Comments on: Cracked and Flimsy Slate http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:36:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Gardner http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/comment-page-1/#comment-27167 Gardner Mon, 14 May 2007 13:56:17 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/#comment-27167 Rave on, big dog. Favorite pull quote: "I find it disturbing and worrisome that people, educated ones at that, would so quickly jump to dismiss the potential of a technology based on the easily targeted shallow uses of the content one most easily finds there." As Vicki notes, and as you document very well throughout your post, these words can be applied to most technologies. Somehow it's the educated people, though, who can really get my dander up. You'd sure think they'd know better. I suppose they've been trained out of that kind of humility. Alas! Rave on, big dog. Favorite pull quote: “I find it disturbing and worrisome that people, educated ones at that, would so quickly jump to dismiss the potential of a technology based on the easily targeted shallow uses of the content one most easily finds there.”

As Vicki notes, and as you document very well throughout your post, these words can be applied to most technologies. Somehow it’s the educated people, though, who can really get my dander up. You’d sure think they’d know better. I suppose they’ve been trained out of that kind of humility. Alas!

]]> By: social tools « A Teacher’s Writes http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/comment-page-1/#comment-27050 social tools « A Teacher’s Writes Wed, 09 May 2007 22:37:36 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/#comment-27050 [...] sure how Twitter  could help educational achievements aside from a few brave examples (thanks to Alan Levine for the link), so what? It’s cool! (See Wikipedia for help if you don’t know what it [...] [...] sure how Twitter  could help educational achievements aside from a few brave examples (thanks to Alan Levine for the link), so what? It’s cool! (See Wikipedia for help if you don’t know what it [...]

]]> By: Alan http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/comment-page-1/#comment-27035 Alan Wed, 09 May 2007 15:13:08 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/#comment-27035 Well said Vicki. My first major Twitter Moment was finding the link to the <a href="http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/" rel="nofollow">Horizon Project</a> from your tweet ;-) Well said Vicki. My first major Twitter Moment was finding the link to the Horizon Project from your tweet ;-)

]]> By: Vicki Davis http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/comment-page-1/#comment-27026 Vicki Davis Wed, 09 May 2007 09:46:12 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2007/05/09/cracked-and-flimsy-slate/#comment-27026 The jump to judge twitter sounds a lot like those who said similar things about blogs. Just as one cannot judge the merit of blogs by those who write about their dining habits and bowel movements, one must also not judge twitter by the innocuous twitterers out there who just talk about the menial. The value of any tool is determined by the people who use it. Twitter is perfect for those of us who are innundated with everything -- it gives us a digest of the biggest happenings in the day and makes it so that we can get and give information in palatable chunks. I now find that before even checking e-mail that I check twitter first. I learned about the terrible Tragedy at Virginia Tech before anyone else at school when I checked twitter and saw Andy Carvin's rushed post. It is about the effective contributors using it as a tool. I agree that the journalism that you have cited seems poorly informed. One should try something before jumping to judgement. I think a well created twitter feed could be akin to a "beat" that the reporters used to make by walking around certain areas of town. It just keeps one connected. The jump to judge twitter sounds a lot like those who said similar things about blogs. Just as one cannot judge the merit of blogs by those who write about their dining habits and bowel movements, one must also not judge twitter by the innocuous twitterers out there who just talk about the menial.

The value of any tool is determined by the people who use it. Twitter is perfect for those of us who are innundated with everything — it gives us a digest of the biggest happenings in the day and makes it so that we can get and give information in palatable chunks. I now find that before even checking e-mail that I check twitter first.

I learned about the terrible Tragedy at Virginia Tech before anyone else at school when I checked twitter and saw Andy Carvin’s rushed post.

It is about the effective contributors using it as a tool. I agree that the journalism that you have cited seems poorly informed. One should try something before jumping to judgement. I think a well created twitter feed could be akin to a “beat” that the reporters used to make by walking around certain areas of town. It just keeps one connected.

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