Comments on: Notes from Les Blogs http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/12/06/notes-from-les-blogs/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sean coon http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/12/06/notes-from-les-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-5332 sean coon Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:21:39 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=289#comment-5332 the autobiography of malcolm x was an authentic account of his life, but it was told to alex haley upon reflection. imagine malcolm live blogging waiting to speak at mosque no. 7 in detroit or during his trip to mecca! how much richer would the *experience* of the read be if it were told in the moment, with layers of evolving contextual texture surrounding it within the interactive medium. you're right; rose-colored autobiographies would no longer be possible, but those never really have been. the difference now/future is that the public wouldn't purchase something that they experienced with the author (on their blog) or have access to post-mortem. when information retrieval and presentation iterates a few generations in blogging applications, will our blogs live on after we pass? the autobiography of malcolm x was an authentic account of his life, but it was told to alex haley upon reflection. imagine malcolm live blogging waiting to speak at mosque no. 7 in detroit or during his trip to mecca! how much richer would the *experience* of the read be if it were told in the moment, with layers of evolving contextual texture surrounding it within the interactive medium.

you’re right; rose-colored autobiographies would no longer be possible, but those never really have been. the difference now/future is that the public wouldn’t purchase something that they experienced with the author (on their blog) or have access to post-mortem.

when information retrieval and presentation iterates a few generations in blogging applications, will our blogs live on after we pass?

]]> By: Ethan http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/12/06/notes-from-les-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-5327 Ethan Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:20:15 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=289#comment-5327 Francois, you should have seen the shoes I would have worn had I not bought new shoes. I wouldn't have been allowed out of the airport. France would have denied me a visa for being so poorly dressed. Sean, I wonder if Malcolm had blogged whether we would have gotten an autobiography from him? Not to suggest that the two are mutually exclusive, but I have to think it's going to be interesting when bloggers start getting to the point that they're writing end of life autobiographies - it's very hard to see the past dimly and through rose-colored glasses when your thoughts and feelings from decades ago are cached by Google... Francois, you should have seen the shoes I would have worn had I not bought new shoes. I wouldn’t have been allowed out of the airport. France would have denied me a visa for being so poorly dressed.

Sean, I wonder if Malcolm had blogged whether we would have gotten an autobiography from him? Not to suggest that the two are mutually exclusive, but I have to think it’s going to be interesting when bloggers start getting to the point that they’re writing end of life autobiographies – it’s very hard to see the past dimly and through rose-colored glasses when your thoughts and feelings from decades ago are cached by Google…

]]> By: sean coon http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/12/06/notes-from-les-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-5325 sean coon Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:39:24 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=289#comment-5325 i <a href="http://www.seancoon.org/2005/06/alright_i_admit.html#comment-6612163" rel="nofollow">completely agree</a> with dave's definition. but due to the lack of sophisticated information retrieval/presentations in blogs, we lose touch with shifting perspectives of concepts over time into the pits of archived posts. of course, tagging helps remedy that by creating explicit index pages with chronologically ordered posts, but that doesn't present an overall sense of the shifting perspective of the author, across multiple tags and concepts and influences and time. imagine if malcolm x blogged throughout his entire life. how amazing would that read have been? i completely agree with dave’s definition. but due to the lack of sophisticated information retrieval/presentations in blogs, we lose touch with shifting perspectives of concepts over time into the pits of archived posts. of course, tagging helps remedy that by creating explicit index pages with chronologically ordered posts, but that doesn’t present an overall sense of the shifting perspective of the author, across multiple tags and concepts and influences and time.

imagine if malcolm x blogged throughout his entire life. how amazing would that read have been?

]]> By: gapingvoid http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/12/06/notes-from-les-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-5305 gapingvoid Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:24:12 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=289#comment-5305 <strong>lots of snowballs</strong> Here are some of the thoughts I've had about Les Blogs in the last few days, in no particular order: 1. Nice to meet Tara Hunt in person finally. Ditto with Shel Israel. P.S. Have you bought Shel's new... lots of snowballs

Here are some of the thoughts I’ve had about Les Blogs in the last few days, in no particular order: 1. Nice to meet Tara Hunt in person finally. Ditto with Shel Israel. P.S. Have you bought Shel’s new…

]]> By: Francois http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/12/06/notes-from-les-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-5289 Francois Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:41:19 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=289#comment-5289 I am glad you bought new shoes, not that anina is a critical of other people' appearance, but one should always try to look your best. Socks & sandals ! that person should consider thenselves lucky that they have not been nominated for a Darwin award as yet. I am glad you bought new shoes, not that anina is a critical of other people’ appearance, but one should always try to look your best.

Socks & sandals ! that person should consider thenselves lucky that they have not been nominated for a Darwin award as yet.

]]> By: Andy Carvin http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2005/12/06/notes-from-les-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-5288 Andy Carvin Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:49:14 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=289#comment-5288 Hi Ethan, Keep up the conf blogging - between your blog and Anina's, I feel like I'm in Paris rather than snowy, dreary Boston right now. Love Sifry's new blog definition, too - wish I'd come up with that. :-) ac Hi Ethan,

Keep up the conf blogging – between your blog and Anina’s, I feel like I’m in Paris rather than snowy, dreary Boston right now. Love Sifry’s new blog definition, too – wish I’d come up with that. :-)

ac

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