So far, the blog’s been going three months. Time for a recap.
I’ve defined a number of words and terms – the new digital world, Digital Inhabitant, the 89er, the prewebber, the expert-centric universe and freemix publishing (a new model for publishing, an extension of publishing beyond print publishing that revolves around the blog, not putting print content into digital containers).
I’m modeling Facebook as a digital country (facebook), touched on the impact of those who control access to the whole and parts of the digital world and shown how my roots in digital publishing in 1991-1995 (including the idea of Knowledge Central) have grown to my thoughts on that subject today.
I’ve demonstrated that freemix publishers exist and produced one mash-up of existing digital world applications to produce an idea for one of my own – not a great one, but still an honest effort.
I’ve talked a bit about the psychology of the digital world and even suggested a new Space Program – Project SQUAWK!
On the other hand, what haven’t I done? Obtained institutional credibility – although it’s true that many institutions don’t have that either, just at the moment.
Nor become a part of the digital world community to any great shakes – but that I think is understandable since I have had no real post offerings to point to.
Nor diminished the power of my personal motto-of-the-moment – “The more I know, the less I know.”
On the plus side the ideas seem to be coming pretty fast and I think I am catching up.
The most important next thing, now I have established these ideas, is reach out to people to become part of the community, offering useful ideas and opinions where I can, proceeding cautiously since this blog is still new.
So the posts should become shorter and there should be more reporting on connections made to other communities. We’ll see.
An observation for a Saturday:
Twitter provides a unique, global identifier for any Digital Inhabitant who uses the service. In American terms – kind of like a global Social Security Number.
More later.
