A theme I keep returning to is how the physical makeup of the Internet, a networked system of autonomous nodes sharing information with no central point, informs the social discourse that takes place on it. I really must develop this further. Thus us a note to lodge that on my mind. And if anyone has thoughts or references along these lines I’d be grateful.
Updates from July, 2009
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Pete Ashton
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Pete Ashton
I wonder if we need to easeback on emphasising how “easy” this all is. Sure, setting up a blog or whathaveyou is simple as are the basic methodologies (linking, tagging, etc) but the actual maintaining and developing of a social Internet presence is not automatically easy. It takes time and thought to get right (“right” being relative, of course).
Certainly good enough is good enough and I’m a strong believer in the democratic power of lo-fi, but…