a blog about information
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Apologies to those who aren’t Bob Dylan fans. Just to try something different, I’ve used the titles of Dylan songs as section/topic headings in this post. If you are a Dylan fan, feel free to click on the headings and that will take you to the song; and if you’re not … Continue reading “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall: continuing to think about digital engagement”
Etymology Engagement. An interesting word. A big word. Used in many contexts. So I thought I’d check on the etymology. (Mostly taken, with some liberty in how I’ve edited or presented it, from Oxford Languages, as provided online by Google). A gage. Noun. A valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith. A pledge, … Continue reading “More on engagement”
It’s good to talk (Some of you might remember the old BT campaign from the 1990s. So here’s the link, in case you’re in need for a nostalgia fix). Introduction I had occasion to visit the local hospital this afternoon. So I checked myself in, made my way to the relevant waiting room, took out … Continue reading “Musing about engagement”
A security guard standing just off the covered areas of the pitch at Old Trafford yesterday Introduction This isn’t a post about Joseph Heller‘s often-panned second novel, which, despite the critical reviews, particularly the one by Kurt Vonnegut Jr, has a cult following. I have read it, I confess to have found some of it … Continue reading “Something happened”
Broadcast is not social You’re in a conversation with others in an open, public place. An airport, a railway station, a shopping mall. And then someone says something on the tannoy, for example about the train on platform 14 being delayed. It’s useful. It may even be useful to you. But it’s not social. The … Continue reading “When is media social?”