After attending this event, I had to put up a posting. I came to the event wanting to know why people should care about what someone else has to say. The speakers had some opinions on this subject. Daniel Radosh (www.radosh.net) believes blogs are great entertainment. Jeff Jarvis (www.buzzmachine.com) believes blogs are empowering and that they are useful for influencing influencers. Geralidine Sealey (www.salon.com) said that her publications audience likes the up-to-the-minute commentary posted by practicing journalists. Like any good moderator, I couldn’t tell what Bryany Keefer (www.campaigndesk.org) thinks about this subject.
I agree with Jarvis that blogs are great ways to develop a public conversation about a subject. I also agree that linking between blogs is very big deal. In my opinion, linking on blogs creates context that Google searches and link libraries don’t provide.
I wish people had spoken about the hivemind concept, knowledge management and RSS feeds.