via
jon udell
i found a great quote from
jim mcgee
on
bootstrapping the knowledge network
:
“In the first stage, the tools encourage a degree of commentary and reaction to what you find or create (in k-logging mode). However, it also encourages a degree of stream of consciousness style. Progress, in that it can represent a contemporaneous record of the contextual issues that were top of mind. Problematic, in creating new content that eventually needs to be revisited and processed at a level once removed from the moment.”
i could be radically misinterpreting the intent of the quote, but i think it’s getting at why i started the
vast wasteland
over two years ago.
i’ve often wondered how many people see a “mere” newsfeed when they visit
conflux
. more than a newsfeed, the sections represent a structured forum for me to “revisit and process” a “a contemporaneous record of the contextual issues” in a “stream of consciousness style”. the fact that it looks like a newsfeed is merely coincidental and a distraction really.