Comments on: New contexts for old ideas http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/ Strategies for Internet citizens Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SanAntonio http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-123726 Thu, 22 May 2008 19:05:25 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-123726 Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

]]> By: unClog » Something for old Lispers to think about? http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-122206 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:27:14 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-122206 [...] Udell blogs about “New contexts for old [...]

]]> By: thom singer http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-120697 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:13:34 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-120697 Anything that is too cutting edge scares many people off…..even those who claim to look for the next next thing. Early adopters are often ridiculed by the masses, only to have the object of their adoption become mainstream down the line.

I think that the real problem is that there are so many new things out there in the last decade that we cannot see them. It is my complaint about where online social media tools are going….there is so much noise, that nobody (but a few) can be heard. Even those with useful and interesting things to say.

I get sad sometimes that I am just part of the noise. And them wammo, someone turns out to be listening.

]]> By: The Mu » A mouse’s nose is longer than its tail http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-120680 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:15:08 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-120680 [...] by harping about the same old technologies for years before they catch on. Jon Udell’s take on this is that you can learn to remain fresh and positive by bringing your ideas into new [...]

]]> By: Jon Stahl’s Journal » Blog Archive » New Contexts For Old Ideas http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119427 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:27:58 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119427 [...] A great nugget of deep wisdom from Jon Udell that rings so true to my experiences in nonprofit technology work: Advocates for powerful ideas and methods that are long extant but have yet to fully bear fruit may tend to become nostalgic, appear misguided, act bitter, lose focus. These are counterproductive behaviors. So how do you avoid them? How do you stay the course, keep your eye on the ball, move forward, remain excited, and find ways to explore the same old things in new and different ways? One answer, I think, is to keep engaging with different people in different contexts. Yesterday I was showing and discussing some things that I’ve known for so long, and documented so extensively, that I worried about sounding like a broken record. But in that context it was fresh information, a new perspective. People got excited. And their excitement rekindled my passion. [...]

]]> By: The Long Nose of Innovation « Impressions Scholarcast http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119381 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:28:16 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119381 [...] to Jon Udell for the heads [...]

]]> By: Eric Likness http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119214 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:49:38 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119214 “The 3G video iPod is a great example, and the iPhone is another”

I agree with this completely. Who knew back in 2001 what good a 5GB first gen iPod was good for? It wasn’t good for online sales of music as iTunes wasn’t in service. It couldn’t play back videos (those some hackers attempted to make it work). Now it’s the full universe of devices, and has further morphed into a telephone that plays music and videos. In 2011 we will see the full maturation of the iPod.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119212 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:49:23 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119212 “Any technology that is going to have significant impact over the next 10 years is already at least 10 years old.”

I’ve long said the best example of this sort of thing, which I term “hiding in full view”, is instant messaging as we know it being the heir to Unix “talk”. I have a vivid memory of sitting at my computer as late as 1997 engaged in a Unix talk session with a friend half a continent away. Of course this was in the day when shell accounts came with an ISP subscription. But there was AIM and its kind hiding in full view. I only wish I could have seen it.

]]> By: Mark Woodman http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119184 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:19:41 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/01/09/new-contexts-for-old-ideas/#comment-119184 “Any technology that is going to have significant impact over the next 10 years is already at least 10 years old.”

+1 that is is probably overstated a bit, but they keyword you used is “mature”. The truth in Bill’s assertion is that lasting impact comes from maturity. My gadget-loving friends often covet the new shiny toy, but wait for the next generation so they can reap the benefits of a more mature product. (The 3G video iPod is a great example, and the iPhone is another.)

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