Back then, when I worked in an office, I had a pile of journals, magazines, articles and reports with the word ‘reading’ scribbled on the top. They all had those circulation slips where you ticked your name when you’d read it and then passed it on. My discoveries depended on someone else’s subscriptions and the reading speed of the person before me. Sharing meant a trip to the photocopier and sticking an article in the internal mail.
Now my list is so much more than reading and it’s all over my screen, served up in various feeds and streams, offering a richer experience than a pile of paper and a few scribbled comments ever could. I don’t have to wait for my turn in the circle and sharing is easy. Now it’s easy to listen in to all kinds of sources and point others to the interesting stuff.
Working with a couple of groups where I suspect those circulation lists still exist, I’m hoping to help them look at some different ways of listening and pointing.
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Jeremy Gould on the importance of listening
Euan Semple on the value of pointing to good stuff
