Cross Blog Discussion: NpTech Tag

I've been reflecting on some of the points made about the pros/cons of the NpTech Tag and the comment that Laura Quinn left here.

I scan the tagged items every week and do a pattern analysis and summary of these undifferentiated items.  Obviously, it ain't no taxonomy and it shouldn't substitute for one.

I think that the scanning the NpTech Tag  can provide a zeitgeist of our connected conversations and resource finds.  But is there a way to make it proactive and more organized rather than reactive with no structure or organization?

What if we thought of the NPTech Tag as a way to aggregate and facilitate a more focused distributed conversation and the summary is, well, a summary. 

For an experiment, here's some conversation questions about the NpTech Tag.  Write a blog post reflecting on these questions and tag it with NpTech and we will summarize the key points.

• How are you using the NpTech Tag? 
• Do you subscribe to the feed to find resources? 
• Do you read the summaries? 
• Do you tag items with the NpTech as a form of promotion or outreach?

I'm an information addict.  I admit it.  I'm constantly looking for information related to work and I a big bookmarker.  I've been that way for over ten years.   For me, I tag something "NPTECH" thinking that other colleagues might find it useful -- a sort of Lewis Hyde, Gift Economy approach. 

I'm also remembering some previous obsession about cross-blog conversations and how to facilitate.

Post 1 :  Some initial musings on blog communities and facilitated learning

Post 2:  Facilitating Blog Discussions

Post 3: Cross Blog Conversation

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My comments are here
http://afprc11.blogspot.com/2007/01/beths-blog-cross-blog-discussion.html