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Comment on On the radar by Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:49:42 +0000

Very thought provoking stuff Ben. Re: the lack of privacy: Our family has benefitted so much from online communities that we risk the lack of privacy for the benefits, all while telling the kids that they are to be very cautious of telling anyone anything over the net and never to meet anyone in person. Re: the libraries and museums’ missions: Won’t there always be people who need to touch and see the real thing, while putting things online still gets it out to the rest who might not ever see it?

Waiting anxiously to see how this all plays out. . . .

Comment on 2.0 Ambivalence by jessamyn

jessamyn — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:35:29 +0000

I think one of the weirdest things about the 2.0 bandwagon stuff is how, for librarians thinking about these technologies, there’s a real difference btween how we use them professionally and how we use them personally… or is there? For me it’s easy my life is sort of an open book, but I’m totally understanding that other people may not want to be that way. So maybe you have del.icio.us links for your work, how do they interact wiht the ones you might have for home, or should they?

I think for people who don’t use the technologies much, the instinct is to dive right in, without reflecting on the fact that the professional use of this tool might be a lot dofferent than a personal use for it. I talk about 2.0 ideas sometimes and one of the things I think is an advancement for libraries is having staff be individual and contactable — I often point to web pages that have photos of smiling staff as a very open thing to do. However, that has to balance with having staff who feel that they are a little *too* accessible if their contact information is online.

At one public library I worked with, female staff didn’t want to wear name tags because male patrons would be creepy about knowing their name and a little verfamiliar. I’m not totally sure what to do about things like that, but I think their concerns are real and need to be addressed in this post-privacy world we keep talking about. Thanks for the thoughtful post.

Comment on 2.0 Culture(s) by ROG

ROG — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:44:21 +0000

Hey, Ben- I’ll be linking to your blog . And probably unlink to your defunct one.

Comment on 2.0 Culture(s) by transientox

transientox — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:21:56 +0000

Communication is a fundamental aspect of human society. People will always come up with new and creative ways to express themselves. Creativity, as well as a host of other activities healthy to a society, happen when people are able to achieve self-actualization in the hierarchy of needs, having all of their baser needs met. So then the question is, how do we organize ourselves as a society so as to allow everyone to achieve self-actualization in his or her own way?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow’s_hierarchy_of_needs

Then, if we were to look at the Internet as a kind of conglomerate entity, how do we allow the Internet itself to achieve self-actualization such that a defined culture emerges?

Good post btw. I didn’t know more girls blog than boys. So what do boys do more than girls, since I know there are more guys than girls on the internet? Playing video/online games?