Comments on: Social software is not a fad http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:41:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: The Zen of 2.0 » Publishing 2.0 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-204515 The Zen of 2.0 » Publishing 2.0 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:18:24 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/#comment-204515 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] There’s more inevitable debate over “social” software, Web 2.0, and 2.0ness in general. Is it really new? Is it a passing fad? Is it just for geeks? Does it help us get things done? Does it improve our lives? Has it jumped the shark? (Great commentary from Mathew Ingram, Kent Newsome, Stowe Boyd, Rob Hyndman, Mark Evans, Ryan Carson and, of course, Nick.) [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] There’s more inevitable debate over “social” software, Web 2.0, and 2.0ness in general. Is it really new? Is it a passing fad? Is it just for geeks? Does it help us get things done? Does it improve our lives? Has it jumped the shark? (Great commentary from Mathew Ingram, Kent Newsome, Stowe Boyd, Rob Hyndman, Mark Evans, Ryan Carson and, of course, Nick.) [...]

]]> By: ron pruett http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-45485 ron pruett Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:59:08 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/#comment-45485 Many of the businesses you mention are great, fun and useful tools but they miss one ingredient hampering their ultimate success - they don't don't enable "transactions". They're tools but not necessarily in a functional sense for merchants and others hoping to take advantage of their pools of users. The companies surviving the 99-01 era had this quality - the others are gone. The same will likely happen unless a transactional orbit can be created. Many of the businesses you mention are great, fun and useful tools but they miss one ingredient hampering their ultimate success – they don’t don’t enable “transactions”. They’re tools but not necessarily in a functional sense for merchants and others hoping to take advantage of their pools of users. The companies surviving the 99-01 era had this quality – the others are gone. The same will likely happen unless a transactional orbit can be created.

]]> By: /pd http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-43110 /pd Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:57:29 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/#comment-43110 Karen FYI.. if you are interested Ewan and me had some back chatter on the training methods you describe. its well worth taking time to see his idea's !! http://edu.blogs.com/ Karen

FYI.. if you are interested

Ewan and me had some back chatter on the training methods you describe. its well worth taking time to see his idea’s !!

http://edu.blogs.com/

]]> By: Karen Janowski http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-43083 Karen Janowski Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:47:19 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/#comment-43083 Educators are using social software - blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc. with great results. Thses are the tools that our kids are using anyway so they engage students in a new way in the classroom. Picture a high school English class blogging their reviews of required summer reading or a high school Social Studies or Science class creating their own wiki about a topic as a study guide. The kids make it their own and own it in an innovative way. Our kids are digital natives so these tools are natural to them and the creative educators are capturing the power of the tools in their classrooms. Educators are using social software – blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc. with great results. Thses are the tools that our kids are using anyway so they engage students in a new way in the classroom. Picture a high school English class blogging their reviews of required summer reading or a high school Social Studies or Science class creating their own wiki about a topic as a study guide. The kids make it their own and own it in an innovative way. Our kids are digital natives so these tools are natural to them and the creative educators are capturing the power of the tools in their classrooms.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/comment-page-1/#comment-43077 Mathew Ingram Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:25:10 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/08/31/social-software-is-not-a-fad/#comment-43077 Mmmm. Sounds delicious. See? If it wasn't for social software, I never would have found out what pocky was :-) Mmmm. Sounds delicious. See? If it wasn’t for social software, I never would have found out what pocky was :-)

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