Comments on: My turn on the soapbox http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/10/09/my-turn-on-the-soapbox/ 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: Persephone Miel http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/10/09/my-turn-on-the-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1237502 Persephone Miel Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:48:05 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2276#comment-1237502 Ethan, Sorry to miss this talk, reading Nina's comment I'm reminded of the Russian phrase "вариться в собственном соку," to stew in one's own juices. It's something the provincial Russian media folks we used to train said all the time about how important and wonderful it was to leave their TV stations and come to a seminar with other folks - it's a chance not to spend all our time stewing in our own juices. Homophily must be resisted at every turn! Ethan, Sorry to miss this talk, reading Nina’s comment I’m reminded of the Russian phrase “вариться в собственном соку,” to stew in one’s own juices. It’s something the provincial Russian media folks we used to train said all the time about how important and wonderful it was to leave their TV stations and come to a seminar with other folks – it’s a chance not to spend all our time stewing in our own juices.

Homophily must be resisted at every turn!

]]> By: Nina Chachu http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/10/09/my-turn-on-the-soapbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1236516 Nina Chachu Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:46:06 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2276#comment-1236516 Hi Ethan. Followed up on your discussion about serendipity and homophily. I guess I would describe the latter also as "being stuck in a rut" which is sometimes the feeling I get about the websites which I tend to visit regularly. On the serendipity side, personally I find "browsing" in say Amazon much harder than in a physical bookshop - though with the options available in Accra, one has to widen one's net. Regards, Nina [an Accra resident] Hi Ethan. Followed up on your discussion about serendipity and homophily. I guess I would describe the latter also as “being stuck in a rut” which is sometimes the feeling I get about the websites which I tend to visit regularly.

On the serendipity side, personally I find “browsing” in say Amazon much harder than in a physical bookshop – though with the options available in Accra, one has to widen one’s net.

Regards, Nina [an Accra resident]

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