Lessons from Devlearn 2009: Twitter Style

•       It's not Subject-Matter Experts, it's Subject-Matter Networks (mine. I coined it. that's the first  time I ever coined something. Do you actually get a coin or something?)
•     What Are they Going to Stop Doing? - The Work Day is a Zero Sum Game
•     Start Small. Think Big. Move Fast.
•     Personal + Professional  = Human (kudos to @koreenolbrish)
  
•     The Morphing of #lrnchat: from chat to channels
  
•     Soylent Green Principle: People. It's made of people
  
•     Why are we in a rush to define this? <We all know the answer and we're just afraid to say it>
•     Not Trainers of Content but Trainers of Capabilities: think about it.
  
•     Top Down +Bottom Up
•     Training vs the reality of execution
•     WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD A BLANK SLATE?
•     Talk to the capabilities
•     Evaluate the dynamics (not the weird names and rounded, soft palette buttons)
•     Scale and Speed (as in, its not a new dynamic but it's new in terms of ...)
  
•     Info Overload is just imposed design that we can't change.

Comments

[Mrch0mp3rs]

First? I so like the new layout. Second, I like the compressed approach, but I'd argue that while you're giving the bullet points, it's probably not as helpful for a nuanced argument.

But... I definitely like the integration and the style. Very "posterous" or "tumblr" style for TypePad.

[Claire Alcock]

Loving the microblog!

[mark oehlert]

Thx Aaron. I hear what you're saying. Was just trying to mack on the minimalist design. Verbosity shall not be obfuscated nor eschewed!!

[Brent Schlenker]

Oh yea! Very cool! I'm trying to figure out a new SoMe flow as well. I don't blog much any more but still like the learning that blogging afforded. I've got the posterous account but just don't use it much. Not sure why. Its kind of like Evernote: I like the idea, but can't seem to put it into practice.
Great Lessons from DevLearn!

[Steve Howard]

From my own experiment in grabbing my tweets and blogging them, I think this could be a growing trend. I think it can be very effective, in part because each tweet must encapsulate at least one complete thought.

Continuity is difficult if you are not used to twitter, but I think regular Twitter followers don't see this as a barrier.

Mark, your post above reminds me of another valuable point. There is a level of abstraction in encapsulating a group of tweets like this. What they mean to you, and to me, and to anyone else, will always be a little different - sort of like poetry, the message is in the eye of the beholder. I think this is a valuable mental stimulant.

[mark oehlert]

Steve,

Love the email address ;-)

I think Aaron was saying the same kind of thing above that posting like this does leave off some of the context and nuance. I'm gonna go with your vibe that that was totally intended by me as a means to stimulate further thinking

I'm not saying I'll always post like this but like Brent, I do still like the form of blogging and maybe am just looking for a lower-threshold way to do it.

thx for the comments!

[Steve Howard]

You may be unsurprised to learn that you are not the first to like that email address ;-)

All forms of communication are valid - mix it up. We love it that way. We are all information omnivores.

[Lindsey]

I rarely meet such interesting ideas! Not long ago I found an interesting documentary by accident at one rapidshare search engine( http://www.rapidsharemix.com ) and watched it with interest. You never know where you find and where you lose...