Over a year ago, I came across an interesting post on Social Software and the need for it to be ‘in-the-flow’ of what we do. I’d suggest that almost anything that we want to accomplish is much easier when it’s in-the-flow. It’s a concept that keeps me wondering. Why didn’t something happen? Was it in my flow of work? Did I remember it? Or was there just too many other things bubbling to the top that flowing wasn’t an option that day. I’ve struggled with this and keep trying to get things flowing. I recognise the importance of having certain activities, certain kinds of activities, become an unthinking achievement. I don’t mean that to be that there is no thinking required, but that I don’t have to remember to do it. It’s there, it gets done.
Which is perhaps why there is no new animation. I haven’t yet figured how to have that extra little bit of fun (aka learnin’) on top of everything else there is. Sometimes, there’s I can peek out to see things, sometimes not.
It won’t be helped by the two networks I’m trying to set up. One is for the Griffith Business School Teaching and Learning Community of Practice (which for Web2.0 reasons I’m relabelling GBSTeachers) and the other is for Smart Water. Both of these groups have communication problems and even though I’m not good at keeping up blogs and tweets and multiple updates going[1], I know the process and hopefully can get things going. Some of the activities I will delegate, some I will facilitate. Hopefully there won’t be too many that I actually have to do.
And if all goes according to plan, I may find a few extra minutes a day to play. What better things are there in life?
- of course, the issue really is that I have very little that I think will be interesting to the good souls out there, I can tell by my site stats [↩]