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1 year ago
in Why isn’t Scoble against ‘thought crimes bill?’ on Scobleizer
Guess I'm missing something, and it's reading a lot into a bill which to my untrained eye, but there seems to be a lot of huff for a bill that doesn't have any bite into it.
It's for forming a committee which looks into the methods of groups that promote (ok, this part is admittedly and disturbingly vague) "violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence" use the internet and other tools to organize. Once the commission is done, then a report is going to be generated with some recommendations. There are no arrests that can occur, there are no special powers they can exert (other than probably subpoenas).
While on the surface, this rings heavily of "McCarthyism," there seems to be a lot of reaching to get to the point of arresting those that speak out against the Bush administration.
What am I missing?
It's for forming a committee which looks into the methods of groups that promote (ok, this part is admittedly and disturbingly vague) "violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence" use the internet and other tools to organize. Once the commission is done, then a report is going to be generated with some recommendations. There are no arrests that can occur, there are no special powers they can exert (other than probably subpoenas).
While on the surface, this rings heavily of "McCarthyism," there seems to be a lot of reaching to get to the point of arresting those that speak out against the Bush administration.
What am I missing?
1 year ago
in What I learned on Scobleizer
Robert -
I've been a long time reader of your site, so I've seen the transitions in your focus over the years. (Please note that these are strictly my impressions of how your focus changed, so you may not agree)
When I first came upon you, you were fighting your fight to break down the walls and humanize the Redmond giant. You tried to show a company that was working hard to make progress, but recognizing that the corporate structures in place was getting in the way. Then you first moved over to podtech, and (re-)discovered how much of the world existed that wasn't microsoft-centric. Over the past couple months, your focus has seemingly shifted over to "social" and "wow" products. Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Pownce, et all. Mobile products, photowalking and social networking events and applications which add value to "real" life.
Unfortunately for me (and I doubt I'm alone), the place you had your biggest contribution was in finding products/companies/concepts which added value to my "work" life - things which made it easier for me to do my job - or to provide hints on where the next trend was heading. That's where I found value. That, and you welcomed those that challenged your viewpoints and started conversations - often times I learned as much reading the comments as I did reading the original posts, some times more.
Nowadays? Not so much.
The social networking stuff is all well and good. But most of the social networks you link to are blocked at work because they distract people from *working*. And when I get home, I don't want to spend all my time attached to my computer building my social networks and finding more stuff to read - my rss feeds give me enough noise to distract me over the course of the day. I don't need more noise. On the contrary - I need less.
The Apple fanboy stuff - fine. But does it add value to my day? Not really. There's not a Apple store within 100 miles, nor is there a demand for experience using their products. Yeah, I have an Ipod, but I'm not in awe of it - it's a tool which does a job acceptably.
As for the extraneous conversations - you seem to still be as engaging in the comment areas of the posts I read, but there seems to be much more of an edge to them. Kind of a "if we don't believe, we must be against you" vibe. Now, I'll admit, I don't read the comments as much because what you've been covering doesn't interest me as much, so it may just be a matter of perception.
As for why the uproar? First of all, you set yourself up for failure by stating on your post "The only reason you’ll watch these two videos is because you trust me to add value to your lives." Seems to me that you're saying that if I don't watch these and believe them, I'm going to miss somethimg.
But the biggest issue is it was comparing apples to oranges. How can a social tool help me do my job better? Short answer - it can't. If anything, it'll distract me with other noise, and make it harder for me to find what I need. But I can go to Google, do a simple search and within a page or so, I've found my answer. Thirty seconds or less and I'm moving on - that adds value to my day.
How would these tools you've been covering lately help me do a day to day job? Well, if they're blocked, they won't. Or if they're like Twitter, they'll add more noise and I'll find myself ignoring those that twitter and I've found that some that used to post quality concepts to blogs on a semi-regular are now twittering useless items, and I've even stopped visiting them because they've been twittering more often then blogging, and the value they used to add to my day is now almost nil because I have to filter out the noise.
Don't take this the wrong way, but do you want to add value to my life again? Show me ways to utilize all these social networks and tools without getting swallowed up by the extraneous noise. Show me how they add value to my "work" life without distracting me from what I'm supposed to do - work.
