Networks, Complexity, and Relatedness

Networks, Complexity, and Relatedness
Inquiry and learning into social networks, organizational network analysis, and the relationships among people and systems in complex organizations and networks.

Sunday, December 05, 2004

Blogging officially enters the language

My friend Karl Hakkarainen scooped the news on Merriam Webster's acknowledgment that "blog" is the word of the year, as reported in BBC news, in his blog last Wednesday. A Traveler in the World of Work is a thoughtful personal diary, full of reflections on daily life. I like hearing from Karl every day.

Karl, I should also say, is the first person to point me at Google, in its earliest days, many years ago. He keeps up on things.

Blogging is really quite a story, isn't it? Writing about blogging in a blog is a kind of out-of-body experience. As is talking about it. Bill Ives interviewed me recently for his upcoming book on blogs, which was a good opportunity to think about what blogging has offered me. It has certainly brought me new acquaintances as it has given me a space to let people know what I think about as well as what I do.

I'm not a daily poster, that's for sure. It's like I am in meetings or large groups. I am pretty quiet and don't speak up a lot, but I do (I am told) make a contribution when I do.

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