May 4, 2005
new gapingvoid rule
OK, I’m going to lay down the law here…
From now on, anybody who wants to join in the “Culture vs Technology” discussion on gapingvoid has to first read “A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy” by Clay Shirky. Otherwise you’re just wasting everybody’s time.
Oh, and while you’re at it, go read “Social Software And The Politics Of Groups” and then you’ll even waste even less of everybody’s time.
You’ll thank me later.
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Great.. that’s all I need.. homework.
thanks!
what, you don’t remember it from the first time you read them david
here’s the key highlights from each:
writing social software is hard.
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Most of our methods for soliciting user feedback assume, usually implicitly, that the individual’s reaction to the software is the critical factor. This tilts software and interface design towards single-user assumptions, even when the software’s most important user is a group. (i really love this one)
Hugh, I wonder what you’d say to the Target folks I’m meeting with tomorrow?
http://redcouch.typepad.com has the details.
One hell of an article.
Thanks Hugh!
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Doc Searls has a provocative post, the “