Comments on: Good and bad of outsourcing to “miscellaneous” http://betsydevine.com/blog/2007/07/18/good-and-bad-of-outsourcing-to-miscellaneous/ Making trouble today for a better tomorrow... Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Betsy Devine http://betsydevine.com/blog/2007/07/18/good-and-bad-of-outsourcing-to-miscellaneous/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Betsy Devine Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:17:23 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2007/07/18/good-and-bad-of-outsourcing-to-miscellaneous/#comment-806 Thanks, Jason--it's interesting that Weinberger and Keen agree to disagree with half of what Surowiecki says here. That is, W & K both want their facts vetted by experts. They also agree that "the mob" has bad taste in half-starved celebrity starlets, an observation that seems to infuse Keen's thinking and writing about every other internet-based phenomenon. Weinberger instead is delighted by the variety of long-tail tastemakers, who make it possible to find brand-new great stuff. I sometimes criticize Weinberger's POV as a little too rosy on WEb 2.0, but in this argument he well worth rooting for. And for a sweet-natured vegetarian fan of John Lennon, he lands some hard solid punches on Andrew Keen's book. Thanks, Jason–it’s interesting that Weinberger and Keen agree to disagree with half of what Surowiecki says here.

That is, W & K both want their facts vetted by experts.

They also agree that “the mob” has bad taste in half-starved celebrity starlets, an observation that seems to infuse Keen’s thinking and writing about every other internet-based phenomenon. Weinberger instead is delighted by the variety of long-tail tastemakers, who make it possible to find brand-new great stuff.

I sometimes criticize Weinberger’s POV as a little too rosy on WEb 2.0, but in this argument he well worth rooting for.

And for a sweet-natured vegetarian fan of John Lennon, he lands some hard solid punches on Andrew Keen’s book.

]]> By: jasonliebman http://betsydevine.com/blog/2007/07/18/good-and-bad-of-outsourcing-to-miscellaneous/comment-page-1/#comment-805 jasonliebman Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:50:05 +0000 http://betsydevine.com/blog/2007/07/18/good-and-bad-of-outsourcing-to-miscellaneous/#comment-805 In today’s Wall Street Journal “Reply All” section tech heavyweights David Weinberger, author of <a href="http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com" rel="nofollow">Everything Is Miscellaneous></a> goes head to head with Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur in an intellectual fight for the ages. This battle, which took place through many grueling rounds of emails, debates whether Web 2.0 and the ability for everyone to become a journalist, filmmaker or musician is a positive or negative for information available on the internet. The full text can be found at <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118460229729267677.html" rel="nofollow">WSJ.com</a> or a condensed “highlights” version can be found <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118461274162567845.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. In today’s Wall Street Journal “Reply All” section tech heavyweights David Weinberger, author of Everything Is Miscellaneous> goes head to head with Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur in an intellectual fight for the ages. This battle, which took place through many grueling rounds of emails, debates whether Web 2.0 and the ability for everyone to become a journalist, filmmaker or musician is a positive or negative for information available on the internet.

The full text can be found at WSJ.com or a condensed “highlights” version can be found here.

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