tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post7904274438620848303..comments2023-09-20T16:55:09.433+01:00Comments on A Shiny World: All that glitters is not goldlouloukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11562093751876067547noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-73829256984269260642012-09-01T12:53:16.939+01:002012-09-01T12:53:16.939+01:00A fascinating perspective of digital engagement. I...A fascinating perspective of digital engagement. I agree...and I disagree. <br /><br />I definitely agree that thinking that you have to have all the "digital bells and whistles" before you can engage & collaborate with people with similar interests is a fallacy. <br /><br />I'm involved in a youth network with people from different cities and we were thinking of how we could find a way to make connections between the ideas & activities in view of organising joint projects and a festival. We even put in a bid for a festival planner game app. But what people use is a basic Facebook group and the more people comment, the more people comment, the more others join, and so in - the "network effect". So yes, we should definitely go back to the communities of persistence (although on a totally different matter, there may be same forums who don't want any representation of govt listening to them ;)<br /><br />Where I disagree is that sometimes the "shiny" is confused with good user design. So in a sense there's nothing wrong with restraining your "ooh shiny" moments! For me, for example http://gov.uk is really shiny...and yet it hasn't got all the bells & whistles (deliberately so!)noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368396871382750581noreply@blogger.com