Comments on: Thoughts Before The Real-time Web http://www.rikinontheweb.com/thoughts-before-the-real-time-web A blog about how digital media and the internet are effecting our lives. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: rikin http://www.rikinontheweb.com/thoughts-before-the-real-time-web/comment-page-1#comment-274 rikin Tue, 19 May 2009 04:12:56 +0000 http://www.rikinontheweb.com/?p=487#comment-274 I don't think it ever will but who would want it to. I think it's really<br>important for people in a position to guide digital strategies to not get<br>hung up on specific platforms and instead understand that this is flowing<br>and growing. If you can get that conceptually than you're light years ahead<br>of the person who just learned how to master Twitter to grow an audience. I don't think it ever will but who would want it to. I think it's really
important for people in a position to guide digital strategies to not get
hung up on specific platforms and instead understand that this is flowing
and growing. If you can get that conceptually than you're light years ahead
of the person who just learned how to master Twitter to grow an audience.

]]> By: rikin http://www.rikinontheweb.com/thoughts-before-the-real-time-web/comment-page-1#comment-182 rikin Mon, 18 May 2009 23:12:56 +0000 http://www.rikinontheweb.com/?p=487#comment-182 I don't think it ever will but who would want it to. I think it's really<br>important for people in a position to guide digital strategies to not get<br>hung up on specific platforms and instead understand that this is flowing<br>and growing. If you can get that conceptually than you're light years ahead<br>of the person who just learned how to master Twitter to grow an audience. I don't think it ever will but who would want it to. I think it's really
important for people in a position to guide digital strategies to not get
hung up on specific platforms and instead understand that this is flowing
and growing. If you can get that conceptually than you're light years ahead
of the person who just learned how to master Twitter to grow an audience.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.rikinontheweb.com/thoughts-before-the-real-time-web/comment-page-1#comment-181 Matthew Mon, 18 May 2009 14:20:18 +0000 http://www.rikinontheweb.com/?p=487#comment-181 Good points here Rikin: As the web continues to develop and adapt - we will continue to see a clear shift toward a more 'real-time' atmosphere. We are a culture that wants everything now, RIGHT NOW, we don't want to wait, we don't want to even have to search for it - we seek instant gratification, and the web continues to provide us with ways to meet that need. I'm not sure where it will lead, I don't know what's next - but there are clear pitfalls, which you have highlighted here, of producing immediate information. Quality is jeopardized - accuracy is negotiated - you might be rewarded with instant results and news, but who is to say that it's entirely accurate? Type in any word in google and one of the top three results will be Wikipedia. As the old saying goes, "Wikipedia has become the reliable source of information on the internet" - and in a way, it has - but in a way, we're putting our trust is user-submitted content. Yes, it's monitored, but it's not credible, there is no 'accuracy guarantee' there. But people use it because it's convenient and simple.<br><br>I'm rambling here - but to your point, I'm not sure what's next - it seems like we are already see aggregation of aggregation of aggregation. Where will it end? Good points here Rikin: As the web continues to develop and adapt – we will continue to see a clear shift toward a more 'real-time' atmosphere. We are a culture that wants everything now, RIGHT NOW, we don't want to wait, we don't want to even have to search for it – we seek instant gratification, and the web continues to provide us with ways to meet that need. I'm not sure where it will lead, I don't know what's next – but there are clear pitfalls, which you have highlighted here, of producing immediate information. Quality is jeopardized – accuracy is negotiated – you might be rewarded with instant results and news, but who is to say that it's entirely accurate? Type in any word in google and one of the top three results will be Wikipedia. As the old saying goes, “Wikipedia has become the reliable source of information on the internet” – and in a way, it has – but in a way, we're putting our trust is user-submitted content. Yes, it's monitored, but it's not credible, there is no 'accuracy guarantee' there. But people use it because it's convenient and simple.

I'm rambling here – but to your point, I'm not sure what's next – it seems like we are already see aggregation of aggregation of aggregation. Where will it end?

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