Friday, March 07, 2003

"We-Media," by Dan Gillmor On a related note with that previous New York Times article about the online Korean newspaper which uses readers to provide a significant number of its bylines (apologies for not posting a link here, someday I will figure out how to cut and paste one of those three-line url's using a screen reader...), here is a piece by Dan Gillmor discussing how an audience which is interacting with the writers affects journalism for the better, sort of an Open Source approach to writing (more feedback results in a more robust product). 12:48:05 PM    comment []

Weblogs At Harvard Project Here's a plug for the newest project of the man who developed this wonderful *accessible* blogware I use, Dave Winer, and the Weblogs At Harvard Project. 12:39:16 PM    comment []

Kevin Kelly's book _out of Control_ online Kevin Kelly wrote this great book, available online at Kevin Kelly's Web site, which discusses self-sustaining systems, both biological and artificial. My favorite quote so far is "Organic life is the ultimate technology, and all technology will improve towards biology," which pretty much tells you what the book is about. 10:23:16 AM    comment []

Horses, Carts, and Blind Woman Drivers I just spent way too much time following all the links on this Knowledge Management Blog which discusses how blogs can be used in the classroom. After finishing Lewis' _Next_, this seems to provide further evidence to the claim that technology is still the horse, and people are still driving the cart. The Internet and all the ways in which it is used to transfer and express knowledge only exists because it feels a need which people have for information transfer and communication; if the need did not exist, the Net would be as unknown as it was in 1984. The problem arises when the rider thinks the horse is driving. Of course, considering the way most people drive their cars, it is not too surprising that they think the Net is driving them. 10:01:28 AM    comment []