Comments on: Web as Our Way to Understanding http://brianfrank.ca/2009/12/web-as-our-way-to-understanding-think21st/ Brian Frank | Open Conceptual Essays by a Creative Pragmatist Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: How has the Internet changed the way you think? | Brian Frank http://brianfrank.ca/2009/12/web-as-our-way-to-understanding-think21st/comment-page-1/#comment-6415 How has the Internet changed the way you think? | Brian Frank Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:28:31 +0000 http://brianfrank.ca/?p=4656#comment-6415 [...] topic around here… and I actually answered the question when I wrote about last [...] [...] topic around here… and I actually answered the question when I wrote about last [...]

]]> By: Effects of Ideas, Stories and Theories | Brian Frank http://brianfrank.ca/2009/12/web-as-our-way-to-understanding-think21st/comment-page-1/#comment-6366 Effects of Ideas, Stories and Theories | Brian Frank Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:29:50 +0000 http://brianfrank.ca/?p=4656#comment-6366 [...] is where we can learn a lot from the web — specifically the way systems organize according to relevance — the way [...] [...] is where we can learn a lot from the web — specifically the way systems organize according to relevance — the way [...]

]]> By: Making It a Great Year | Brian Frank http://brianfrank.ca/2009/12/web-as-our-way-to-understanding-think21st/comment-page-1/#comment-6288 Making It a Great Year | Brian Frank Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:29:12 +0000 http://brianfrank.ca/?p=4656#comment-6288 [...] another example of the web as our way to understanding. I’m watching people use it as a platform for tinkering and trying things, learning and [...] [...] another example of the web as our way to understanding. I’m watching people use it as a platform for tinkering and trying things, learning and [...]

]]> By: phronk http://brianfrank.ca/2009/12/web-as-our-way-to-understanding-think21st/comment-page-1/#comment-6779 phronk Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:03:04 +0000 http://brianfrank.ca/?p=4656#comment-6779 Great post! <br><br>In that Cory Doctorow book I wrote about (For the Win), he talks about "fingerspitzengefuhl", which is kind of a gut, intuitive feeling of the overall direction that a complex system of data is going. He characterizes it as a kind of specialized ability for people immersed in a specific field (e.g. economics), but I think we all have it to some degree thanks to the web. Everyone has access to unlimited raw data now, but I think we've also developed skills to summarize, connect, and get a feeling for all that data. Like, when's the last time you used a brand new web service, or software, and needed to read the instructions before using it? If you've been immersed in technology for long enough, it's probably been a while. Rather, it's easy to immediately get a feel for it.<br><br>These really are exciting times. Great post!

In that Cory Doctorow book I wrote about (For the Win), he talks about “fingerspitzengefuhl”, which is kind of a gut, intuitive feeling of the overall direction that a complex system of data is going. He characterizes it as a kind of specialized ability for people immersed in a specific field (e.g. economics), but I think we all have it to some degree thanks to the web. Everyone has access to unlimited raw data now, but I think we've also developed skills to summarize, connect, and get a feeling for all that data. Like, when's the last time you used a brand new web service, or software, and needed to read the instructions before using it? If you've been immersed in technology for long enough, it's probably been a while. Rather, it's easy to immediately get a feel for it.

These really are exciting times.

]]> By: phronk http://brianfrank.ca/2009/12/web-as-our-way-to-understanding-think21st/comment-page-1/#comment-6182 phronk Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:03:04 +0000 http://brianfrank.ca/?p=4656#comment-6182 Great post! <br><br>In that Cory Doctorow book I wrote about (For the Win), he talks about "fingerspitzengefuhl", which is kind of a gut, intuitive feeling of the overall direction that a complex system of data is going. He characterizes it as a kind of specialized ability for people immersed in a specific field (e.g. economics), but I think we all have it to some degree thanks to the web. Everyone has access to unlimited raw data now, but I think we've also developed skills to summarize, connect, and get a feeling for all that data. Like, when's the last time you used a brand new web service, or software, and needed to read the instructions before using it? If you've been immersed in technology for long enough, it's probably been a while. Rather, it's easy to immediately get a feel for it.<br><br>These really are exciting times. Great post!

In that Cory Doctorow book I wrote about (For the Win), he talks about “fingerspitzengefuhl”, which is kind of a gut, intuitive feeling of the overall direction that a complex system of data is going. He characterizes it as a kind of specialized ability for people immersed in a specific field (e.g. economics), but I think we all have it to some degree thanks to the web. Everyone has access to unlimited raw data now, but I think we've also developed skills to summarize, connect, and get a feeling for all that data. Like, when's the last time you used a brand new web service, or software, and needed to read the instructions before using it? If you've been immersed in technology for long enough, it's probably been a while. Rather, it's easy to immediately get a feel for it.

These really are exciting times.

]]> By: What Innovation Gets You | Brian Frank http://brianfrank.ca/2009/12/web-as-our-way-to-understanding-think21st/comment-page-1/#comment-6179 What Innovation Gets You | Brian Frank Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:24:29 +0000 http://brianfrank.ca/?p=4656#comment-6179 [...] fascinating how Twitter allows us to really to watch these networks and waves of influence be articulated and measured and visualized before our eyes, as we’ve been discussing here the last few [...] [...] fascinating how Twitter allows us to really to watch these networks and waves of influence be articulated and measured and visualized before our eyes, as we’ve been discussing here the last few [...]

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