Expanding Access
As an avid public-radio fan, (I embrace what others consider my “nerdness”) I’ve recently been exploring the world of podcasts
Read MoreAs an avid public-radio fan, (I embrace what others consider my “nerdness”) I’ve recently been exploring the world of podcasts
Read MoreMuch of the reading for Preece this week involved evaluating communities. Surveys are a fine example of a means of
Read MoreUsability is often evaluated in terms of ease of use – an important area of study highlighted by people like
Read MoreI’m not sure if this website has been mentioned before, but I thought I would bring it to the class’
Read MorePowazek (2002) stated three key issues in his book Design for Community that should be initially considered when building a
Read MoreThe readings for this week are concerned with online community membership. Some focuses are why people join communities and how
Read MoreIn reading the pieces on Wikipedia I was struck by a paradox that I call Darwinian Equality. It seems that
Read MoreWeb logs, or rather blogs, are all over the internet as a means of doing something that was once thought
Read MoreIn class, Soren began to comment on 3 to 4 themes from the 60s counterculture that influenced (some might say
Read MoreCodifying Accidental Knowledge (or Cultural/Local Information) One of my major problems as a graduate student was figuring out what I
Read MoreThe Purdue website has a very poor search engine. Our class project could have a better search engine on it
Read MoreOne of the questions associated with the assigned readings was in reference to Weinberger and similarities associated with Rheingold or
Read MoreAuthority and expertise has changed. Weinberger’s chapter on “The Hyperlinked Organization†in The Cluetrain Manifesto (2004) and his chapter on
Read MoreIt seems, we need (or at least greatly benefit) from the tension between community and individual as manifested on the
Read MoreCommunitas is an online journal that is a part of the wikimedia foundation. This journal involves community development for wiki
Read MoreIs the Internet, as we’ve seen it described in our readings, and perhaps also as we’ve experienced it, a liminal
Read MoreSo the crux – or at the very least a major discussion area in our offline discussions – has been
Read MoreA thought on our discourse on television. Many people felt that TV was not an interactive medium – rather it
Read MoreIf I understood Gabe correctly, he disagreed with the idea that community necessarily had to involve some level of compulsion
Read MoreIn his postlogue/added chapter to his book, Rheingold asks whether the use of the “phrase virtual community is a perversion
Read MoreWhen it comes to the “dilemma of modernityâ€, namely, the tension between individual expression and community spirit (Matei, 2001) all
Read MoreThinking about the concept of group-mind in class today, made me think about Wikipedia – which is founded in part
Read MorePerhaps it is my return to a small town format – or perhaps my background in non-profits and volunteers –
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