facebook is boring as hell - i wouldn't know as i am still resisting joining! but i couldn't resist posting this for all you facebookites...
[update: as an aside bob carlton sent me a link to this article on the future of social networking ]
i spotted a link to jon oliver's club chaplain site on michael volland's blog.
nicest/most creative site i've seen for a while. go take a look...
i found this story reassuring that it's not just church groups who struggle to adapt to the new environment
For a brand to really understand Web 2.0 (and I apologise for using that term but you all know what I mean) what it takes is someone in the organisation who already understands Web 2.0. Someone who is already blogging, someone who has a Flickr account. Etc etc.
is it just me?... i am getting sick of facebook oppression
there are so many facebook evangelists out there, by which i mean people keen to convert me to the delights of facebook (for those that don't know the social networking software of choice of the middle class). i am resisting their charms but last night whilst on ichat i got an automatic message via facebook from someone who shall remain nameless inviting me to an event they were speaking at and to join facebook (it was actually in the US so fat chance i'd make it!). this was the last straw. i can no longer keep silent. i do not need facebook in my life. stop inviting me to be your friends and to your facebook diary events. i have not chosen to receive this info so as far as i am concerned it's spam!!!!!!!
why?
i blog, and have a network of friends around the world online through that and i follow conversation through a newsreader and feeds and occasionally technorati (though i honestly don't have time for that either). i use flickr and have a network online through that of people interested in photography. i have a myspace page (well two). to be honest i never look at that other than answering friend requests - i joined because i make music and felt like i ought to. seems like every musician is out there. (i actually think myspace is a mess but that's another story). i am also in a network or five of e-mail groups/password protected spaces - youthwork multimedia, alternative/emerging, IASYM, UK alt/emerging leaders/groups, and network of entrepreneurial talent (NET). managing information often feels like holding back the tide so i don't want to open up another gateway to the sea - e-mail alone is always on the edge of being out of control in my life. so sorry everyone - i will not be joining facebook any time soon. you can of course look forward to the day when i eat my words if that day comes and remind me of my futile resistance. (i confess my heart sank when i saw that even andrew jones (my digital mentor who got me blogging, using ecto, newsreaders, and then shifting to typepad) was evangelising the masses about facebook.)
i have nothing against it or those that love it. if it works for you... great. but i am happy with my old fashioned blog world. ok i am now bracing myself for a reaction. hit me with it!... or discuss it amongst yourselves on facebook ;-) - of course i have been suspicous that blog readers are leaving less comments now because they are all so busy on facebook but now i am sounding paranoid!
photografr.com looks to seek out the best pics from zoomr and flickr - all subjective of course...
on the subject of images, if you use safari (mac) or firefox (windows) piclens just got an upgrade. it enables you to turn an image search into a slideshow or click on an image and see it full screen. it's pretty neat. i blogged about version 1 here. i still don't use safari for mac - in fact i think it's terrible. so how about a version for firefox (mac) or flock (mac)?
i completely agree with gill's thoughts about posting sermons on youtube - why?!
i remember a term from one of len sweet's books - categorical imperialism - i.e. imposing the categories from one world/media into a new one rather than understanding that new media change everything. i'm also thinking about this marshal macluhan quote :
official culture still strives to force the new media to do the work of the old media. but the horseless carriage did not do the work of the horse; it abolished the horse and did what the horse could never do
cowforce.com won the peoples choice award - wow! congrats jon and the team. very cool indeed...
congratulations jon birch! my friend/ proost partner in crime/ inspiration/ fellow song writer does all manner of amazing creative things. one of his recent projects has been doing the flash animation for the send a cow web site. it is very cool. they site cowforce.com has just won a yahoo find of the year award for the charity category. this is no small feat. there is now a peoples choice award so if you like what you see go and support jon by voting for them to win that... well done to the rest of the design team.
the new 100 most useful sites from gaurdian technology section of today's paper.
i also really liked the editorial in praise of the bbc as one of the best innovators - the bbc is fab especially in its interaction with new media.
Roger Von Oech: A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative
Tom Sine: The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time
Andrew Mawson: The Social Entrepreneur: Making Communities Work
Michael Freeman: The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
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