Comments on: Web 2.0 - it’s not just for kids http://www.girlswithmacs.org/2007/10/02/web-20-its-not-just-for-kids/ Changing the world, one network at a time Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:06:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michaela http://www.girlswithmacs.org/2007/10/02/web-20-its-not-just-for-kids/#comment-35 Michaela Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:26:20 +0000 http://www.girlswithmacs.org/2007/10/02/web-20-its-not-just-for-kids/#comment-35 Hi Richard. You raise a lot of good points. I think there is a great opportunity here for non profits and academic technologists to find creative ways to "go deep" with these interactive web technologies instead of having just a pinky toe in each of the bazillion tools out there, thus mobilizing focus instead of slicing it up beyond repair. I don't think the answer to "jumping in" involves using lots of different tools in small amounts, but rather creating deeper and more meaningful presences on these sites with a more focused mission. I think tools such as Facebook, which allow participants to be advocates for causes they believe in through fundraising, petition-signing, and community mobilization, have great potential for harnessing the focus of audiences and encouraging them to think deeply. I know as more social tools evolve, environmental ADD will continue to be stretch, and I think we all struggle with it. It's now come to the point where one needs to make conscious decisions about what they will and won't take a bite out of, but so much of this stuff is so new, it's hard to determine what tools are the keepers without test-driving them in the first place. I look forward to reading that article. Hi Richard. You raise a lot of good points. I think there is a great opportunity here for non profits and academic technologists to find creative ways to “go deep” with these interactive web technologies instead of having just a pinky toe in each of the bazillion tools out there, thus mobilizing focus instead of slicing it up beyond repair.

I don’t think the answer to “jumping in” involves using lots of different tools in small amounts, but rather creating deeper and more meaningful presences on these sites with a more focused mission. I think tools such as Facebook, which allow participants to be advocates for causes they believe in through fundraising, petition-signing, and community mobilization, have great potential for harnessing the focus of audiences and encouraging them to think deeply.

I know as more social tools evolve, environmental ADD will continue to be stretch, and I think we all struggle with it. It’s now come to the point where one needs to make conscious decisions about what they will and won’t take a bite out of, but so much of this stuff is so new, it’s hard to determine what tools are the keepers without test-driving them in the first place.

I look forward to reading that article.

]]> By: Richard http://www.girlswithmacs.org/2007/10/02/web-20-its-not-just-for-kids/#comment-32 Richard Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:13:30 +0000 http://www.girlswithmacs.org/2007/10/02/web-20-its-not-just-for-kids/#comment-32 Have you considered the liabilities of interactive web technologies? Going broad and not deep (being involved in numerous discussions, tracking posts, tracking twitter, etc.) amplifies environmental ADD to the point where it becomes difficult to think deeply about important things. I know you have a problem with RSS but it seems to me that it's part of the solution to make this mess of input manageable. YOu might find this interesting, just for a bit of background on these ideas: http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/10/web_30_semantic_web_web_20.html Have you considered the liabilities of interactive web technologies? Going broad and not deep (being involved in numerous discussions, tracking posts, tracking twitter, etc.) amplifies environmental ADD to the point where it becomes difficult to think deeply about important things.

I know you have a problem with RSS but it seems to me that it’s part of the solution to make this mess of input manageable.

YOu might find this interesting, just for a bit of background on these ideas:

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/10/web_30_semantic_web_web_20.html

]]> By: Elizabeth Dunn http://www.girlswithmacs.org/2007/10/02/web-20-its-not-just-for-kids/#comment-30 Elizabeth Dunn Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:36:26 +0000 http://www.girlswithmacs.org/2007/10/02/web-20-its-not-just-for-kids/#comment-30 Amen to all that! I feel like you've got a microphone inside my head, that all was so true to what I am experiencing right now in my world. "My knowledge of Facebook or Twitter has little to do with my age, but more to do with the fact that I’m concerned with offering the most to my employer and the non-profit community." Could not have said it better. Although I am not under 20 anymore, at the advanced and sagacious age of 36, it seems like I am the youngest professional person within shouting distance in my geographic region, which is mostly populated by retirees and second-home owners. So I guess I am the equivalent of a 24-year old around here. So hey, I get the same "silly girl" looks, too. But I find all this web 2.0 stuff so damn fascinating I just can't care. Great blog, great post. Amen to all that! I feel like you’ve got a microphone inside my head, that all was so true to what I am experiencing right now in my world.

“My knowledge of Facebook or Twitter has little to do with my age, but more to do with the fact that I’m concerned with offering the most to my employer and the non-profit community.”

Could not have said it better. Although I am not under 20 anymore, at the advanced and sagacious age of 36, it seems like I am the youngest professional person within shouting distance in my geographic region, which is mostly populated by retirees and second-home owners. So I guess I am the equivalent of a 24-year old around here.

So hey, I get the same “silly girl” looks, too. But I find all this web 2.0 stuff so damn fascinating I just can’t care.

Great blog, great post.

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