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Dienstag, 14. Mai 2002

Jon's Radio - Ease of Use and Tacit Knowledge. Quote: "For years people have argued that software must relentlessly improve its score on the "mom test" and that is certainly true. But there's another angle here comes back to the KM aspects of blogging. When we narrate, we externalize what we know. We convert tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. This can help software become more usable for two reasons. First, when technologists narrate what they know, they're more likely to realize how much tacit knowledge they have and expect in others. Second, when non-technologists narrate what they know, technologists can see more clearly that the expected tacit knowledge is missing." [Serious Instructional Technology] >> That is very close to some of the educational applications of personal Web-publishing tools that I have in mind. Narration can be a powerful tool for documenting processes of learning and thinking. 1:27:50 AM

Weblogging Success Based on Traffic?. Is weblogging all about the traffic? This writer seems to think that traffic is all that matters. Hogwash. I don't want the unwashed masses reading me. I want to link to smart people. If all you measure is traffic aimed at your head, then you've gone astray.To me, it's "what can I learn by visiting you?" Do you entertain? Teach? Inspire? If you have only one visitor, but you teach that one person something that will change his/her life, isn't that more important than having 1000 viewers of intellectual sewage?The National Inquirer has lots of readers. Is that what we should be aspiring to?If it is, weblogging will be an awfully shallow activity for most of you.I'd like to measure my weblogging success some other way. [Scobleizer Radio Weblog] >> It is interesting to read about the variety of reasons why people publish online. Weblogging and webpublishing tools have made it possible to write for really small and selected audiences without huge investments of time and money. This surely is an important contribution that is changing the personal landscape of a number of people around this planet. 1:21:34 AM