So, I return to work on Tuesday. I haven’t read many blogs in two months but when I last did, I remember there being concerns that all of us were getting boring. Talking to Clay in New York, I think there is some truth to that. We repeat ourselves over and over again. I, for one, have zero desire to be a broken record – I do that enough as is.
So let me ask you – what questions would you be excited to see me address? What is burning in your mind?
I haven’t read a lot lately (well, lots of trash fiction) so feel free to point me to different topics and ask me to respond. I figure this might be a good way to get caught up.
The funny thing is I think some of us hope you will summarize what happened when you were gone, as our memory disappears below the fold.
What will be the impact of new technologies on society over the next 20 years?
hey welcome back!
Does the “boring factor” relate to the entertainment facet of blogging? It’s all about content? Will we get to the point of paying to read blogs? fake bloggers will eclipse real ones?
What’s happening with you thesis work?
Social software in the academy, and stuff…
Here’s my question…
What do you think about public wifi?
Should government be spending money on technological infrastructure and will it benefit the right people? I feel like anyone who cannot afford a highspeed internet connection at the moment isn’t likely to have the technological wherewithal to access wifi. Andrew Rasiej is making a big push to become NYC public advocate–almost solely based on this one issue. What’s your take?
I think one interesting topic might be what the synergy of all these “new” technologies like social software, location-based software and mobile technologies might be. Will they be integrated in everyone’s lives in a seamless manner a couple of years down the road or will we have a division of “connected” and regular people, and what happens when the major networks face-off in this arena (like microsoft, yahoo and google), who will own your identity?
Boring? No. Election being over, and more blogs being started every day, there is finally interesting content on blogs. It is not ALL about election. What do you think about Blog Carnivals?
I’d be curious to see your thoughts on what the application of emerging technologies (as subject and means, but especially the latter) may have on social research in the long term.
Stronger and faster, or trivial and myopic?
Does this mean your e-mail is working?
What are your thoughts on the Grokster decision?
Why is it that bloggers continue to feel anxious/guilty about not updating their blogs (and making time for life, deadlines, mental health, relaxation and vacations) when we’re always going on about how we’re so outside traditional media? A single traditional media source relies on the contributions of hundreds of paid contributors in order to offer daily updated content. A blog is only produced by one, unpaid, individual. We all know this and yet we continue to apply the former model in our measure of blogging frequency. What do you think we could all do to create or nurture a revised view of blogging frequency/content that allows us to continue to enjoy blogging – rather than worrying about the quality and frequency of our “media” production?
danah, I always enjoy reading your analysis and critique of the evolving world of social networking software. So I vote for you continuing to make posts about that.