Comments on: Clay Shirky at Web 2.0: Gin and Cognitive Surplus

By: 10 reasons blogging is better than watching TV « Lingamish

10 reasons blogging is better than watching TV « Lingamish — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:53:52 +0000

[...] HT: Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing and HASH at White African. [...]

By: kip/bot/blog » Africa and Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus

kip/bot/blog » Africa and Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:41:52 +0000

[...] morning about invention, innovation, design, and the cognitive surplus. It started with reading Clay Shirky’s web2.0 expo talk on the blog White African (”where Africa and technology collide!”). On White African I [...]

By: Fimbo

Fimbo — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:58:36 +0000

You know what,
There is a statement in the talk that may go unnoticed.
It is that most web2.0 “user centric” initiatives fail after sometimes because i assume the 2 or 3 guys/hosts who do most of the contributing (while the others are watching tv) get burnt out

But have no fear, that is where web3.0 will come in.

Under the web3.0 government

1. the computer itself will be smart enough to stand in for a human user.
2. the tools will improve sufficiently for passive as opposed to active participation– think voice and touch screens replacing keyboards, mobiles, ebook readers replacing computers
3. audio, video and pics replacing text

By: Jaryd

Jaryd — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:02:53 +0000

“I guess you’ll also only attach to this if you’re from the US with their tv world & surplus of channels/ the role they are playing.”

Americans may watch more TV than other nationalities, but we also work more hours per week and take less vacations. Some people just want to relax at the end of the day; they’ve worked hard enough.

By: JKE

JKE — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:20:30 +0000

Nice talk, rhetoric somehwo reminds me of David Weinberger.

Uhm. Isnt the message something we already know? I.e.: watching tv = waste of time unless it is interactive. On the other hand, yeah – what a beautiful explanation of what Web 2.0 is about.

I guess you’ll also only attach to this if you’re from the US with their tv world & surplus of channels/ the role they are playing.

By: Mwangi - the Displaced African

Mwangi - the Displaced African — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:25:54 +0000

Here! Here! Now that I am knee deep in Web 2.0, I honestly don’t see myself leaving any time soon.

By: Irene

Irene — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:55:32 +0000

“Here’s something four-year-olds know: Media that’s targeted at you but doesn’t include you may not be worth sitting still for.”

On point! My 2-yr old would rather sit on my lap as I attempt to work on school projects…with hopes that I’ll eventually land on one of those kiddie games’ sites that his 7-yr old sister has introduced him to.

By: HASH

HASH — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:46:13 +0000

@Fimbo – Exactly! Isn’t this why so many living the “cube life” drink themselves into a stupor?

By: Fimbo

Fimbo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:18:17 +0000

Interesting
Drinking Gin as a precursor mind numbing TV

He might as well have added the time we waste from 8 to 5 going to the “office”