So I disagree with Luis about the impact of Web 2.0. Seeing as there's been this debate on the web (Tom Davenport, Andrew McAfee, etc) about Web 2.0, I have created a a fool-proof Web 2.0 Beliefometer to test your view of Web 2.0. Originally I was going to plot the positions of various people (Luis, James Dellow, Euan Semple, etc) but then I decided that I would instead let others do it for themselves.
If you know me, I have I positioned myself accurately here? Or am I completely delusional?
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Yep - call it passionate I am up there but I am also not saying it cures all the world's ills. People do that.
This whole so-called debate, about which I've written twice on the FASTforward blog, continues to seem like a waste of time.
Web 2.0 (and all its associated phenomena, e.g. "Enterprise 2.0") comprises a nifty-&-new set of tools, mostly to facilitate various kinds of "socializing". But, just as a hammer doesn't build a house, these tools don't change anything by themselves.
Also, just as a hammer will be used by a bad carpenter, and will be used by a bad *person* too, as much as by a good person, so with these new tools. They are as useful to a right-wing militia as to a kids sports league as to a school district as to..., well you get the idea.
Around the middle of Active is I think where I sit. Web 2.0 is already very much with us, but Enterprise 2.0? I'm deeply sceptical about the possibility of some organisations ever adopting it. I'm unsure as to whether in 5 years time they will have died off, or still be going their own sweet oblivious way.
Euan - Yes & they mess everything up as well.
Tom - So I agree that these are just tools & you may not some scepticism in my posts. However our tools transform us as we fabricate & use them. They change who we are - but probably not as much as the webtopians would like them to.
Simon - So most organisations have email but not everyone has access to it. I sometimes wonder if those who work around hi-tech assume that their experience is the same for the bulk of humanity.
Thank you to all of you for joining the conversation.
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