An ‘ah ha’ moment
I’ve discovered something fantastic in the last couple days, this whole Web2.0, collaborative community thing actually works!
Ok now I sure you’re thinking ‘of course it works, you have been blogging about it for months now,’ so let me explain.
During the week I wrote about a few ideas I that had about growing a social network. As I mentioned at the time the idea for that post came from a discussion that had began to develop on Tony Karrer’s blog.
I had added another couple of comments to the discussion in the the day or so after after my post, there had been a few different perspectives on conference social networks and a some do’s and don’ts thrown around, I was really enjoying myself.
My ah ha moment came yesterday morning when i found that overnight (my time) three other people had weighed in on the debate, presenting a different take on the issue again. This has been a fantastic experience for me as it has taken the concepts of online community and collaboration out of the abstract realms of potential and into reality for me.
Typically, I have been a blog lurker. I read lots of people’s blogs but rarely comment. This experience has clearly demonstrated the benefits of jumping on and saying something, it may create opportunities you never knew existed.
I have read other people say things like that but I am only just starting to truly understand what they mean when they say “the best way to understand is to do it”.
I’ve always looked at blogging as a reflective learning experience but it can be much more.
