(GapingVoid , buy a print from Hugh) Let' s talk.
Let's discuss, discourse, dialogue, disagree, disseminate.
Communication = knowledge.
Disagree? Let' s share.
Sure, social media is a buzzword for sure. As is knowledge management, the IT of Web 2.0. Convergent trending, obviously, but are they really one in the same?
Let's take a walk:
- Email - the O.G. social network. Point to point, client-server lumps of additive, archivable goodness. Unfortunately this has never merged into anything more meaningful, and thus has been the bastard child that everything ports out to. Cons, it is exclusive and separatist, it forces you to filter who receives and equates to the toilet paper of the internet: Cheap, disposable, and clogging can cause information overload.
- Instant Messaging - P2P, the forefather of microblogging. It suffers from the legacy of data storage, and the singularity in which it promotes.
- Wikis - the etch-a-sketch of the knowledge landscape. Reeditable and searchable, wikis range from Google Docs to the ultimate group email....if you can get the time to get them started. Only as good as their foundation, and without meaningful starts and ongoing contributions, lifespan and interest is shortlived.
- Blogs - the middle child. Just graduating, blogs are statements of the media landscape. Direct, non-changing, with some measure of thought and dedication to keep maintained.
- Tumblelogs - Blogs for the spammer, grab and go snapshots of the internet journeys of their masters.
- Microblogging - Many have said they are the Ritalin-challenged, microblogs represent the dynamics of one's daily life or work environment. Short lifespan data, push-focused information flow.
As we look to the future of project-level communications and managements, these tools will form the framework of the 3.0 world. Email is reaching a point of overload, from bloated emails of puppy pictures to innane daily activities of refrigerator-purging (seriously?!).
Successful management of decision-making, team alignment, and data transfers will become key metrics for project evolution.
What we choose to do with that data, however, still remains...