But please keep going. Yes, you may not cover as much of what I find of value, but from time to time, there's a nugget which keeps me checking in. And you may be providing value to others. Plus, you can't succeed or fail, unless you try. Right?
I've been a long time reader of your site, so I've seen the transitions in your focus over the years. (Please note that these are strictly my impressions of how your focus changed, so you may not agree)
When I first came upon you, you were fighting your fight to break down the walls and humanize the Redmond giant. You tried to show a company that was working hard to make progress, but recognizing that the corporate structures in place was getting in the way. Then you first moved over to podtech, and (re-)discovered how much of the world existed that wasn't microsoft-centric. Over the past couple months, your focus has seemingly shifted over to "social" and "wow" products. Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Pownce, et all. Mobile products, photowalking and social networking events and applications which add value to "real" life.
Unfortunately for me (and I doubt I'm alone), the place you had your biggest contribution was in finding products/companies/concepts which added value to my "work" life - things which made it easier for me to do my job - or to provide hints on where the next trend was heading. That's where I found value. That, and you welcomed those that challenged your viewpoints and started conversations - often times I learned as much reading the comments as I did reading the original posts, some times more.
Nowadays? Not so much.
The social networking stuff is all well and good. But most of the social networks you link to are blocked at work because they distract people from *working*. And when I get home, I don't want to spend all my time attached to my computer building my social networks and finding more stuff to read - my rss feeds give me enough noise to distract me over the course of the day. I don't need more noise. On the contrary - I need less.
The Apple fanboy stuff - fine. But does it add value to my day? Not really. There's not a Apple store within 100 miles, nor is there a demand for experience using their products. Yeah, I have an Ipod, but I'm not in awe of it - it's a tool which does a job acceptably.
As for the extraneous conversations - you seem to still be as engaging in the comment areas of the posts I read, but there seems to be much more of an edge to them. Kind of a "if we don't believe, we must be against you" vibe. Now, I'll admit, I don't read the comments as much because what you've been covering doesn't interest me as much, so it may just be a matter of perception.
As for why the uproar? First of all, you set yourself up for failure by stating on your post "The only reason you’ll watch these two videos is because you trust me to add value to your lives." Seems to me that you're saying that if I don't watch these and believe them, I'm going to miss somethimg.
But the biggest issue is it was comparing apples to oranges. How can a social tool help me do my job better? Short answer - it can't. If anything, it'll distract me with other noise, and make it harder for me to find what I need. But I can go to Google, do a simple search and within a page or so, I've found my answer. Thirty seconds or less and I'm moving on - that adds value to my day.
How would these tools you've been covering lately help me do a day to day job? Well, if they're blocked, they won't. Or if they're like Twitter, they'll add more noise and I'll find myself ignoring those that twitter and I've found that some that used to post quality concepts to blogs on a semi-regular are now twittering useless items, and I've even stopped visiting them because they've been twittering more often then blogging, and the value they used to add to my day is now almost nil because I have to filter out the noise.
Don't take this the wrong way, but do you want to add value to my life again? Show me ways to utilize all these social networks and tools without getting swallowed up by the extraneous noise. Show me how they add value to my "work" life without distracting me from what I'm supposed to do - work.
But please keep going. Yes, you may not cover as much of what I find of value, but from time to time, there's a nugget which keeps me checking in. And you may be providing value to others. Plus, you can't succeed or fail, unless you try. Right?
3 years ago
in Georgia Loses, Alabama Wins on Technosailor
You didn't stay up late enough to watch the end of the Texas-OSU game, did ya? They came back and won that game by 20 some points....
4 years ago
in Technosailor Birthday Drawing on Technosailor
Congrats on a year as a blogger. I enjoy reading your blog, especially when you write from your heart and with passion. While I may not always agree with everything you say, seeing someone write with passion and not holding something back is truly refreshing.
Looking forward to more in the years to come.
Looking forward to more in the years to come.
4 years ago
in HIPAA Compliance in the Tech World on Technosailor
The threadID should be http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?..., not 456.
