I am writing a monthly column for KM world which is interesting, the 700-1000 word format is a good one. As a part of that I recently wrote a brief article outlining a way to use multiple parallel blogging to create content (in WIki's) without ownership issues. Its part of a series and you can see all of them here. The latest hints at links between complexity and object orientation. It's probably better to read the whole sequence,but each can stands in isolation from the others. In deference to Euan I should really title this a storm of blog posts. As we walked away from this picture yesterday he reminded me that one posts, one does not blog. However I've published now so I can't change it. I'd also argue that I am talking about multiple blogs (with posts)!
Euan is the one dressed for an English autumn, the other guy is Luis Suarez and you can tell from his trousers and shoes that he is used to a hotter climate. The location is Avebury just up the road form where I live. Interesting conversations there on Saturday, which followed a fascinating session at the University of Sussex on Friday and preceded a great dinner this evening near Munich with a bunch of academics. We are all here for a three day session on complex adaptive systems and by great good fortune we have the three main editors (and the editor emeritus) of E:CO here. All three days deserve blogs but most of my spare time was taken up with travel and sorting out insurance companies re daughter's car. I hope to catch up this week.
Comments (3)
Just to be pedantic about my pedantry I have no problem with the use of "blogging" or "posting" to describe the act of writing for a blog but it was your habit of referring to an individual "post" as a "blog" that I was taking you to task for!
Great day Dave thanks for organising it.
Posted by Euan | October 6, 2008 7:17 AM
Posted on October 6, 2008 07:17
Hi Dave
The blog storm approach sounds great for getting a wiki going. As ever, the issue (which you touch on) will be getting participants to 'create' - ie blog in this context.
As you rightly point out, it needs to be an important issue to give the ooomph for people to really feel that they should spend time on it. Even so, I wonder if there is a 'blogging' personality type - who is more suited to this kind of work. Maybe it is not always who you think.....I dunno.
Anyway, this (creating internal wikis) is an issue I am encountering more and more. There is often a great intention - but with no idea of how to do it - or the pitfalls involved.
I would love to hear some stories of your approach in action.
Regards, David.
Posted by David Cronshaw | October 6, 2008 9:01 PM
Posted on October 6, 2008 21:01
Hi Dave, sorry to say this, but this time around I am on this one with Euan :-P One thing is a blog post and another one a blog to refer to an article you just published and I would prefer to use the one Euan refers to. Much clearer, because otherwise right now I would have had thousands of blogs versus just the three I currently maintain ;-)
Hey, yes, I was unprepared, Mr. I wasn't expecting such harsh conditions and glad they didn't get much worse while we were there. We shall see what will happen to you whenever you come over to Gran Canaria :-)
And not to worry, next time I will be much better prepared. For sure!
Thanks much for a lovely and inspiring afternoon & look forward to the next one!
Posted by Luis Suarez | October 8, 2008 7:53 PM
Posted on October 8, 2008 19:53