Full Circle Associates

I've been ruminating the past few days about the bridge between blogs and mailing lists. Then this morning as I was skipping down my bloglines list I saw this wiki page from Chris Corrigan. OpenSpaceWorldNET: DeeperOpenSpaceWeblog. Chris wrote:

I keep a weblog at my site called Parking Lot which is where I take note of the world around me and post thoughts about Open Space, among other things. Since starting my weblog, I have discovered people and places that were previously unknown to me, and I have noticed how weblogs extend the breadth of a person's online presence. But, even though I have a comments application on my weblog, it still misses depth. Weblogs are great at extending, but because they are time dependant, they aren't so good at being spaces in which people can drill down deeper into issues. Wikis on the other hand, do exactly that. Thus the marriage of a weblog that extends span and a wiki that extends depth seems to be the most holistic way to explore ideas in the online world. So this wiki is about topics raised at parking Lot having to do with Open Space.

In this way, it should be pointed out, the marriage of these two technologies create a situation not unlike those created by Open Space Technology. The weblog becomes one part invitation, one part bulletin board and the wiki becomes part market place, part small group discussion and part proceedings document.

This echoes Susan Nyrop and Lee LeFever's comments. So the pattern is getting consistent. We have these emerging patterns of practice associated with tools. We notice what is missing (the bridge) and we are experimenting with different ways to weave the experiences together when we want to move past personal reflection or publishing.