I woke up one Saturday morning and I heard this guy speak. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11131872
I don't do "Web 2.0". I make videos. I make a certain type of blog/vlog that is targeted to a certain population. I might use so-called Web 2.0 technology but at the end of the day it is about the people. I do agree with Schlomo in one respect. In these times it is hard to separate the legitimate thought "does an open gateway of expression serve our culture?" from people that don't express the concern well. The question is not bad. Andrew Keen's response is. I'm sure Gutenberg had the same type of problems with the church and the merchants of the times with the spread of his printed papers. This man has company. Librarians are rallying against a former head of the American Library Association for those librarians and others that choose to blog, that the act somehow diminishes intelligence. (the secret word is "Gormangate") There are academicians, print journalists, critics who are warning of impending doom if this "free expression for all" is allowed to continue. They are begging for the gatekeepers to come back to their posts. There are politicians who don't have a clue about social media or a changing dialog with segments of the population. Somebody taught them the word "blog" and if it gets them a few more pennies they will say it till their jaw drops or they will fight against the "congested tubes" if the PAC money is right. Did you think what we do would be loved and embraced by all? Do you think the old guard is going to passively let you create a new paradigm without a fight or at least a stake hold to the next level? There is alway more profit in predicting doom and pedaling fear. Make your videos. Move past his fears and lay down the future. Gena --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "terry.rendon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the book The Cult of the Amateur <http://ajkeen.com/e.htm> , Andrew > Keen basically trashes 'Web 2.0'. Excerpt here <http://ajkeen.com/e.htm> > . > Here is a quote from the book: > > "The Web 2.0 revolution has peddled the promise of bringing more truth > to more people- more depth > of information, more global perspective, more unbiased opinion from > dispassionate observers. But this is > all a smoke screen. What the Web 2.0 revolution has really delivering is > superficial observation of the > world around us rather than deep analysis, shrill opinion rather than > considered judgment. The information > business is being transformed by the Internet into sheer noise of a > hundred million bloggers all simultaneously > talking about themselves." > > I was wondering what you all thought of the premise of this book??? > > Terry Rendon > www.terryannonline.com
