Comments on: Learn the language before you speak to me http://www.jarche.com/2008/09/learn-the-language-before-you-speak-to-me/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold Jarche » Wrong Medium, No Message http://www.jarche.com/2008/09/learn-the-language-before-you-speak-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-186004 Harold Jarche » Wrong Medium, No Message Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:55:15 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1773#comment-186004 [...] Conversations Virginia Yonkers on Beyond trainingJoe Horne on Beyond trainingHarold Jarche on Beyond trainingJon Husband on Quantifying relationships, or perhaps notAndrew on Open Source Social Networking PlatformWhen will training courses no longer be a viable option? | Workplace Learning Today on Beyond trainingDave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Training, performance, results, learning on Beyond trainingGuy Boulet on Beyond trainingNextReformation » getting to “maybe” on Getting to Maybe - ReviewWhich Internet browser is best for learning professionals? « Learning Journeys on Learn the language before you speak to me [...] [...] Conversations Virginia Yonkers on Beyond trainingJoe Horne on Beyond trainingHarold Jarche on Beyond trainingJon Husband on Quantifying relationships, or perhaps notAndrew on Open Source Social Networking PlatformWhen will training courses no longer be a viable option? | Workplace Learning Today on Beyond trainingDave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Training, performance, results, learning on Beyond trainingGuy Boulet on Beyond trainingNextReformation » getting to “maybe” on Getting to Maybe – ReviewWhich Internet browser is best for learning professionals? « Learning Journeys on Learn the language before you speak to me [...]

]]> By: Which Internet browser is best for learning professionals? « Learning Journeys http://www.jarche.com/2008/09/learn-the-language-before-you-speak-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-185983 Which Internet browser is best for learning professionals? « Learning Journeys Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:40:27 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1773#comment-185983 [...] and became addicted to its speed.  To compound this dilemma, I followed up on a tip from Harold Jarche that pointed me to Stuart Henshall’s blog about Flock, the social web [...] [...] and became addicted to its speed.  To compound this dilemma, I followed up on a tip from Harold Jarche that pointed me to Stuart Henshall’s blog about Flock, the social web [...]

]]> By: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/2008/09/learn-the-language-before-you-speak-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-185923 Harold Jarche Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:29:12 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1773#comment-185923 Excellent example, Dave. I have a vintage Victorian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy" rel="nofollow">stereoscope</a> here beside my desk. Excellent example, Dave. I have a vintage Victorian stereoscope here beside my desk.

]]> By: Dave Ferguson http://www.jarche.com/2008/09/learn-the-language-before-you-speak-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-185922 Dave Ferguson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:27:45 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1773#comment-185922 Jennifer's got a point, though pretty much everything's easy to make fun of, if you're so inclined. "Friending" is an excellent example, but then, so is corporate speak, and so are the tribal rituals of academia. (Ooo, a <i>full</i> professor.) One analogy I've used, Harold, for things that you really do need to experience is that of the "magic eye" style <a href="http://stereogrammes.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1690" rel="nofollow"> optical illusion</a> (the autostereogram). If you've never see a 3D image appear from what looks like a 2D mess, you probably won't completely buy into someone else's explanation of what it's like. Jennifer’s got a point, though pretty much everything’s easy to make fun of, if you’re so inclined. “Friending” is an excellent example, but then, so is corporate speak, and so are the tribal rituals of academia. (Ooo, a full professor.)

One analogy I’ve used, Harold, for things that you really do need to experience is that of the “magic eye” style optical illusion (the autostereogram).

If you’ve never see a 3D image appear from what looks like a 2D mess, you probably won’t completely buy into someone else’s explanation of what it’s like.

]]> By: Jennifer Nicol http://www.jarche.com/2008/09/learn-the-language-before-you-speak-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-185875 Jennifer Nicol Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:52:52 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1773#comment-185875 But you gotta admit, Facebook is easy to make (should I say poke) fun of. Whether or not you like it, there's just something about Facebook that invites scoffing, and I think it is because something about it scares us. Is it the cheapening of the word 'friends'? Is it the (brilliant) name, that reminds us of 'in your face'. Is it the irritating and now practically archetypal figure of the 20-something developer laughing all the way to the next application? Is it the Big-Brother way that it reminds us that privacy is an increasingly precious commodity? Or is it the way that it taps into social anxiety?Just today I wrote to a friend that I keep meaning to shut down my Facebook account, but I'm too afraid I'll miss something. But you gotta admit, Facebook is easy to make (should I say poke) fun of. Whether or not you like it, there’s just something about Facebook that invites scoffing, and I think it is because something about it scares us. Is it the cheapening of the word ‘friends’? Is it the (brilliant) name, that reminds us of ‘in your face’. Is it the irritating and now practically archetypal figure of the 20-something developer laughing all the way to the next application? Is it the Big-Brother way that it reminds us that privacy is an increasingly precious commodity? Or is it the way that it taps into social anxiety?Just today I wrote to a friend that I keep meaning to shut down my Facebook account, but I’m too afraid I’ll miss something.

]]> By: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/2008/09/learn-the-language-before-you-speak-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-185870 Harold Jarche Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:53:19 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1773#comment-185870 I hope not. I've left several social networks because they don't do much for me but I don't criticize a new way of communicating until I try it. It took me a long time to understand Twitter and now I find it a valuable way to communicate. I hope not. I’ve left several social networks because they don’t do much for me but I don’t criticize a new way of communicating until I try it. It took me a long time to understand Twitter and now I find it a valuable way to communicate.

]]> By: Christopher Mackay http://www.jarche.com/2008/09/learn-the-language-before-you-speak-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-185869 Christopher Mackay Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:57:26 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1773#comment-185869 What about people who tried Facebook, hated it, and deactivated their accounts? They won't show up. Do they get dismissed by Stuart, too? How does he know the difference? What about people who tried Facebook, hated it, and deactivated their accounts? They won’t show up. Do they get dismissed by Stuart, too? How does he know the difference?

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