Grace Wiersma said:
"For a lively and idealistic community like this one, even I (a late- to
post-modern adopter of social software) would recommend moving the
discussion to a blog, so that when I have time to kill I can just go see
what's cooking, rather than work up a sweat slugging it out with the
incoming traffic while staying on top of mission-critical mail... What I
really wanted to say here was that to me it has seemed oddly
contradictory, in fact, that this discussion was launched as a mailing
list and not as a Web log".
I'm sure I'm not the only person who has thought that mailing lists were
one of the first (if not the first) manifestations of social software??
And can't most of the functions Grace asks for be handled by using the
digest mode and/or e-mail filtering (into folders) or by perusing list
archives?
I'm no curmudgeon, but I hate to see a computer-mediated communication
format dissed just because it's been around for awhile.
Bernie Sloan
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Grace Wiersma
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 3:36 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Goodbye to the list.
Hi, Bill,
I have a similar problem--I need to get a few other things done! Keeping
up with this list has been too intense, not to mention having to resist
the temptation to write back. I haven't wanted to complain--I'm the one
who subscribed, after all.
For a lively and idealistic community like this one, even I (a late- to
post-modern adopter of social software) would recommend moving the
discussion to a blog, so that when I have time to kill I can just go see
what's cooking, rather than work up a sweat slugging it out with the
incoming traffic while staying on top of mission-critical mail. People
who thrive on the play-by-play could then stay *in synch* via their Live
Bookmarks or whatever.
What I really wanted to say here was that to me it has seemed oddly
contradictory, in fact, that this discussion was launched as a mailing
list and not as a Web log...
Grace Wiersma
Cataloging & Metadata Services, MIT Libraries
gwiersma_at_mit.edu
(617) 253-0643
________________________________
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Grace Wiersma
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 3:36 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Goodbye to the list.
Hi, Bill,
I have a similar problem--I need to get a few other things done! Keeping
up with this list has been too intense, not to mention having to resist
the temptation to write back. I haven't wanted to complain--I'm the one
who subscribed, after all.
For a lively and idealistic community like this one, even I (a late- to
post-modern adopter of social software) would recommend moving the
discussion to a blog, so that when I have time to kill I can just go see
what's cooking, rather than work up a sweat slugging it out with the
incoming traffic while staying on top of mission-critical mail. People
who thrive on the play-by-play could then stay *in synch* via their Live
Bookmarks or whatever.
What I really wanted to say here was that to me it has seemed oddly
contradictory, in fact, that this discussion was launched as a mailing
list and not as a Web log...
Grace Wiersma
Cataloging & Metadata Services, MIT Libraries
gwiersma_at_mit.edu
(617) 253-0643
________________________________
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 12:22 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [NGC4LIB] Goodbye to the list.
I am thinking about quitting this list because I could spend my entire
day reading the excellent content here. I will resubscribe in a few
months if I get time. This is a great resource but I simply do not have
enough hours in the day.
Wilfred (Bill) Drew
E-mail: mailto:drewwe_at_morrisville.edu
AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4 <aim:goim?screenname=BillDrew4>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)
Received on Mon Jun 26 2006 - 21:17:32 EDT