Comments on: Thinking about twenty-ten

By: jclarey

jclarey — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:22:58 +0000

Thanks! I'm working on a post about content curators. Too much to write here. I've run across a few new things today and book marked them. Stay tuned (and thanks for your comment).

By: jclarey

jclarey — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:22:00 +0000

Thanks! I'm working on a post about content curators. Too much to write here. I've run across a few new things today and book marked them. Stay tuned (and thanks for your comment).

By: mwiseman

mwiseman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:34:20 +0000

I was wondering if you might expand and share your thoughts concerning:
content curators who will be needed to support transfer of learning? This sounds so intriguing.

By: mwiseman

mwiseman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:34:00 +0000

Hello Janet, I really felt your predictions are spot-on for 2010. When you mentioned further computing enhancements to support the “micro” movement, aggregators, mobile support, and real-time collaboration as bringing a new level of complexity to the increasingly distributed, knowledge-driven workplace, I shouted to myself, 'yes!' I was wondering if you might expand and share your thoughts concerning: content curators who will be needed to support transfer of learning? This sounds so intriguing.

By: jclarey

jclarey — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:13:04 +0000

Thanks Erin. I'm not sure that it covers any new ground but it sums up what I've been seeing. Who knows with these things? It's limited to knowledge workers too. I seem to be firmly entrenched in that area lately so it's not really 'big picture' enough for our industry.

By: jclarey

jclarey — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:13:00 +0000

By: jclarey

jclarey — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:09:29 +0000

Suzanne - thanks for bringing up minimalists. I'm not sure I could do what you're setting out to do - "stay connected, but with minimalist orientation" because (right now) I can't even visualize was stripped down connectedness looks like. I suppose I could limit the number of "pieces" that serve as the gateway to my various conversations.

I can across this post (http://www.designsojourn.com/minimalism-simplic...) from Brian Ling where he brings up simplexity..."an emerging theory that proposes a possible complementary relationship between complexity and simplicity" (Wikipedia definition). There's a lot there.

Thanks for the book recommendation.

By: jclarey

jclarey — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:09:00 +0000

Suzanne – thanks for bringing up minimalists. I'm not sure I could do what you're setting out to do – “stay connected, but with minimalist orientation” because (right now) I can't even visualize was stripped down connectedness looks like. I suppose I could limit the number of “pieces” that serve as the gateway to my various conversations. I can across this post (http://www.designsojourn.com/minimalism-simplic…) from Brian Ling where he brings up simplexity…”an emerging theory that proposes a possible complementary relationship between complexity and simplicity” (Wikipedia definition). There's a lot there. Thanks for the book recommendation.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:38:34 +0000

Ahhh…how to surf/navigate chaos and complexity? I've always got my senses open for useful metaphors that can help un-tense my reactions to chaos and complexity. I can somehow live with the ambiguities of complexities, but when chaos comes along for the ride, I'm apt to snub him. I too am a moderate around chaos. One of my recent interests is in minimalist thinkers (bloggers/tweeters, etc.). They bring me back to a time when, I was (well comparatively speaking I still am) very content with very little. The challenge now though is to still stay connected, but with a minimalist orientation.

I also just revisited a wonderful book of light-hearted, insightful prose, The Book of Qualities by Ruth Gendler.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:38:00 +0000