Comments on: Are you over-concerned with “shiny”? http://jstahl.org/archives/2007/04/30/are-you-over-concerned-with-shiny/ Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:49:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jodie http://jstahl.org/archives/2007/04/30/are-you-over-concerned-with-shiny/comment-page-1/#comment-278839 Jodie Tue, 01 May 2007 19:26:57 +0000 http://blogs.onenw.org/jon/archives/2007/04/30/are-you-over-concerned-with-shiny/#comment-278839 <p>musing... Sometimes I worry I am too focused on the prize.... My one track mind... Can leave me frustrated with the randomness of 2.0 apps... Meaning... I want to see how the action I am asking someone to take online or offline translates into deepening our relationship... moving us toward a point of shared mission... rather than seemingly disconnected transactional actions that don't appear to move the dial. What strategy is this activity connected to? That's how my brain works... from that foundation is where I can then move to shiny... with our strategy in mind... what fun can we have... where can shiny serve?</p> musing… Sometimes I worry I am too focused on the prize…. My one track mind… Can leave me frustrated with the randomness of 2.0 apps… Meaning… I want to see how the action I am asking someone to take online or offline translates into deepening our relationship… moving us toward a point of shared mission… rather than seemingly disconnected transactional actions that don’t appear to move the dial. What strategy is this activity connected to? That’s how my brain works… from that foundation is where I can then move to shiny… with our strategy in mind… what fun can we have… where can shiny serve?

]]> By: Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology http://jstahl.org/archives/2007/04/30/are-you-over-concerned-with-shiny/comment-page-1/#comment-278820 Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology Tue, 01 May 2007 18:32:13 +0000 http://blogs.onenw.org/jon/archives/2007/04/30/are-you-over-concerned-with-shiny/#comment-278820 <p><strong>Too much "shiny"?...</strong></p> <p>Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about "shiny" - the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 functionality. The punch line: ... there’s a good chance that underneath the shiny is something that isn’t very interesting. (Not...</p> Too much “shiny”?…

Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about “shiny” – the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 functionality. The punch line: … there’s a good chance that underneath the shiny is something that isn’t very interesting. (Not…

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