tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31089493480208621592011-08-03T07:29:17.169-07:00It's Menoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108949348020862159.post-43838786627788072562008-07-28T07:42:00.001-07:002008-07-28T07:42:31.285-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3108949348020862159-4383878662778807256?l=mba290g2008.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>It's Menoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3108949348020862159.post-85093928489356911642008-07-28T07:39:00.000-07:002008-07-28T07:40:14.213-07:00Every year, I add a “try a new feature” to my class website.<br /><br />Last year - I added a class wiki which helped a bit administratively - especially as the class teams changed during the first 3 weeks.<br /><br />This year, I’m adding a blog - but I haven’t decided yet whether it should be a general “rant” blog. Or perhaps for announcements instead of a wiki.<br /><br />I guess - I’m using blogs and wiki’s for “relatively” easy website authoring. I find these tools a little easier than the process of creating a webpage and then “uploading” it to the web. Blogs also seem to keep history a bit better and will allow commenting while wiki’s are more of an information sharing paradigm.<br /><br />I find myself a “late adopter” - partly because I’m cheap - and partly because I’m busy. Although in certain situations - I’m an early adoptor having bought a Roku device to watch Netflix and an Amazon Kindle for my son. I now have to buy 2nd devices since my whole family fights over both units. I don’t know what these means for whether these devices will “cross” the chasm, but my prediction is that Roku will get bought out eventually and the Kindle will be considered a successful disruptive new product category in 3 years. It disrupts the publishing value chain in addition to the book retailing value chain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3108949348020862159-8509392848935691164?l=mba290g2008.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>It's Menoreply@blogger.com0