What Does Web 2.0 Taste Like?
So, I'm reconsidering the whole likelihood-of-first-heart-attack-before-age-50 thing, and thinking that I've gotta start eating healthy. Really. Soon. Via a wandering path, I discovered The Daily Plate, which is a pretty robustly featured online food diary.
However, I think it's both appealling and appalling that you can share your food lists and your food diary with others. Do I really want to hook up with someone who has also eaten a Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad today? Would we be some kind of soul mates or just conincidental strangers? Maybe there is some kind of support group development there, but I...just...don't...know.
One thing that I do think we could do more of at my library is to serve as a focal point for actual people making actual, physical connections. Why not have a long-term weight loss program going on here? Why not OA meetings, AA meetings, business plan development groups, and on, and on? I know that we are almost maxed out on programming, but one thing that Web 2.0 tools do is enable a sustained interaction as well as one-time-hookups. Our programs are one-time-hookups in many ways, when we could be working to build relationships.
3 comments:
rockin...have you read power of many? it's just what you're taking about...nothing on the Web matters if it doesn't translate to real people on the ground...if you want to read it and maybe invite others, we can have a book discussion blog and schedule meet-up...
Actually, there did used to be a weight loss group at JCL, and Toastmasters is just another version on another topic! You're right that the library staff is a read-made pool for many tangential efforts.
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