Comments on: No Comment? http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-comment Geo-blogging, geo-talking and geo-tweeting, these are the occasional ramblings of a self professed "geek with a life" Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard O http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Richard O Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:50:47 +0000 http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/#comment-366 Gary Well said. For what it is worth a (rusty) quote, "Everybody is entitled to an opinion, however intellect is less equitably distributed." Ludwigg Wittgenstein (1889-1951) Richard Gary

Well said. For what it is worth a (rusty) quote,

“Everybody is entitled to an opinion, however intellect is less equitably distributed.” Ludwigg Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

Richard

]]> By: Ed Parsons http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Ed Parsons Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:24 +0000 http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/#comment-361 Gary, I very much regret that you have been the target of abuse in this way, the internet has it's population of trolls since the early days and you can always expect a contrary view to almost anything you post. However I think it is a mistake to remove the comments, blogs should be all about two way communication and I would think your case would be massively strengthened by you and others rebuking the comments that have no basis in reality! Ed Gary,

I very much regret that you have been the target of abuse in this way, the internet has it’s population of trolls since the early days and you can always expect a contrary view to almost anything you post.

However I think it is a mistake to remove the comments, blogs should be all about two way communication and I would think your case would be massively strengthened by you and others rebuking the comments that have no basis in reality!

Ed

]]> By: James Penman http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-360 James Penman Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:42:04 +0000 http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/#comment-360 Building an ecosystem in which start-ups can thrive is bloody difficult. Anyone supporting that, especially in Europe and especially in times when funding (angel, VC etc) is tough to come by, should be congratulated. It's very clear that GeoVation 2009/10 is the first iteration of a concept so all the best as the years roll on. And, to the detractors, go try it, build something, anything, from scratch. Humility comes quick. Building an ecosystem in which start-ups can thrive is bloody difficult. Anyone supporting that, especially in Europe and especially in times when funding (angel, VC etc) is tough to come by, should be congratulated. It’s very clear that GeoVation 2009/10 is the first iteration of a concept so all the best as the years roll on. And, to the detractors, go try it, build something, anything, from scratch. Humility comes quick.

]]> By: Thierry_G http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Thierry_G Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:07:58 +0000 http://www.vicchi.org/2010/01/29/no-comment/#comment-359 Gary, I would take the attention - albeit not all welcome - as flattery. I didn't see those blocked comments but can imagine some of their content. Well done for contributing and trying to bring both worlds together. In my opinion the geovation results were also not quite what I expected but equally I didn't expect anything drastic, highly commercial or ubercool. But that is beside the point and I think some people missed that. The point is building a geocommunity and bringing people together. Well done on that count. Thierry p.s. I'm still strangely reassured that an analog map won the main prize in a world where digital is the de facto standard. On that note, it may be worth reading Simon Jenkins' piece in today's Guardian Tech http://bit.ly/c6xgn9 Gary, I would take the attention – albeit not all welcome – as flattery. I didn’t see those blocked comments but can imagine some of their content. Well done for contributing and trying to bring both worlds together. In my opinion the geovation results were also not quite what I expected but equally I didn’t expect anything drastic, highly commercial or ubercool. But that is beside the point and I think some people missed that. The point is building a geocommunity and bringing people together. Well done on that count.

Thierry

p.s. I’m still strangely reassured that an analog map won the main prize in a world where digital is the de facto standard. On that note, it may be worth reading Simon Jenkins’ piece in today’s Guardian Tech http://bit.ly/c6xgn9

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