[Asis-l] Of course the World is not flat!

[Jay]

Dear Colleagues,
Of course the World is not flat! I have an eponymous term for it
TRENCHES and SPIDERS. The world is burning....floods are ravaging
countries.....there is economic crises everywhere.....people are
trying hard to survive. My favorite title OUT OF CRISIS by Late
Edwards Deming ...needs to be circulated worldwide and with a sense of
urgency. Deming can instill hope, confidence, courage....and most
importantly wisdom. Visit www.deming.org today and regain a sense of
calm and poise.

regards
Jay
On 8/20/10, gerrymck <gerry.mckiernan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Preface
>
> In April 2005, the first edition of  The World Is Flat: A Brief History of
> the Twenty-First Century >>> "... an international bestselling book by
> Thomas Friedman that  analyzes globalization, primarily in the early 21st
> century [was published]. The title is a metaphor for viewing the world as a
> level playing field in terms of commerce, where all competitors have an
> equal opportunity. As the first edition cover illustration indicates, the
> title also alludes to the perceptual shift required for countries, companies
> and individuals to remain competitive in a global market where historical
> and geographical divisions are becoming increasingly irrelevant."
>
> While some may concur with Friedman, the World and the Universe Is Not Flat,
> As They Say In France >>> Au Contraire >>>.
>
> The World And The Universe At Any And All Levels and Dimensions Exhibit
> Dynamic Variation / Diversity / Etc. ; It /They Are Not Monolithic Or A
> Single Dynamic Phenomenon  >>>
>
> The Well-Known Bell (And Others) Curves Graphically Represent The Wide
> Variation in Nature &gt;>>
>
> Part I
>
> "In probability theory and statistics, the normal distribution, or Gaussian
> distribution, is an absolutely continuous probability distribution whose
> cumulants of all orders above two are zero. The graph of the associated
> probability density function is “bell”-shaped, with peak at the mean, and is
> known as the Gaussian function or bell curve."
> [Image]
>
> The Red Line Is The Standard Normal Distribution
>
> As In Life, As There Is (More Or Less On Ther Internet/Web), There Are Some
> Individuals That Are More Active/Engaged Then Others >>>
>
> Part II
>
> Jakob Nielsen, The Smartest Person On The Web, In An October 2006 Alertbox
> Posting Documents What Many Have Probably Observed >>>
>
> Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute
>
> Summary:
>
> In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute,
> 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the
> action.
>
> All large-scale, multi-user communities and online social networks that rely
> on users to contribute content or build services share one property: most
> users don't participate very much. Often, they simply lurk in the
> background. When you plot the amount of activity for each user, the result
> is a Zipf curve, which shows as a straight line in a log-log diagram.
>
> In contrast, a tiny minority of users usually accounts for a
> disproportionately large amount of the content and other system activity.
>
> User participation often more or less follows a 90-9-1 rule:
>
> • 90% of users are lurkers (i.e., read or observe, but don't contribute).
> • 9% of users contribute from time to time, but other priorities dominate
> their time.
> • 1% of users participate a lot and account for most contributions: it can
> seem as if they don't have lives because they often post just minutes after
> whatever event they're commenting on occurs.
>
> Soooooo .........
>
> In A NutShell > A Few List Members Contribute Most Of The Postings To Any
> Given e-List
>
> AND I Am Among Those Few >>>
>
> Indeed > Overall My Blogs Are Ranked In The Top Five (5) Perecent And A Few
> In The Top One (1) Percent And Higher (Based On Technorati Rankings)
>
> AND
>
> BTW: Traffic On My Blogs Is Much/Much Greater Than SiteMeter Indicates >>>
> The New Blogger In Draft Stats Document Significant Visitation >>>
>
> For Example >>>
>
> Since June 1  2010, There Have Been More 140,000 Collective PageViews Of
> Postings On My  _Spectrum > Mobile Learning, Libraries, And Technologies_
> Blog As Of Today (08-19-10)
>
> Soooooo .........
>
> Please Don't Diss Me For Being Actively Engaged >>> Or Because I Have Broad
> Interests
>
> Believe It Or Not > I Do Only Post Items That I Believe Are Relevant Or
> Could / Might /Should Be Of Interest To My Colleagues
>
> It's Not About Me : Many Of My Posts Highlight The Work Of Others >>>
>
> BTW: While The Percentage Of Our Colleagues Who Read E-Lists Is Declining,
> In Favor Of Social Media >
>
> WebJunction Survey > Library Staff Report Their Use of Online Tools > 2009
> vs. 2010 > Academic vs. Public
>
> [snip]
>
> A Significant Portion Continue To Do >>>
>
> Soooooo .........
>
> If One Does Not Wish To Receive My Posting, There Are Several Options As I
> Note In A Previous Post
>
> DeDup > Removal Of Duplicate E-Mail Postings > An Idea Who Time Has Come?
>
> [
> http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2010/08/dedup-removal-of-duplicate-e-mail.html]
>
> While I Do Believe In Leprechauns [:-)] (And Actally Did See Their Houses On
> Inishmore, The Largest Of The Aran Islands, One Of The Island Groups Off The
> Coast Of County Galway, Ireland, In 2009), I Don't Believe In Silos.
>
> Let The Conversations Continue >>>
>
> [ http://bit.ly/9BkgWt ]
>
> JOY !
>
> /Gerry
>
> Gerry McKiernan
> Associate Professor
> Science and Technology Librarian
> Iowa State University Library
> Ames IA 50011
>
> Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs
>
> "It's Not About Publication; It's About Ideas"
>
> [ http://bit.ly/bb6uW7 ]
>


-- 
Dr Jayanth G Paraki
Founder -Omega Associates
Knowledge Managment for 21st Century
http://myprofile.cos.com/zurich