Gold from David Rothman
http://davidrothman.net/2008/01/10/the-beauty-of-the-dialectial-process/
First, there are many popular positions (technical, political, philosophical…) expressed in the blogosphere (and elsewhere) that I believe to be wrong-headed, foolish, unwise or silly. I also believe that decisions based on evidence and direct experience tend to get better results than those built on blogosphere buzz and hearsay.
Second, I’m sincerely flabbergasted to hear a librarian (or any information professional) complain that there is “too much data” or “too many RSS feeds”.
“Web 2.0? doesn’t cause an information glut. What causes an information glut is being an information glutton, taking on more than anyone can reasonably manage. There aren’t too many RSS feeds. Rather, there are users who subscribe to too many RSS feeds. The solution isn’t for less data to exist, the solution is smarter, more selective use of the data. The tools that help us filter and manage the information that we care most about are continuing to improve in power and sophistication.
Read the whole post. I will however note that gathering evidence from authoritative Biblioblogs can go a long way in building your plan for technology implementation. Well done, David!
I also see David’s blog is a finalist in the category of Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog in MedGadget’s 2007 Annual Medical Weblogs Awards. If you read and enjoy David’s blog, head on over and vote:
January 11th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Michael, you’ve completely made my day. Thanks so much.
I did not mean to imply that the blogosphere doesn’t contain authoritative blogs that contain important and valuable information. The point I was trying to make is that just because something is popularly said in the blogosphere (or anywhere else) doesn’t make it right/wise/good/true.
I absolutely agree that, as you say, “gathering evidence from authoritative Biblioblogs” can be incredibly useful.