First of all let me state that I’m an old school type of guy, since I’m the oldest student in the class by 15 to 20 years. I remember the good old days, when I wanted to talk to somebody I used to call them. Or even something crazy like visit them. I know, especially being a journalist, I have to change with the times, and hey I’ll even admit it I like word-press. I enjoy the fact that I am learning more about how to write a proper webblog. I think it is important that we learn how to do those things. But when is it too much?
That day for me came about two and a half weeks ago when I was in Advanced Social Journalism class. We were forced to add websites like Delicious, Digg and Twitter. That was the end of my demise. As a small part of me died inside I tried to link these websites together so I could learn something about them.
The first kick in the stomach came in the form of Twitter. Some call it the next great thing in web 2.0 as you can see in this clip.
Listen its great that people like this website, me I just don’t get it. What’s it’s real purpose? To me it doesn’t do anything differently than what a cell phone can do for you. Also a major problem with this website was that having a terrible time to log into it and search for people. Which led to my terrible mental state, which I am in right now.
Next up was Del.icio.us. What does this website do that Facebook doesn’t do ten times better? I look at this website as the ugly step sister to Facebook, and believe me Facebook has become a way for people to stalk others online, which isn’t so good. But still I’d use that website over del.icio.us any day of the week.
Is web 2.0 the way of the future? Regretibly I’d have to say yes on this answer. But are these websites like del.icio.us going to be the next best thing, I don’t think so. Every single day there’s going to be improvements or new websites that are going to capture people’s imaginations. Look at Facebook for example, three years ago no one had even heard of this website, and now look every man, woman and child has it. Except for Andy Baker. But he will succomb to the tempations sooner or later. But it might not matter soon what people think of web 2.0, because as we all know about technology, change is always around the corner.
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February 10, 2008 at 8:19 pm
mohawkonline
Hey Jonathan!
Good to see your new post up.
Nice work linking to the videos that better explain what you’re discussing. That’s helpful to readers who may not know what ‘Web 2.0′ is.
I am a bit disappointed that you didn’t take the time to dig into the topic a bit more and challenge your own initial assumptions. It is interesting to learn that you had a difficult time and that you don’t see the point, but the best stories are always the ones where the main characters closely examine their position and have a change of heart halfway through.
In your post you posit the question: But when is it too much?
I would reply that when it comes to learning, there is never ‘too much’.
Good post!
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Roz