http://global-culture.org/8-hours-labour-8-hours-blog-8-hours-rest/ Sustainable, Memorable, Livable Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:40:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://global-culture.org/8-hours-labour-8-hours-blog-8-hours-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-3191 Global Culture » in my own words Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:17:15 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2006/09/04/8-hours-labour-8-hours-blog-8-hours-rest/#comment-3191 [...] But having something to say is only half of the equation. I needed to make sure that people would be interested in listening. The blogging medium seemed ideal, as I explain in my previous post 8 hours labour, 8 hours blog, 8 hours rest: …having a voice on the web certainly provides all the entertainment that our generation can ask for. While a few years ago critics could‚Äôve convinced most that this participation was meaningless, it is now settled that the future of business depends largely on understanding how people create communities around small niches that, when aggregated, have an important effect known as The Long Tail… People do this by leaving breadcrumbs of wisdom throughout their electronic pathways, which are then followed by others with similar ideals or values. Whether they use blogs, comments, emails, discussion groups or any other construct of the now known as Web 2.0, the ultimate effect is that of participation. [...] [...] But having something to say is only half of the equation. I needed to make sure that people would be interested in listening. The blogging medium seemed ideal, as I explain in my previous post 8 hours labour, 8 hours blog, 8 hours rest: …having a voice on the web certainly provides all the entertainment that our generation can ask for. While a few years ago critics could‚Äôve convinced most that this participation was meaningless, it is now settled that the future of business depends largely on understanding how people create communities around small niches that, when aggregated, have an important effect known as The Long Tail… People do this by leaving breadcrumbs of wisdom throughout their electronic pathways, which are then followed by others with similar ideals or values. Whether they use blogs, comments, emails, discussion groups or any other construct of the now known as Web 2.0, the ultimate effect is that of participation. [...]

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