Read Danah Boyd's article on Autistic Social Software. Clearly a rebel with a cause and a smart one at that. She sees through all the technology driven social software raves and as a conclusion states that there are three ways to approach setting up and developing technical solutions in social contexts. Read it!
Amongst others, she adds a third option to the 'Tribe or community?' article (see friday october 21st); the possibility to create bespoke technical solutions based on indepth knowledge of a group's dynamic and to make the resulting technology ubiquitous. I would like to call that; First time right!
On the one hand I think that is the best way to go. Infinitely superior to technology push and better than trial and error. On the other hand I am afraid we do not live in a utopian world and the best we can hope for is a mix of the trial and error approach with the 'first time right' approach. The more we understand the context of a target group, the more the balance will shift to the latter!
In the end we need technological solutions that fit within the context of our lives and support us in doing what we do best, which is to build a group of people around ourselves based on trust and shared group memory. We've been doing this for tens of thousands of years and I think pretty successful so far!
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