http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2004/12/11/end.php     It's a sunny day in Phoenix, but a cloud of pessimism is on the horizon, an unfortunate evolution of innovative internet innovations that start as open environments, only to become more convoluted, and polluted as they mainstream. This came as...     en-us     Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:34:29 -0700     Movable Type v2.661     60 It's a sunny day in Phoenix, but a cloud of pessimism is on the horizon, an unfortunate evolution of innovative internet innovations that start as open environments, only to become more convoluted, and polluted as they mainstream. This came as... http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2004/12/11/end.php       Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:26:41 -0700 <p>I love this insight Alan. It's so relevant to my own work because I've heard myself promote certain emerging technologies as they come along, only to have questionable situations arise with less-than-eager-to-adopt-in-the-first-place faculty members. Nothing like finally convincing a colleague to adopt a wiki or blog for their course, only to have them battle beastiality spam and wonder why they adopted in the first place.</p> <p>I can almost taste the emergence of a new, exciting technology, only to sadly see it's youthfulness fade away.</p> http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2004/12/11/end.php#1449 Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:13:19 -0700       <b>Excerpt:</b> Alan at 'cogdogblog' is apparently in a gloomy mood about RSS. We've all seen the once proud institutions of use...

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