Comments on: Things others have been able to do because of their blog http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/27/things-others-have-been-able-to-do-because-of-their-blog/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sean http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/27/things-others-have-been-able-to-do-because-of-their-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-9262 Sean Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:10:34 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/27/things-others-have-been-able-to-do-because-of-their-blog/#comment-9262 It's [the blogosphere] sort of like a distributed... <a href="http://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome" rel="nofollow">mechanical turk</a>! ah, fractals. and why not? It’s [the blogosphere] sort of like a distributed… mechanical turk!

ah, fractals. and why not?

]]> By: Dave LaMorte http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/27/things-others-have-been-able-to-do-because-of-their-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-9225 Dave LaMorte Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:23:52 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/27/things-others-have-been-able-to-do-because-of-their-blog/#comment-9225 I'd think we should use the community to find the live action Homer Price video. I saw it in class when I was in grammer school. I’d think we should use the community to find the live action Homer Price video. I saw it in class when I was in grammer school.

]]> By: Kerry Buckley http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/27/things-others-have-been-able-to-do-because-of-their-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-9223 Kerry Buckley Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:07:33 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/09/27/things-others-have-been-able-to-do-because-of-their-blog/#comment-9223 In BT (welcome, by the way!) we have an internal newsgroup, btintra.misc. This has been running for over a decade on a variety of leftover servers, looked after by people's goodwill and spare time, and like all on-line communities has taken on something of a life of its own. I can hardly remember in all that time anyone asking a question about anything from internal systems, through legal issues to obscure bits of music and literature, who didn't get an answer. The Powers That Be often regard the newsgroup as a waste of time because of the amount of non-work-related discussion that goes on. By doing so they overlook the amazing power of having thousands of people, with amazingly diverse areas of expertise, available to help their colleagues out without the constraints of traditional hierarchies and contact networks. In BT (welcome, by the way!) we have an internal newsgroup, btintra.misc. This has been running for over a decade on a variety of leftover servers, looked after by people’s goodwill and spare time, and like all on-line communities has taken on something of a life of its own.

I can hardly remember in all that time anyone asking a question about anything from internal systems, through legal issues to obscure bits of music and literature, who didn’t get an answer.

The Powers That Be often regard the newsgroup as a waste of time because of the amount of non-work-related discussion that goes on. By doing so they overlook the amazing power of having thousands of people, with amazingly diverse areas of expertise, available to help their colleagues out without the constraints of traditional hierarchies and contact networks.

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