Comments on: What Every Geek Should Know: The REAL Digital Divide http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/ Entrepreneurship, Current Affairs, Tech and Our World Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pragmites http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Pragmites Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:58:56 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-521 Interesting views. There are tons of people who are fluent in basic computing, which includes transferring files, the internet etc. But they express apathy at using social media sites purely because it is too involving and takes up a lot of time. Add to that the sheer confusion of deciding which one to register yourself on. Interesting views. There are tons of people who are fluent in basic computing, which includes transferring files, the internet etc. But they express apathy at using social media sites purely because it is too involving and takes up a lot of time. Add to that the sheer confusion of deciding which one to register yourself on.

]]> By: Mary Baum http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Mary Baum Mon, 12 May 2008 12:53:12 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-522 Is this maybe a generational issue? It seems to me that the kids coming out of college over the last three or four years, and younger, know their way around Facebook and MySpace, and were IMing before that. My daughter (18) and her friends go nowhere without a camera -- besides the one in their phones -- and the pics get posted to Facebook in short order after every event in their lives. She also has at least one blog and a photoblog as well. Is this maybe a generational issue? It seems to me that the kids coming out of college over the last three or four years, and younger, know their way around Facebook and MySpace, and were IMing before that.

My daughter (18) and her friends go nowhere without a camera — besides the one in their phones — and the pics get posted to Facebook in short order after every event in their lives.

She also has at least one blog and a photoblog as well.

]]> By: Brent Schlenker http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Brent Schlenker Thu, 01 May 2008 14:18:44 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-523 Hi Francine! I'm in Phx as well and and continue to try and attend your events to meet you f2f. I blog and twitter and engage with every new web app that sends an invite. I do it because its my job to stay on top of these tools and figure out how they can be utilized as learning/training tools. I speak at many eLearning and Training conferences and even during sessions that describe as advanced I'm still forced to define wiki, and blog, and RSS for a good number of attendees. At times the masses on social networks seem large, but outside of "the network" these apps are non-existant, or worse, they are deemed evil and a threat to our very existence. It feels the same as the attacks on rock music in the 70s/80s. Now we hear Stairway to Heaven on the easy listening channels and as Musac in elevators. We are at least a decade or 2 out in front of the main stream on this stuff. Remember, email actually existed WAY before corporations thought it sounded like a good communication tool for employees. Cheers! Brent PS: I hope your son is recovering well. Hi Francine! I’m in Phx as well and and continue to try and attend your events to meet you f2f. I blog and twitter and engage with every new web app that sends an invite. I do it because its my job to stay on top of these tools and figure out how they can be utilized as learning/training tools. I speak at many eLearning and Training conferences and even during sessions that describe as advanced I’m still forced to define wiki, and blog, and RSS for a good number of attendees.
At times the masses on social networks seem large, but outside of “the network” these apps are non-existant, or worse, they are deemed evil and a threat to our very existence. It feels the same as the attacks on rock music in the 70s/80s. Now we hear Stairway to Heaven on the easy listening channels and as Musac in elevators.
We are at least a decade or 2 out in front of the main stream on this stuff. Remember, email actually existed WAY before corporations thought it sounded like a good communication tool for employees.
Cheers!
Brent

PS: I hope your son is recovering well.

]]> By: francine hardaway http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-524 francine hardaway Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:03:11 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-524 I compose thoughtful paragraphs in Twitter. You must, when you want to tell someone something important in 140 characters. Also, Twitter is not real-time interaction; it is a river into which you can dip your toe at will. Most tweets go unanswered forever. They are just information: "making red rice and pork chops for dinner"; "posted something new to my blog." That information is not an interruption; it can be filed away for when and if it is needed. next time I want a recipe for red rice and pork chops, I will talk to @hardaway. And when I get a minute, I will go to @hardaway's blog. I compose thoughtful paragraphs in Twitter. You must, when you want to tell someone something important in 140 characters. Also, Twitter is not real-time interaction; it is a river into which you can dip your toe at will. Most tweets go unanswered forever. They are just information: “making red rice and pork chops for dinner”; “posted something new to my blog.” That information is not an interruption; it can be filed away for when and if it is needed. next time I want a recipe for red rice and pork chops, I will talk to @hardaway. And when I get a minute, I will go to @hardaway’s blog.

