Monday, July 09, 2007
Keeping Watch
....2.0 And all that.
It seems that the world has become carried away with this web 2.0 thing. And I do recall saying on this Blog that we need to be careful that we don't trump something up (for various different reasons!) which has always been around anyway in terms of the intention of the internet platform and its usage.
However, it doesn't matter if it has a name or not. Or what the name is. The fact is that something is changing and we need to think about this.
I noted that Wikipedia which is a good barometer for web 2.0 has no entry for Research 2.0! Is it that research hasn't got a point of view on this? Are we just lazy? Are we just behind the times? Stuck in our ivory towers of research 'representation' and insight discourse? Rise up!
I could write the entry (or at least start it in participation with you - for I know that you the reader gets this otherwise you wouldn't be reading this) but this is more fun! I can watch on the sidelines how this develops....
See you on the top tier of the stand looking on! I hope it's not the Wimbledon stand as we will get wet....Did you see that?!
It seems that the world has become carried away with this web 2.0 thing. And I do recall saying on this Blog that we need to be careful that we don't trump something up (for various different reasons!) which has always been around anyway in terms of the intention of the internet platform and its usage.
However, it doesn't matter if it has a name or not. Or what the name is. The fact is that something is changing and we need to think about this.
I noted that Wikipedia which is a good barometer for web 2.0 has no entry for Research 2.0! Is it that research hasn't got a point of view on this? Are we just lazy? Are we just behind the times? Stuck in our ivory towers of research 'representation' and insight discourse? Rise up!
I could write the entry (or at least start it in participation with you - for I know that you the reader gets this otherwise you wouldn't be reading this) but this is more fun! I can watch on the sidelines how this develops....
See you on the top tier of the stand looking on! I hope it's not the Wimbledon stand as we will get wet....Did you see that?!
