Not that long ago I was SOLD on Delicious. I couldn't understand why people would ever journey into Diigoland. Then I found out an instructional designer with a very helpful blog uses Diigo and with a couple clicks, I had access to her own personal library of bookmarked cites (or at least what she wants to share). Just like that, now I'm sold on Diigo. Never going back. Game over. SOLD.
Social media tends to be like that. I am of the right age to remember when everyone was hooked on Myspace and Facebook was for people with lots of time on their hands. "Look at my cool background. I don't know why you'd ever use Faceb-- What? Facebook doesn't let you get bombarded with ads in your mailbox? Sign me up!"
Sometimes people find they like one technology more than another and sometimes something better is created. One of the things I like most about instructional design is that it is always changing. A chapter in a book I'm reading begins by the author expressing his frustration in trying three times within a decade to "take a still picture of moving target" in defining instructional design.
Time to go explore on Diigo... or maybe Delicious... or maybe Diigo...
I briefly checked out Delicious and I quickly said, "why bother, I am already use to Diigo". So, I have only used Diigo, thanks to Dr. Dennen's Media, Text, and Tech class I took last year, where she introduced the class to it. Since then, I hadn't had a need to find anything else. I enjoy using it and it is so easy. If it ain't broken, don't fix it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it is interesting, as you stated, that things change. If there is a need to have more tools and Diigo stops providing new stuff, then I guess I would explore elsewhere.
Alyn, I understand that mentality, too. Even though I joked about switching back and forth from Diigo to Delicious at the bottom of the post, I think I will continue to use Diigo for a while. There are just too many technologies out there to be constantly trying out new things. My point was more that due to the ever-changing landscape, the opportunity to be constantly switching is there.
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