]]> By: Jack Kessler http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Jack Kessler Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:21:28 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-525 I would and will go a step further than Sheila Scarborough. I, for one, truly hate real time interaction. It is an intrusion, which is a small thing, and an interruption which is a large one. E-mail has begun to revive writing which was on the verge of extinction. People who had written fewer than a dozen real letters in their entire lives now write frequently and at length. Twitter is named that for a reason. The name may have been intended as self-mocking and ironic, but for the most part it is accurate. Does anyone compose thoughtful paragraphs in twitter? Real time interaction harks back to the oppressions of the telephone. We still have no easy polite way to say, "I am going to hang up now". One instead has to string together a series of hints that the conversation is ending. I always hate going through that. I am sure twitter conversations are no better. E-mail can be answered tomorrow, apparently tweets cannot. I would and will go a step further than Sheila Scarborough. I, for one, truly hate real time interaction. It is an intrusion, which is a small thing, and an interruption which is a large one.

E-mail has begun to revive writing which was on the verge of extinction. People who had written fewer than a dozen real letters in their entire lives now write frequently and at length.

Twitter is named that for a reason. The name may have been intended as self-mocking and ironic, but for the most part it is accurate. Does anyone compose thoughtful paragraphs in twitter?

Real time interaction harks back to the oppressions of the telephone. We still have no easy polite way to say, “I am going to hang up now”. One instead has to string together a series of hints that the conversation is ending. I always hate going through that. I am sure twitter conversations are no better. E-mail can be answered tomorrow, apparently tweets cannot.

]]> By: Maria Palma http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Maria Palma Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:25:38 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-526 I often have to remind myself that there are still millions of people out there who still have no idea what a blog is. I never thought of myself as an "early adopter", but this post opened up my eyes a little. Thanks! I often have to remind myself that there are still millions of people out there who still have no idea what a blog is.

I never thought of myself as an “early adopter”, but this post opened up my eyes a little. Thanks!

]]> By: Sheila Scarborough http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Sheila Scarborough Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:55:10 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-527 Great post, Francine, and you're absolutely correct. Most people know how to check email, order something online and Google for info, and that's about it. The question that also must be answered is, why SHOULD anyone know more than that, when lives are already so busy? If geeks can't answer that question, their cool toys/ideas will never get traction in the real world. Great post, Francine, and you’re absolutely correct. Most people know how to check email, order something online and Google for info, and that’s about it.

The question that also must be answered is, why SHOULD anyone know more than that, when lives are already so busy?

If geeks can’t answer that question, their cool toys/ideas will never get traction in the real world.

]]> By: francine hardaway http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-528 francine hardaway Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:47:45 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-528 Exactly, and someone who receives this blog by email said she had trained herself to watch out for the bleeding edge. Exactly, and someone who receives this blog by email said she had trained herself to watch out for the bleeding edge.

]]> By: Brandylynn223 http://blog.stealthmode.com/2008/04/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Brandylynn223 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:52:45 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/what-every-geek-should-know-the-real-digital-divide/#comment-529 So true, so true. I work in a large hospital in OK City and we are having a time right now trying to teach people how to access their email on Outlook. I talk about the things I do on the computer sometimes and people look at me like I'm crazy (and I'm not near as advanced as many of the people I interact with here). So true, so true. I work in a large hospital in OK City and we are having a time right now trying to teach people how to access their email on Outlook. I talk about the things I do on the computer sometimes and people look at me like I’m crazy (and I’m not near as advanced as many of the people I interact with here).

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