And I'd also like to sail the sea in a sieve
<http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html> because it's cheap.
FB, TW, BS, PBW, etc are froth on that sea. (But perhaps here is the
big picture: Non Sequitur
<http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2009/11/20/>.) Just look at the
deteriorating signal to noise ratio.
Serious needs require serious solutions not mash-ups (which are fragile)
but a match-up of real organization needs with real functionality.
There. I said it. Now, someone prove me wrong!
Robert C.
Owen Densmore wrote:
But let me be clear why I'm trying all this stuff. SFX has found
itself without administrators and with a hosting service that's more
difficult, but much more computer savvy, than facebook, twitter,
blogspot, pbwiki, ... Basically we have a user community with
contempt for computing and complexity both. (there are a few
exceptions, natch)
So several of us who alas are computer savvy, are starting to think we
should move sfx off a hosting service with its complexity onto the
pre-built, user oriented, non-hosted cloud. And to be fair, there's a
lot of good stuff that is starting to merge into something that could
replace Joyent/Wordpress with a mashup of Blogspot, Google Docs,
Twitter, Facebook, Maps/Earth, Youtube, Flickr, and so on.
I think we old timers have pushed the new generation non-tech folks
into a trap they'd prefer to skip. So I'd like to give them their
head for a bit and see how it goes. Become self-administered. No
joke, I'm for real here. Lose hosting, replace with the flower-child
web. I think they can pull it off.
And, no, I Won't Fix Their Computer! :)
-- Owen
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