Comments on: An overview of blogging for development http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/ Exploring the web for change. Connecting people and ideas. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ckreutz http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/comment-page-1/#comment-118 ckreutz Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:35:30 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/#comment-118 Dear Tom thanks a lot for your remarks, which I find very interesting. I agree that there are not enough connection between those blogs and it inspired me for another post. It seems a commitment to network over the web and a willingness to discuss is necessary but not desired by all participants. However I wonder what your experience for aid worker network are? Is it a network and does it have a broad conversations? And is it only between aid workers? Dear Tom thanks a lot for your remarks, which I find very interesting. I agree that there are not enough connection between those blogs and it inspired me for another post. It seems a commitment to network over the web and a willingness to discuss is necessary but not desired by all participants. However I wonder what your experience for aid worker network are? Is it a network and does it have a broad conversations? And is it only between aid workers?

]]> By: Tom L http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Tom L Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:49:52 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/#comment-114 Even if relief and development personnel and organisations are beginning to adapt to the opportunities offered by online participation and web-two-oh, so what? What impact is it actually having? What's probably as important as noting the existence of the blogs themselves is tracking the development of the aid-development blogosphere, examining the connections (strength, regularity, theme) between blogs and seeing if there are purposive and deliberate communities building out there. As you point out, there are many aggregators and linkdump sites, such as Afrigator. Euphoric or Aid Workers Network. This is the easy part - I know, because I set up the AidBlogs thingimy. Not many groups are actually taking aggregation a step further and building connections and seeking to create value to the profession from the new-found willingness to share online. Even if relief and development personnel and organisations are beginning to adapt to the opportunities offered by online participation and web-two-oh, so what? What impact is it actually having?

What’s probably as important as noting the existence of the blogs themselves is tracking the development of the aid-development blogosphere, examining the connections (strength, regularity, theme) between blogs and seeing if there are purposive and deliberate communities building out there.

As you point out, there are many aggregators and linkdump sites, such as Afrigator. Euphoric or Aid Workers Network. This is the easy part – I know, because I set up the AidBlogs thingimy.

Not many groups are actually taking aggregation a step further and building connections and seeking to create value to the profession from the new-found willingness to share online.

]]> By: Christian Kreutz http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/comment-page-1/#comment-3533 Christian Kreutz Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:12:03 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/#comment-3533 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">blog post about how blogging changes development aid at http://tinyurl.com/22frzu</span></span> blog post about how blogging changes development aid at http://tinyurl.com/22frzu

]]> By: peter ballantyne http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/comment-page-1/#comment-104 peter ballantyne Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:34:23 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2007/09/19/an-overview-of-blogging-for-development/#comment-104 Hello Christian, Not sure i follow your opening argument that few blogs = development community not yet grasping web 2.0 potentials. Though I agree with the observation, not the evidence! content on euforic is now almost entirely web2 powered. i think a lot of people are using blogs, but not necessarily as original opinion tools. Another example is at http://www.cgdev.org/section/opinions/blogs/ and if you broaden 'development' to different sectors there are surely many examples. http://network.nature.com/blogs - not all developmental though. see the small blogroll at: http://iaald.blogspot.com/ oxfam uk uses blogs for its press and media - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/pressoffice/ euforic uses blogs to support various projects: http://r4dconsult.wordpress.com/ http://brusselsbriefings.net/ http://europafrica.org/ etc must be loads more, just not very visible. cheers Peter Hello Christian,

Not sure i follow your opening argument that few blogs = development community not yet grasping web 2.0 potentials. Though I agree with the observation, not the evidence!

content on euforic is now almost entirely web2 powered.

i think a lot of people are using blogs, but not necessarily as original opinion tools.

Another example is at http://www.cgdev.org/section/opinions/blogs/

and if you broaden ‘development’ to different sectors there are surely many examples.

http://network.nature.com/blogs – not all developmental though.

see the small blogroll at: http://iaald.blogspot.com/

oxfam uk uses blogs for its press and media – http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/pressoffice/

euforic uses blogs to support various projects:
http://r4dconsult.wordpress.com/
http://brusselsbriefings.net/
http://europafrica.org/

etc

must be loads more, just not very visible.

cheers

Peter

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