Remarks to 602 Joel Patrick joel.patrickgmail.com

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Thoughts on Blogging and the Nature of the
Internet
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Power Laws
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Zipf Curves
http//www.kottke.org/03/02/weblogs-and-power-laws
http//www.useit.com/alertbox/zipf.html
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Links

• Power laws
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law
• http//www.shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.htm
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• http//www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

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1 rule

• In an on-line environment
• 1 will create content
• 10 will interact
• 89 will just view it

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BlogsA bit of what and Why
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Links

• Blogs
• http//www.technorati.com/
• http//www.blogger.com/start
• http//blogsearch.google.com/
• http//www.sixapart.com/movabletype/
• http//wordpress.org/

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Value

• The first criteria for being a good teacher is
  having something to teach - W. Edwards Deming
• Writing A more or less public place to organize
  thoughts and expression
• Collaborative Open to comment and connection
• Personal An expression of one persons
  Weltanshauung.

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Writing

• "Exegi monumentum tuum aere perennius, quod nulla
  destruere possit vetustas" -- I have raised to
  thee a monument more durable than bronze, which
  time shall never destroy. - Cicero
• The most durable of all communications
• Intellectual production
• Typically paid

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CollaborationArguably an end in itself

• Ubuntu from the Wikipedia
• "Humanity towards others"
• "I am because we are"
• "A person 'becomes human' through other persons"
• "A person is a person because of other persons"
• The greatest source of happiness is satisfying
  relationships with others
• - Barry Schwarz (Author Less is More)
• Which CICS courses will provide the greatest
  return on your investment. How?
• How will you collaborate with your fellow
  candidates, with previous and future classes?

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Personal????? sea?t?? Know thyself (You are
the most important product you will handle.)
What I know
What I do not know
What othersknow
What othersdo not know
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