And so a thread is born...
Should we delete the flotsam of decades of vision and revision from Local
Authorities, QUANGOs, dead companies, bankrupt startups and pilot projects?
Absolutely we should. Unfortunately, though, it's far, far easier to publish
than it is to unpublish and at least there's a chance that those
still-functioning organisations may self-regulate at some point and actually
delete some of this stuff.
The Internet is full of ghosts and, what is worse, it is very often
impossible to tell them from the real, active, going concerns. Once the
novelty of vanity publishing wears off and people realise that the
blogosphere is spread so thin that the average audience is vanishingly
small, which is more likely - that people will go back to that Wordpress
blog and hit 'delete' or simply wander away and leave it undeleted until
some admin does it for them?
Who decides what's necessary or not on the Internet? In any other medium,
it's the market. On the Internet, sometimes unfortunately, everyone decides
for themselves.
Nick
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-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Tehmina Goskar
Sent: 14 February 2007 17:29
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A greener internet?
>If we are talking about the environmental impact specifically of
digital publishing by
>museums, then I would argue that this is offset by several orders of
magnitude by the mostly
>tedious and tangential blogosphere. If we're talking about personal
choices, preventing
>unnecessary blogging would probably be up there at number one on my list.
Come, come. Should we not first get rid of the millions of
antiquated, impenetrable static pages containing, lines and lines of
thoroughly boring 'information' on obselete standards, policies and
guidelines, particularly from local government and central government
quangos?
Anyway, who's judging what's necessary or not on the internet?
Let's not fall foul of continually debating the principles and
big-issues without doing the little thngs that do make a difference,
many of which have already been mentioned.
Better go and feed the horse, long journey tomorrow.
Tehmina
On 14/02/07, Kostas Arvanitis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> But, please spare our lives: http://digitalheritage.wordpress.com/
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Kostas.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Ottevanger, Jeremy
> Sent: 14 February 2007 15:24
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A greener internet?
>
> And kill bloggers
>
>
>
> Jeremy Ottevanger
> Web Developer, Museum Systems Team
> Museum of London Group
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> London. N1 7ED
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at the Museum of London -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Ray Shah
> Sent: 14 February 2007 15:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MCG] A greener internet?
>
> And cycle home or take the bus.
>
> --
> - Ray
>
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>
> On Feb 14, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Tony Gill wrote:
>
> > Turn your computer and monitor off when you go home at night, if you
> > don't already.
>
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