Comments on: Wikinomics is blowing my mind… http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/ Thu, 10 May 2012 14:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: chris http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1896 chris Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:46:01 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1896 Rhett, thanks for your response. I'm still on the track, but doing a heck of a lot of wondering. Loved the mission post. I'm taking kids to go put up a house in May. I'll look into amextra and PiH. Thanks for introducing me to new things. Can't wait to read what July is like! Rhett, thanks for your response. I’m still on the track, but doing a heck of a lot of wondering.

Loved the mission post. I’m taking kids to go put up a house in May. I’ll look into amextra and PiH. Thanks for introducing me to new things.

Can’t wait to read what July is like!

]]> By: Remixing In Rainbows (and the church) http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 Remixing In Rainbows (and the church) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:33:09 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1895 [...] of how the culture of the web is influencing more and more a high level of participation similar to what we see with sites like Wikipedia, Youtube and muxtape.com. Participation is the name of the game in today’s culture, even if [...] [...] of how the culture of the web is influencing more and more a high level of participation similar to what we see with sites like Wikipedia, Youtube and muxtape.com. Participation is the name of the game in today’s culture, even if [...]

]]> By: Rhett Smith http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 Rhett Smith Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:57:59 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1893 Chris, Great question. It has messed me up. My journey with the PCUSA is ending in June. I pulled my name from the ordination process....and I will no longer be at Bel Air after June. This has nothing to do with not being at Bel Air, but it has to do with not wanting to get ordained in the PCUSA. I just have a real hard time with the top down, hierarchical structure of the PCUSA. I think that is one of the reasons it is dying.... rhett Chris,

Great question. It has messed me up. My journey with the PCUSA is ending in June. I pulled my name from the ordination process….and I will no longer be at Bel Air after June. This has nothing to do with not being at Bel Air, but it has to do with not wanting to get ordained in the PCUSA. I just have a real hard time with the top down, hierarchical structure of the PCUSA. I think that is one of the reasons it is dying….

rhett

]]> By: chris http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 chris Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:53:57 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1894 Hey Rhett, given the information you're taking in, how is it affecting your journey with the PCUSA? Where are you seeing the adjustments happening in your particular info-scape? Hey Rhett, given the information you’re taking in, how is it affecting your journey with the PCUSA? Where are you seeing the adjustments happening in your particular info-scape?

]]> By: Rhett Smith http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Rhett Smith Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:05:13 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1888 That makes total sense......I wonder though if eventually the major news sources will disappear and you will see a newstream that is much more diverse, etc, etc. I think our tendency as humans though is to bring order to chaos....so anytime hierarchy and traditional means are crumbling, there is a sense that we like the freedom and open frontier, but the chaos can sometimes be too much for us. I wonder if we can learn to tolerate the chaos more in the future? That makes total sense……I wonder though if eventually the major news sources will disappear and you will see a newstream that is much more diverse, etc, etc. I think our tendency as humans though is to bring order to chaos….so anytime hierarchy and traditional means are crumbling, there is a sense that we like the freedom and open frontier, but the chaos can sometimes be too much for us. I wonder if we can learn to tolerate the chaos more in the future?

]]> By: Steve http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1889 Steve Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:05:37 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1889 Another recent study shows that, contrary to the supposition that the web would democratize the flow of indormation, we are all merely repackaging our news from the same few original sources: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2008-03-17-web-journalism-changes_N.htm?csp=34 So in some ways, the old power structures take on a new kind of importance. Another recent study shows that, contrary to the supposition that the web would democratize the flow of indormation, we are all merely repackaging our news from the same few original sources:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2008-03-17-web-journalism-changes_N.htm?csp=34
So in some ways, the old power structures take on a new kind of importance.

]]> By: Rhett Smith http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 Rhett Smith Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:51:06 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1890 Lars: I agree that people in that age range always don't get the collaborative mentality, and those outside of it do as well. I think the authors would agree, but what they are really pointing out...I believe...is that this age range is really the first that has grown up in this internet age, where participation and collaboration are pretty much a requirement. So that large amount of people will bring some assumptions into the workplace, etc., whether they be subtle or not so much. I agree with the labeling though, but I think there is something different about this generation as we have talked about. I don't think I will forget about this book soon....keeps me up at night. I need to stop reading it when I go to bed. Can't slow my mind down to sleep. Lars:

I agree that people in that age range always don’t get the collaborative mentality, and those outside of it do as well.

I think the authors would agree, but what they are really pointing out…I believe…is that this age range is really the first that has grown up in this internet age, where participation and collaboration are pretty much a requirement. So that large amount of people will bring some assumptions into the workplace, etc., whether they be subtle or not so much.

I agree with the labeling though, but I think there is something different about this generation as we have talked about. I don’t think I will forget about this book soon….keeps me up at night. I need to stop reading it when I go to bed. Can’t slow my mind down to sleep.

]]> By: Lars Rood http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Lars Rood Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:02:03 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1891 Part of what I'm thinking though is how they tend to label the "generation" which will bring all the change. Granted I'm outside the scope of that age group but I think that there are many older people who get it and understand how collaborative leadership needs to be the direction they go. I think I get irked by anyone labeling because I also see a ton of people in that age group who can't seem to get there head around how things are changing or "must" change. Part of what I’m thinking though is how they tend to label the “generation” which will bring all the change. Granted I’m outside the scope of that age group but I think that there are many older people who get it and understand how collaborative leadership needs to be the direction they go.

I think I get irked by anyone labeling because I also see a ton of people in that age group who can’t seem to get there head around how things are changing or “must” change.

]]> By: Lars Rood http://rhettsmith.com/2008/03/wikinomics-is-blowing-my-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Lars Rood Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:00:20 +0000 http://www.rhettsmith.com/?p=854#comment-1892 Rhett- Much of what we write we quit believing pretty quickly. Great book though. I'm reading through it too. Rhett- Much of what we write we quit believing pretty quickly. Great book though. I’m reading through it too.

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