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	Monday, March 10, 2003

Today was my first day back at work after last week's surgery. I did pretty well - I lasted 6 hours and didn't start to poop out until the last hour. I'm just moving slowly and trying not to overdo it - which I did yesterday. Clem is not going to be happy about this, but, no more dog walks for at least 4 more days. I just flat overdid it yesterday by walking almost a mile. Boy was that dumb! 8:10:52 PM    comment []

Ooooooh - I was blogrolled today by Halley! I'm very flattered! 8:07:35 PM    comment []

Great essay today by Clay Shirky entitled Social Software and the Politics of Groups. Here are two interesting excerpts: The radical change was de-coupling groups in space and time. To get a conversation going around a conference table or campfire, you need to gather everyone in the same place at the same moment. By undoing those restrictions, the interent has ushered in a host of new social patterns, from the mailing list to the chat room to the weblog. We have historically overestimated the value of network access to computers, and underestimated the value of network access to other people, so we have spent much more time on the technical rather than social problems of software used by groups. We all now know what this is like. Blogs are a form of groupware. E-mail listservs, Slashdot, usesgroups, etc. are all examples of groupware and all have limitations. Clay nails it when he states that we focus more on technical software issues than social software issues. Of course, the technical issues are much easier to address. 8:01:14 PM    comment []

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