http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/05/08/let-no-idea-go-to-waste/ Because all the other domain names were taken Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/05/08/let-no-idea-go-to-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-3547 cyberdoyle Fri, 08 May 2009 16:35:38 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/?p=1431#comment-3547 very thought provoking piece, despite the headache! well done. You are right, a lot of work does go to waste and a cybermuseum/cyberlibrary might be a real good use of lottery funding with as you say a twitter or facebook type app bolted on. A lot of stuff isn't really geeky enough for open source and lots of non techie types are doing things online now, their work needs collating somehow. Re the reasons people butt out of the digital world, your comments are spot on, and that is what I also find working with end users every day. Our main issue here is losing connection half way through something, but I guess many suffer the same problem. If it happens on a regular basis people give up and jump in the car to do whatever it was, banking, paying bills etc. If it is something creative they were doing using broadband then the idea usually get binned. So many photos not being saved and uploaded because the effort is too much - our history going down the pan like photos burnt in house clearances. Looks like I am brewing up for another rant so will close now, but well done on a great article. Woolly thinking, - yes I see a lot of that at conferences, often people are there as part of their job, and they don't have the same passion and knowledge as grass roots hands on peeps. keep rockin, keep unconferencing, we will get there in the end, we will have a digitalbritain to be proud of. very thought provoking piece, despite the headache! well done. You are right, a lot of work does go to waste and a cybermuseum/cyberlibrary might be a real good use of lottery funding with as you say a twitter or facebook type app bolted on. A lot of stuff isn’t really geeky enough for open source and lots of non techie types are doing things online now, their work needs collating somehow.
Re the reasons people butt out of the digital world, your comments are spot on, and that is what I also find working with end users every day. Our main issue here is losing connection half way through something, but I guess many suffer the same problem. If it happens on a regular basis people give up and jump in the car to do whatever it was, banking, paying bills etc. If it is something creative they were doing using broadband then the idea usually get binned. So many photos not being saved and uploaded because the effort is too much – our history going down the pan like photos burnt in house clearances. Looks like I am brewing up for another rant so will close now, but well done on a great article. Woolly thinking, – yes I see a lot of that at conferences, often people are there as part of their job, and they don’t have the same passion and knowledge as grass roots hands on peeps. keep rockin, keep unconferencing, we will get there in the end, we will have a digitalbritain to be proud of.

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