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Re: Community and its absence

Nancy White — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:25:00 -0000

I think you just pointed out one of the poignent things about this online/offline life. Just when we are in the flow of one, there is that jarring jump, that switch. Maybe making those switches gracefully is one of the competencies?

I never logged on to the IRC channel at NVoice. That is one way to ease the transistions - the social "small talk" (though it is not small in its impact) can mediate the gap.

Mind the gap, eh? :-)

Re: Community and its absence

drumsnwhistles — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:47:31 -0000

Hi Alan!

I'm a faithful subscriber to Nancy's blog. Love it! And you didn't have to add cheesy music...it was truly terrific that you recorded it and uploaded it for all of us as it was. It just really highlighted the failings that online media/community can have.

When that session was over in real time, everyone moved on, or had drinks at the end of the day and shared the highlights. For ones listening after the fact, we learned a ton, but missed out on the community "unpacking" at the end of the day, and for some reason in this case, the silence was truly deafening.

DnW

Re: Community and its absence

Alan — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:48:48 -0000

Sorry, we should have included some cheesy exit music ;-) It was a quick and dirty editing job an hour after the recording.

I guess you are asking where do you go from here? I strongly recommend Nancy's own blog site. She has an amazing range of expertise wrapped in a friendly personality package.