Sus Nyrop :: Blog :: Thought from conference on web 2.0 and the role in CoP

I'll just jump into an ongoing discussion at the CPsquare mini conference where Claire B. says:
"I've just recently joined elgg- and I see that many of the others here are in it too- does this mean that everyone has lots of different blogs all not really talking to one another? What I liked about elgg was that if you added a keyword it automatically linked into everyone else who has used the same keyword, and there seems to be some other nice fuctionality (and no ads). I'm exploring it for teaching/learning options and like that it is free downloadable. Any comments from other users?"

I'm quoting here even without her permission because I find some truth in this question. I know I've met with Claire B. on several occasions online, probably even in different contexts. We were in a workshop together - but we've been out of touch and I am now going to find out who she IS, after all, apart from being a teacher - a distant online virtual colleague, and also a member of the CP community - where I know I can look her up and find her profile. Does she wish to be found? I think so. Do people have blogs here and there, without really talking together? Certainly yes.

Clai also mentions the opportunity to create restricted blog posts. You're right; you can have several layers in your vblog, some for your own eyes only, others could be written for a limited sub-community of members - such as a course or a class. Right ; we do perhaps not all wish to build an audience; depends on where we are and what we're doing, and why we're writing. Personally, I would never have imagined how many different viewpoints I would be able to view to different topics. So I also begin to like that my thought mnight be relevant for people who agree with me, or may feel provoked to initiate a conversation.

This is what my intuitive reflections are, from reading Claire's message (in the closed conference area), and now I will copy & paste so that this will also be accesible from inside.

PS I may want to go back & edit this later, when I get so see how it looks like when placed in context.