« Flashback | Main | Vacation » Aesthetic Socializing Honoria posted a LiveJournal entry about our latest discussion of social software and aesthetics. Our goal is to create seminars and retreats on group-forming and group dynamics. We were originally focusing on technology, but I think we've realized it's better to focus on the social aspect and bring the technology in where it makes sense. She's created a great aesthetic exercise to support group-forming via collaborative watercolor. We need to talk more about how that fits our larger intention. Speaking of social software, I sent a note to John Cooper, who organized the recent business discussion of social software I mentioned in an earlier post. I'm capturing a piece of this morning's note here for future reference: It was valuable to hear feedback from a diverse, business-focused group. What I would have done differently is frame the discussion in the context of the weblog-driven social software movement that's evolved over the last 3-4 years, and talk more about the interest in evolving various standards for communication, collaboration, and data sharing, and how (or how well) the various SN systems leverage those energies. I also would've discussed the knowledge management implications of weblogs and wikis, and how SNs may be relevant as tools for discovery. (This would probably include a discussion of KM constraints, tacit vs explicit knowledge, knowledge as process, whether explicit is actually 'knowledge' in the active sense of the word, etc.) jon posted this at 11:20 AM |
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