Comments on: Doing things that matter http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/04/09/doing-things-that-matter/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Pennington http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/04/09/doing-things-that-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-527215 Mark Pennington Tue, 26 May 2009 11:20:58 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1651#comment-527215 I can see where these people are coming from with relation to facebook and social networks being fads, but I think they missing the point. I think the extras and the frilly bits of social networking like blot on applications for example, grow your own garden, poke, super poke, mega poke, giga poke and all the other poking you can think of is a fad and in my option, clouds the true essence of what these tools are about. The core of social networking is the communication, the connections the way that everyone is so accessible with everyone else, that is not a fad and utilised in the right way is a really powerful tool. I mean they've even developed a new type of science on networking. I truly believe these people are not looking at the core of what social networking is, or they are just trying to be controversial and get a bit of attention. I can see where these people are coming from with relation to facebook and social networks being fads, but I think they missing the point.

I think the extras and the frilly bits of social networking like blot on applications for example, grow your own garden, poke, super poke, mega poke, giga poke and all the other poking you can think of is a fad and in my option, clouds the true essence of what these tools are about. The core of social networking is the communication, the connections the way that everyone is so accessible with everyone else, that is not a fad and utilised in the right way is a really powerful tool. I mean they’ve even developed a new type of science on networking.

I truly believe these people are not looking at the core of what social networking is, or they are just trying to be controversial and get a bit of attention.

]]> By: Paramendra Bhagat http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/04/09/doing-things-that-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-516151 Paramendra Bhagat Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:14:42 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1651#comment-516151 Obama could not have won without Facebook, or rather its stripped down version BarackObama.com in whose creation one of the Facebook founders played a role. And the guy is now the most powerful person on earth. So tell me, where do I press the button! P.S. Where do I vote for your Lemonade Award, whatever that is, I hope it is on a positive note. Obama could not have won without Facebook, or rather its stripped down version BarackObama.com in whose creation one of the Facebook founders played a role.

And the guy is now the most powerful person on earth. So tell me, where do I press the button!

P.S. Where do I vote for your Lemonade Award, whatever that is, I hope it is on a positive note.

]]> By: rama http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/04/09/doing-things-that-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-515243 rama Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:14:11 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1651#comment-515243 I have nominated you for the Lemonade Award! Please see: http://cuckooscall.blogspot.com/2009/04/sweet-lemonade.html chutki I have nominated you for the Lemonade Award! Please see:

http://cuckooscall.blogspot.com/2009/04/sweet-lemonade.html

chutki

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/04/09/doing-things-that-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-514754 JP Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:15:56 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1651#comment-514754 I think we were born to create, not consume passively. And somehow we've lost that during the last three social revolutions, agrarian, industrial and service-related. So maybe we're slowly getting back to the way we used to be, but with better tools. I think we were born to create, not consume passively. And somehow we’ve lost that during the last three social revolutions, agrarian, industrial and service-related. So maybe we’re slowly getting back to the way we used to be, but with better tools.

]]> By: Jevon http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/04/09/doing-things-that-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-514659 Jevon Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:16:44 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/?p=1651#comment-514659 At some point I think people switch from a consumption mindset and instead desire to create things. What consumption-focused people see is inane blabber,. the never ending clanging of a million status updates. What many of us see however is a place and a community in which we can create. Sometimes we create small things, like a status update, but other times we create bigger and more significant thing. There will always be those who prefer to consume however, and perhaps one thing that will happen is that we might find a way for them to consume what is produced by the larger group, but in some sort of curated, less noisy, manner. At some point I think people switch from a consumption mindset and instead desire to create things.

What consumption-focused people see is inane blabber,. the never ending clanging of a million status updates.

What many of us see however is a place and a community in which we can create. Sometimes we create small things, like a status update, but other times we create bigger and more significant thing.

There will always be those who prefer to consume however, and perhaps one thing that will happen is that we might find a way for them to consume what is produced by the larger group, but in some sort of curated, less noisy, manner.

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