb our lust for status than our lust for goods a...
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http://www.techcentralstation.com/100405A.html
I suspect that the most likely alternative to economic motivation is a worse motive: status-seeking. I believe that is more important to curb our lust for status than our lust for goods a...
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http://www.techcentralstation.com/100405A.html
REST design question #3: meaning of a link
If we can [formalize linking] with an XML document web without forcing everyone to squeeze their data into something like RDF or XTM, we might just be able to get enough people to play al...
adoption, convention, formalization, inclusion, interoperation, representation saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/archives/2005/02/18/rest-design-question-meaning-of-...
If we can [formalize linking] with an XML document web without forcing everyone to squeeze their data into something like RDF or XTM, we might just be able to get enough people to play al...
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http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/archives/2005/02/18/rest-design-question-meaning-of-...
The Impotence of (Most) Information
Information has meaning only when we have enough context [so] that this information enables us to live better lives, either by better understanding why things are the way they are, or by ...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2006/06/02.html#a1545
Information has meaning only when we have enough context [so] that this information enables us to live better lives, either by better understanding why things are the way they are, or by ...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2006/06/02.html#a1545
Systems for Collective Choice
When developing social software it is important to understand the difference between these broad categories of systems and to use lessons already learned from the appropriate category in ...
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http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/12/systems_for_col.html
When developing social software it is important to understand the difference between these broad categories of systems and to use lessons already learned from the appropriate category in ...
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http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/12/systems_for_col.html
Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious
The important people on the Web are not necessarily the people with the most explicit links (back to their sites), but the people who cause epidemics in blog networks.
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http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62537,00.html
The important people on the Web are not necessarily the people with the most explicit links (back to their sites), but the people who cause epidemics in blog networks.
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http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62537,00.html
Literacy 21 Conference
We are overwhelmed by information, but the biggest problem is not managing that information. It’s getting our message through all of that information. Students who can not produce messa...
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http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/06/02/literacy-21-conference
We are overwhelmed by information, but the biggest problem is not managing that information. It’s getting our message through all of that information. Students who can not produce messa...
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http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/06/02/literacy-21-conference
Blogs as Wiki training wheels
[Wiki's] are still at an early stage and arguably they need Blogs as read/write training wheels, helping society get used to read/write content and content relationships.
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http://theinternationale.org/2006/05/31/blogs-as-wiki-training-wheels
[Wiki's] are still at an early stage and arguably they need Blogs as read/write training wheels, helping society get used to read/write content and content relationships.
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http://theinternationale.org/2006/05/31/blogs-as-wiki-training-wheels
It's Not Dangerous
No matter how great you are, your career depends on communicating. The way to get better at anything, including communication, is by practicing. Blogging is good practice.
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http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/03/08/BloggingIsGood
No matter how great you are, your career depends on communicating. The way to get better at anything, including communication, is by practicing. Blogging is good practice.
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http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/03/08/BloggingIsGood
Authentic Voices
Out of all of the questionable posts, the poorly written posts, emerge pearls that the kids pay attention to. [...] When kids write about their [struggles, difficulties and anger], they b...
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http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/2006/06/authentic_voice.html
Out of all of the questionable posts, the poorly written posts, emerge pearls that the kids pay attention to. [...] When kids write about their [struggles, difficulties and anger], they b...
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http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/2006/06/authentic_voice.html