To me there’s a disconnect between potentially high impact technologies and community use. I applaud this type of integration, experimentation, and ultimately education, I just think it still all comes back to the audience. Thanks for the post.

Richie
@vedo

Great to hear from you! Hope everything is going well these days. I did put the question mark after high impact because the potential is there I think (and growing), but there’s still a lot of questions to be answered to better determine their impact.

I know there’s people on both sides of the fence though when it comes to tech and its potential for good–Did see Malcolm Gladwell’s article questioning the real impact/potential of social media for social good? As for Twitter, for me personally and for some of the clients I’ve had the opportunity to work with, it’s been worth the effort on a number of levels. Course, with any tech, it depends on the big “What are your goals?” question.

Others reading–What other big questions do you ask before engaging in new tech?

It’s interesting. I think they are frivolous, but I also think that about Twitter, so maybe they will catch on. I’ve seen them on a few things from business cards to bills and think they are an eye sore. But I guess it doesn’t hurt, and if you plan and track it right, you can get real data about their efficacy.