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Ask a Question of the Universe, you Get Pointed to More Great Questions

In my early flurry of what feels like overposting to the blog (that's a whole 'nuther issue!) I raised the question of integration of blogs w/ other tools. In my time-demolishing playing with weblog related tools, I found a pointer here. (And yes, I confess, I forgot to note the pointee! Yikes!)

Dave Pollard wrote:

How to Save the World: "To me, the greatest limitation is blogs' lack of integration and 'transitionability' with other communication tools. Why haven't we developed generally-accepted work-arounds that allow us to transition from blog comments to e-mail threads, IM, telephony, wikis and other tools, and back again? Have we become so used to being led around the nose by the functionality (and lack thereof) of communication tools that we've lost our imagination and social will to develop means to jump to better tools when the one we're working isn't optimal? Skype was one of the Top Technologies of the Year in Business 2.0's list, and it's wonderful, and free, so why isn't everyone using it to extend the relationships they develop on blogs? And why are webcams still ridiculed, when everyone agrees facial expresssion and bosy language add immensely to communication, and we now have the high-speed bandwidth (well, 47% of us have anyway per a recent study) to accommodate multi-media conversations? Why do so few people take up my (and others', from what they tell me) invitations to call them, Skype them, IM them, to allow the iteration (back-and-forth) that is the essence of true conversation? And why, when we do make that transition, and meet someone who's become a 'friend' through our blogs, is the first meeting or conversation in aother medium so awkward, even jarring?"