Liz Strauss asked, Do Crayons Qualify as Social Media? . Absolutely-fricken-YES! If social media are the tools and affordances that allow us to communicate, interact, create, converse and invent with each other, then the world is full of social media. It was not born with Web 2.0 (whatever the heck that really is). Our tools transcend their initial uses, and more importantly, our practices need to transcend across our contexts!
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Thinking about “Slow Community” (particularly online)
Tonight I’m sharing a few thoughts at ZAAZ about “Slow Community” and I thought I’d share the slides. They can be found here as well as embedded below. This all came out of a blog post a few months back that generated some very interesting comments.
In preparation, I pinged my Twitter network – who gave some fabulous insights and suggestions. I’ve screen captured them and put them on a a wiki page to capture further thinking — slowly.
It is kind of ironic to use the fastness of Twitter to think about slowness. 🙂
Sitting with fire – a blog as community and reflection
Blogs are often touted as “individual voices.” Of course, blogs can be many things, including reflective community voices. Check out the blog of the Tassajara Zen Center in California, facing many dangerous fires in their area on the Central California coast. Sitting with fire.
What I noticed was their use of questions. Amazing. Short. Right to the heart. What can we learn from this blog about community?
Another Free Social Media Event in Seattle July 12th
It seems there are some other cool “social media” happenings in Seattle so I thought I should also pass this one along – happening July 12th all day, plus a Mashable party in the evening. This one is SocialMediaCampSeattle:
SocialMediaCamp brings together the brightest minds in Social Media with people interested in learning more about the power of Community Based Marketing. It works like this – we find some of the top local names in Blogging, Podcasting, Live Streaming, and New Media and we give them the stage – BarCamp Style – to share what they know with the world.We’re running at least 2 tracks at each event. A beginner track (think Blogging 101), and an advanced track (think What is Social Capital – and Why Should I Care?).
Perspectives on Social Media – Seattle July 8th
Are you in Seattle on July 8th? Then consider stopping by the Social Media Event at ZAAZ Seattle July 8th. I’m on the slate with what appears to be a very cool group of people and will be trying to unravel a bit more of the ball of string I’ve been calling “slow community.” (Caveat: I’m not the only one talking about this. So I’m not claiming the term, just referencing my recent use of it! Vanessa DeMauro had this thought in March)
Ryan Turner saw my blog post about slow community a few moons back and asked if I’d want to join in on the 8th. It is a good excuse to revisit the wonderful comments and think a bit more about the reasons for and consequences of slowing down some of our community activity – and what slowing down means. And is there an emerging “slow community” movement afoot? Are you part of it?
Because this event is aimed towards the interactive design/user experience communities, I’m going to have to figure out my bridge ideas, because I suspect I’m coming in from a different angle.
As to the rest of the evening, here is the run down! The Facebook event is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=66791410200.
By the way, check out the Zaaz/Ryan Turner blog posts on Social Media and Community Moderation from earlier in June.