Comments on: The Real Promise of the Social Web http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/ a world uncommon Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: nate ritter http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52298 nate ritter Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:04:25 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52298 I've been testing this exact same thing both on Twitter and on http://vark.com lately. The nice thing is that when one doesn't give you the answers (because the circle of people you run in or are followed by - or lack of followers), the other usually will. Both are great resources showing off the power of crowdsourcing... and even better than that, serendipitous whuffie making. :) Cheers.... and welcome to San Diego btw. I’ve been testing this exact same thing both on Twitter and on http://vark.com lately. The nice thing is that when one doesn’t give you the answers (because the circle of people you run in or are followed by – or lack of followers), the other usually will.

Both are great resources showing off the power of crowdsourcing… and even better than that, serendipitous whuffie making. :)

Cheers…. and welcome to San Diego btw.

]]> By: Gordon Rae http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52286 Gordon Rae Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:56:40 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52286 I witnessed this on Twitter and thought it was wonderful. It seemed to take about ten minutes from being alone and confused to connected and empowered. I witnessed this on Twitter and thought it was wonderful. It seemed to take about ten minutes from being alone and confused to connected and empowered.

]]> By: Matt Ridings http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52281 Matt Ridings Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:46:27 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52281 Apparently we learn it so that we can at some point tutor our children without having to turn to the web :P Nice story Tara Apparently we learn it so that we can at some point tutor our children without having to turn to the web :P

Nice story Tara

]]> By: Carol http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52280 Carol Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:45:31 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52280 Thank you for sharing this. I am 40 and studying for the GRE and brushing up on high school math-so I need this. When I was in high school, the internet as we know it did not exist! Long live the net. FYI I recently signed up for a service you may enjoy and have locally: a time bank. It is a way to donate some time to others and have them donate time to you. The serves as a connection point for folks hoping to volunteer help to others and to also ask others for help. In my case, I would be happy to rake leaves for somebody and I would in turn ask somebody in the bank for math tutoring help. The time bank does a background check on all members including an interview and maintains a web site to allow people to search for and offer services ...See if you have a local timebank here: http://www.timebanks.org/directory.htm Thank you for sharing this. I am 40 and studying for the GRE and brushing up on high school math-so I need this. When I was in high school, the internet as we know it did not exist! Long live the net.

FYI I recently signed up for a service you may enjoy and have locally: a time bank. It is a way to donate some time to others and have them donate time to you. The serves as a connection point for folks hoping to volunteer help to others and to also ask others for help. In my case, I would be happy to rake leaves for somebody and I would in turn ask somebody in the bank for math tutoring help. The time bank does a background check on all members including an interview and maintains a web site to allow people to search for and offer services …See if you have a local timebank here: http://www.timebanks.org/directory.htm

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52271 uberVU - social comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:00:51 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52271 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by pa5fn: The Real Promise of the Social Web: This is the video my son is watching right now. Earlier today, he wandered into... http://bit.ly/3Z4UkU... Social comments and analytics for this post…

This post was mentioned on Twitter by pa5fn: The Real Promise of the Social Web:
This is the video my son is watching right now. Earlier today, he wandered into… http://bit.ly/3Z4UkU...

]]> By: missrogue http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52270 missrogue Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:15:55 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52270 @michael I used to ask that question all of the time! The sheer fact that I haven't used it since (so have no recollection of learning it) says there is something wrong with our education system anyway. But that's a whole other post. :) @michael

I used to ask that question all of the time! The sheer fact that I haven’t used it since (so have no recollection of learning it) says there is something wrong with our education system anyway. But that’s a whole other post. :)

]]> By: Jorge http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52268 Jorge Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:14:08 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52268 I must said I learned Quadratic Equations on-line too. Sadly I don't remember anything except the things i use for basic economic analysis which is done by a huge calculator i have programed (god forbids I lose my old Casio). Great way to use twitter. I think that asking twitter is really a good way of finding relevant and awesome stuff. While Google is 'hacked' by SEO we sometimes find 'the company' but not the data while doing a search, while on twitter we find what we want through a human filter which is the best of all (the brain is the most amazing computer). It's sort of the real human powered search (couldn't find other words to describe it). I must said I learned Quadratic Equations on-line too. Sadly I don’t remember anything except the things i use for basic economic analysis which is done by a huge calculator i have programed (god forbids I lose my old Casio).

Great way to use twitter. I think that asking twitter is really a good way of finding relevant and awesome stuff. While Google is ‘hacked’ by SEO we sometimes find ‘the company’ but not the data while doing a search, while on twitter we find what we want through a human filter which is the best of all (the brain is the most amazing computer). It’s sort of the real human powered search (couldn’t find other words to describe it).

]]> By: Michael Chin http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52266 Michael Chin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:06:09 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52266 Nice story. Now, if someone could've told me why knowing this will matter later in live I would've paid more attention. Nice story. Now, if someone could’ve told me why knowing this will matter later in live I would’ve paid more attention.

]]> By: Jon Husband http://www.horsepigcow.com/2009/11/the-real-promise-of-the-social-web/comment-page-1/#comment-52264 Jon Husband Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:46 +0000 http://www.horsepigcow.com/?p=761#comment-52264 Nice little vignette. Disintermediation and re-mediation ;-) rocks. Go, Web! Nice little vignette.

Disintermediation and re-mediation ;-) rocks. Go, Web!

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