Events: wikis, blogs, podcasts and a diagram for how they might fit together
Looks like we might be starting to experiment with some more un-conference-y approaches here at Templeton. Wey hey! Was chatting with a colleague here at Templeton, and trying to explain the relationship between blogs, wikis, events etc and drew the following diagram - it seemed to help. Any improvements, corrections etc?
[Update: Forgot to add the timeline ... and, erm, by improvements I didn't really mean for making the diagram prettier/more legible ;)]
Comments
Nice.
I'd add a couple of things:
1. the use of chat on the 'backchannel'. It's a social lubricant within the event, can allow remote 'attendance' and also provide something of a record of the event, if only an informal and incomplete one.
2. i think it's a big selling point that these tools can serve as a way of filling the gap or supporting activity in between a series of linked events.
It might also be worth noting that events and their socially-enhanced records can more easily spawn further events (foocamp, barcamp, barcampUK)
But, above all, I think the key point for me is that they make the events much more fun.
Posted by: Lloyd Davis | August 30, 2005 2:50 PM
Hi Lloyd - thanks for that - agree on all counts! :)
Posted by: Piers | September 1, 2005 8:28 PM
Actually that's an interesting diagram. While hyperlinks can show the relationships between different sites, if those connections you showed in the diagrams were actual feeds (i.e. RSS, ATOM, etc) aggregating information under certain topics then you'd have automatic organizating and recording of information from various communities working on a greater goal or event together. In effect, you're building connected communities. The amazing thing with this as well is that it is a decentralized shared effort working on common goal without the need for the work to be all done on a centralized site. Even the aggregated information could be displayed on each community site without the need for a centralized site.
Posted by: Nollind Whachell | September 8, 2005 6:21 PM