1. Forming - Storming - Norming - PerformingNo, I'm not going to be explaining these stages of group development for the umpteenth time. My fellow social web bloggers already did, so if you're interested in knowing more about the theory, you're welcome to check out this little handy thing on the right called 'blogroll'.As I once wrote a seminar paper about group development and dynamics I know fairly well what Tuckman's talking about, and I have to say: Yes, he kind of nails it! Whether you look left or right, almost every group that's just starting out passes these four stages, some faster than others.
2. Group DynamicsYeah, group dynamics, something that's fascinating me. I always like to pass time, sitting in the train for example, just watching groups of people, trying to figure out who's their leader and who are 'the others'.
3. Team BuildingWait...what? There are companies making money out of organizing 'team building activities'? Want too!I very much like the 'Wild West' - theme: you'll run a town and learn gunslinging skills so you can keep the law. Yee Ha!
4. Creative CommonsCreative Commons, in contrast to the old copyright ('all rights reserved'), allows it to multiply, spread and make work of others public to the world, just 'some rights reserved'.
5. Are we finished yet? Well, yes, I feel like I just wrote tons of bullshit...Anyways, I try to make the next update come quicker, maybe. I just don't feel like writing and maintaining a blog :/
1. Podcasts. I never really had the urge to search for good ones. Honestly I may have listened to four or five in my whole life, so yeah, you could say I'm just not interested in these kinda things...Though I would give it a shot if I happen to stumble upon a good (meaning funny, interesting and NOT boring) one.
2. Twitter. Personally I have absolutely no use for a Twitter-Account. You're restricted to 140 signs and most of the tweets I actually read were made up of one acronym after the other, or tweets consisting of shortened links to a longer version of your tweet, 'cause people want to chirp more then the allowed signs, etc. etc. etc. That's not at all appealing to me. (For informing my fellow human beings of my tedious activities I tend to update my Facebook status.)I prefer tumblr as some sort of microblog. Mainly because I don't have to use those ugly shortened URLs, and it does not limit you to 140 signs. I even think you can really set it up as a 'real' blog. You may not have all the features blogger has to offer, but the rudimental elements are all available.I am inclined to use it for 'archiving' pictures and quotes I find inspiring though for that purpose you could also use weheartit.
3. So far, so good. I successfully wrote my first actual post. Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Initially I wanted to include some pictures of a dead Twitter birdie and a deaf man with headphones on, but my Wacom just died on me yesterday. However... you can always imagine I inserted pictures, right? :)
Anyways, let me know what you think about Twitter and if you have some very interesting Podcasts, link them to me, I may get bored one day ;)
