Comments on: Context is personal http://almightylink.ksablan.com/aggregation-curation/context-is-personal/ How people, journalists, and companies connect through links and social tools Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ksablan http://almightylink.ksablan.com/aggregation-curation/context-is-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-2344 ksablan Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:42:10 +0000 http://almightylink.ksablan.com/?p=2351#comment-2344 You're welcome, Alex. Thank you for adding to the conversation. I agree that new writing skills are required. There are so many times that I think it is the thought process, not the technology that can move journalism ahead. In some cases, new ways of thinking, analyzing and delivering information will require the adoption or creation of new technologies. That is when technology enters into the equation. Purpose should drive the adoption of technology. New technology can sometimes inspire new ways carrying out a goal, but it shouldn't distract us completely from what we are trying to accomplish. You're welcome, Alex. Thank you for adding to the conversation. I agree that new writing skills are required. There are so many times that I think it is the thought process, not the technology that can move journalism ahead. In some cases, new ways of thinking, analyzing and delivering information will require the adoption or creation of new technologies. That is when technology enters into the equation.

Purpose should drive the adoption of technology. New technology can sometimes inspire new ways carrying out a goal, but it shouldn't distract us completely from what we are trying to accomplish.

]]> By: Alex Gamela http://almightylink.ksablan.com/aggregation-curation/context-is-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-2343 Alex Gamela Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:22:30 +0000 http://almightylink.ksablan.com/?p=2351#comment-2343 I was thinking about context exactly in the same way. When i was thinking about which tools could we use for helping create context in a more compelling and effective way, i remembered these "text extenders" like the ones you use in your post. Apture is also a really great plugin for links and documents, though if used badly it can be intrusive. The idea that we can expand a paragraph answering the 5 Ws and the 1 H to a more contextualized dimension hasn't been explored that much. But the resources are out there, and this asks for a new set of writing skills for future journalists. The future of journalism is gold, not gloom (except for old journalism). Thanks for writing this, i hope you're doing fine :) I was thinking about context exactly in the same way. When i was thinking about which tools could we use for helping create context in a more compelling and effective way, i remembered these "text extenders" like the ones you use in your post. Apture is also a really great plugin for links and documents, though if used badly it can be intrusive. The idea that we can expand a paragraph answering the 5 Ws and the 1 H to a more contextualized dimension hasn't been explored that much. But the resources are out there, and this asks for a new set of writing skills for future journalists. The future of journalism is gold, not gloom (except for old journalism). Thanks for writing this, i hope you're doing fine :)

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