[Sigia-l] microcontent - a definition?

[Stew Dean]

At 02:17 16/02/2004, Eric Scheid wrote:
>On 16/2/04 12:38 PM, "Listera" <listera at rcn.com> wrote:
>
> > Bits of content created and shared by users.
> >
> > Since you're a wikinut:
> >
> > <http://joi.ito.com/joiwiki/MicroContentBlurb>
>
>Interesting - there appears to be *two* definitions of the term floating
>about...
>
>* Jakob Nielsen's
>     = short text fragments which lead to larger content
>     * link titles, domain names, email subject lines
>     * a word or two, running up to a dozen words maybe
>
>* micro-publishing
>     = standalone content pieces, usually of a short nature
>     * blog posts, wiki nodes, amazon reviews
>     * anything from a sentence up to a few hundred words
>     * note: not pieces of content, but content pieces
>
>e.


To me this is a good reason to try and avoid terms like this.  I urge folks 
here to think of plain English terms to describe both areas - if you mean 
subject lines and short one sentence description use those terms - if you 
mean public domain reviews and blog posts - use those term - public domain 
content or content from community sites is more descriptive than a term 
like 'microcontent'  or 'micro-publishing'.  Let's not fall into bad habits 
here.

Stew Dean