Monday, October 07, 2002

Random Thoughts I have to collect my random thoughts into a coherent essay at some point (wonder if a bot could follow an outline and place those thoughts in that order?)  Anyway, as I move to a plan to implement klogs in the university system, I am struck at the different levels of conversation within the blog communities that I have observed (hmm… I am beginning to sound like Jane Goodall’s journal as she observed the ape communities – no offense intended for anyone!).    First, you have a corporate level of conversation – basic marketing blurbs, conversations focused on promoting the expansion of blogs into cyberspace.  Second, you have the tech conversations – discussing new tools, bugs, etc.  Third, you have the futurists and sociologists (Ists for short).  Finally, you have the consumers.   So, it strikes me that rolling out a klog community in the university setting, or any other setting for that matter, will also see the 4 levels of conversation as noted above.  Thus, we should not only encourage those multiple levels, but support it by creating templates that will allow those conversations to be organized accordingly.   More on this later.   comment [] 11:03:34 AM