Re: [Cz-L] Listserv technology v blog?

Hi Helen....

Interesting idea... but hard to see what problem we would be solving
by moving to a blog format.

A blog, is at it's best as an individual bully pulpit for broadcasting
information and opinions of the blogger. Yes, It allows commentary
 from others, but at the pleasure of the blogger. A good outlet for
those that have the need to be heard. Not such a good outlet for
distributing information to a group of researchers.

The listserv is basically a peer to peer network where everyone
receives everything, and everyone is equal. It is a 'push' technology
-- that is: you get it without asking for it. You have to do something
to not get it (remove yourself from the list).

The blog is a 'pull' technology -- you need to go there to get it,
each and every time. If you do nothing, you get nothing.

There are over 330 researchers on this list. Probably 15 percent are
regular posters, but yet the others are interested enough in what goes
on not to remove themselves. And, they do occasionally contribute.
What would happen to that 85% if they had to 'pull' the information?

Best,
jerome






On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:17:31 -0800, Helene Ryding
<hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear Czernowitzers and others following this list
>
> As someone trying to trace my father's history (it seems he grew up
> in Czernowitz before the First World War but moved to Brussels
> between the wars and the UK after the Second World War) I am finding
> it fascinating to receive these bulletins regularly.
>
> However, this listserv technology is really old fashioned and makes
> it difficult to follow the discussion. Could I suggest that it
> would be a great improvement to move to a blog format, where the
> comments could be added directly to the original subject matter, it
> is easier to add photos etc, search the archives etc. It would
> still be possible to send out an email newsletter with regular
> updates.
>
> It seems there is quite a lot of collaborative working going on, and
> it would be good to see it all in more or less the same place for
> easy access.
>
> I am happy to help if people agree this is a good idea. Lest anyone
> think I am some young techie, I am 60 and you can find my own blog
> together with pages of photos of my father in Czernowitz and
> Brussels here: <http://kosmyryk.typepad.com/wu_wei>.
>
>
> Dr Helene Ryding
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> Email work: hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk
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