sort of in response to yesterday’s new media faculty seminar discussion about blogging and our reluctancy to “publicize” our half-baked thoughts and vulnerability, here’s a “baring my secret inside self post”:
while i certainly enjoy the fruits of engelbart’s labor, so far, reading his writing is NOT resonating…and truth be told, i think i’d rather stick myself in the eye with a fork. 🙁
Put the fork down, and hang in there. 🙂
The writing is obviously an acquired taste for some. For others (like me) it resonates very, very deeply from the get-go. Re-read the early part about the “integrated domain,” and keep those notes sounding in your head. You can also lean heavily on the editor’s introduction.
It’s worth the effort. Trust me on this one! Once you find that resonant frequency, what follows is pretty exhilarating. It certainly changed my life.
Here’s a secret – watch the video of the demonstration as/after you read it.