Comments on: Small pieces loosely joined…and making an impact

By: Everything Is Miscellaneous

Everything Is Miscellaneous — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:45:43 +0000

[...] During my recent, reasonably long (and fully unplugged!) vacation, I was able to read David Weinberger’s latest work, Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder. I enjoyed this book every bit as much as I enjoyed reading Small Pieces Loosely Joined. [...]

By: Craig’s Musings » Blog Archive » The Long Tail

Craig’s Musings » Blog Archive » The Long Tail — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 21:02:38 +0000

[...] [Software Factories >> Small Pieces Loosely Joined >> Blink >> The Tipping Point >> Re-imagine! >> ( prelude) The World Is Flat >> Dealing with Darwin >> The Success of Open Source >> here] [...]

By: a musing » Blog Archive » Creating real design options through modularity

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 23:25:30 +0000

[...] 1: The Power of Modularity. While I was less struck by this book than I was after reading Small Pieces Loosely Joined, I still picked up several points I hope to inc [...]

By: Lisa Hirsch

Lisa Hirsch — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:15:57 +0000

Those are good points. I know there was a point when Documentum had an eRoom that allowed anonymous access for discussing some employee concerns, and people said things they would otherwise have been afraid to say. There are certainly problems with anonymity – in fact, they’re related to gaming hits. It’s hard to tell whether hits and rankings are being artificially inflated and sometimes hard to judge the truth of an anonymous participant.

By: Craig Randall

Craig Randall — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 22:07:57 +0000

Eliminating anonymity sounds right at first, but anonymity can draw people into collaboration, too. I don’t think the answer is as simple as elimination (however ideal that might be).

Hits, ranking and links can be artificially inflated; so, resonance needs to be something more than just the count of these things.

By: Lisa Hirsch

Lisa Hirsch — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:59:55 +0000

I’ve seen odd ends of “The Cluetrain Manifesto;” this book looks closely related.

Regarding integrity on the Web, it’s simple. Don’t allow anonymity. I’m a long-term member of The Well, which has allowed only a very tiny number of anonymous accounts, for maybe five lurking famous people. Anonymity is the enemy of accountability.

How can software recognize “content resonance”? By the number of hits or number of links. Google has exploited this brilliantly.