Jargon hunt

[debhart]

What do you call it when many bloggers blog the same subject on the
same day all over the web? I can't remember.

Figured one of you must know.

(Sorry I missed last night's democamp :-( conflict with a client
engagement)

deb

[Ken Schafer]

On 3/29/06, debhart <deb...@hartmann.net> wrote:
>
> What do you call it when many bloggers blog the same subject on the
> same day all over the web? I can't remember.

I've seen it called the "echo chamber".

Outstanding DemoCamp last night. MaRS was a great venue and I loved
the diversity of demos we saw.

Cheers,

Ken Schafer
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One Degree - Canadian Internet Insiders
http://www.onedegree.ca
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[Mark Kuznicki]

Echo this: Best DemoCamp ever!

http://remarkk.com/2006/03/28/democamp4-its-alive/

Oh, and I was thinking that we should have a wiki page filled with
links to TorCampers' blog RSS feeds. I'm sure I'm missing some of
you from my newsreader. If I hear a second, I'll start the wiki page.

[David Crow]

Deb,

Echo chamber is when participants find their own opinions echoed back
to them through participation in the community. This is a very good
description of reinforcing opinions through social behaviours. Are we
doing this?

meme propogation
meme explosion
idea virus
hive mind
group think
network propoganda

[Carsten Knoch]

Even though this doesn't directly answer the question, it's still pretty directly related and makes several interesting points. I also really like the diagrams:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_03/005808.php

carste...@hotmail.com (no mail to hotmail, please)
what i'm reading - http://del.icio.us/netsrac

[Mark Kuznicki]

That's really fascinating.  Thanks for the link.

The picture immediately struck me as resembling a human brain, with left and right spheres.  You can almost start thinking of the blogosphere as an emergent meta consciousness.

[Ryan Feeley]

Hi all,

I'm stumped and need some pointers. I'm helping a company set up an
online store to sell one product. Very simple.

I installed both OSCommerce and ZenCart and cannot believe the
overkill. I doubt that my client will ever be able to learn how to use
them. And it's going to take me ages to make the HTML validate against
W3C and my eyes.

Does anyone know of any open-source, or very cheap and configurable
online store solutions?

The site is done in Drupal, and the best I can figure right now is to
use it's new ecommerce module.

Thanks!

Ryan Feeley

[David Crow]

You should ask James Walker from Bryght - ja...@bryght.com they are a
Drupal shop.

Phillip Smith of CommunityBandwidth.ca might also have some ideas.

Comparison of Drupal e-commerce and ZenCart
http://drupal.org/node/20285

[Jay Goldman]

Ryan -

There's actually a DrupalCamp breakout event coming up on May 12th -
don't know if you're aware or how much of a rush you're in, but someone
from there may be able to help:

http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/DrupalCampToronto

Thanks,

Jay Goldman
Radiant Core, Inc.
We build websites that build your business.

[James Walker]

On 30-Mar-06, at 11:06 AM, David Crow wrote:

> You should ask James Walker from Bryght - ja...@bryght.com they are a
> Drupal shop.
>

No no - he's nothing but a bundle of misinformation that one.

Yes, Ryan, as per usual my answer would be "use drupal!" (of course).
Drupal's e-commerce module would definitely be my recommended way to
go - but feel free to contact me off list if you had further / more
specific questions.

> Phillip Smith of CommunityBandwidth.ca might also have some ideas.

Also a good option... (/me waves to Philip).
--
James Walker :: http://walkah.net/ :: xmpp:wal...@walkah.net

[debhart]

Or maybe more like Zaphod Beeblebrox's brain, with a subversive hidden
agenda locked in an inaccessible area... ?
:-D tee hee

[debhart]

Actually, I was thinking of intentional concurrent blogging. I googled
for a while and found the original place I saw this:
http://weblog.halmacomber.com/2003_11_30_archive.html

It's called gridblogging: "Grid-blogging is a group of bloggers
tackling a specific topic on a specific day"

<blockquote>"Grid blogging aims to investigate the potentials of a
distributed media production model spread across blogosphere nodes. It
seeks to ignite attention on specific topics at set times through
variegated voices. A kind of decentralised flash mobbing for the mind,
if you like.

Decentralisation is key here. Unlike single collaborative blogging
structures that unite discussions under the same URL, Grid blogging is
about synchronized guerrilla publishing attacks carried out across a
series of online locations. It respects and heightens the individual
voice within a media-wise choir. It allows for idea-jamming and mosaics
of diverse perspectives to emerge unfettered".

from *the initial invitation to Grid Blog project by Ashley Benigno*.
november 7, 2003
http://www.ashleyb.org/archives/000188.html</blockquote>

Bloggers use a common prefix on blog titles to allow them all to be
found with one search (try googling "[grid::brand]").

Looks like tagging, actually... perhaps it would be better simply to
create a tag and use technorati? GridBlogging apparently predates
tagging as it exists today... but Is there still some benefit to using
the prefix instead / as well?

Whither GridBlogging?
http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2005/10/24/whither_gridbl.html
another word seems to be BlogPosium

This post seems interesting, using blogs to actually get work done!
http://healthnex.typepad.com/web_log/2006/01/the_blogposium_.html

Well, this was fun. Hmmm, looks like this all belongs on my blog, huh?
www.vitalbrew.com.
Now off to create my own Agile grid :-) I'll let you know where it
is...
deb