Comments on: She Geeks In Tech – Resistance To Change Online And Techniques To Overcome It http://shegeeks.net/she-geeks-in-tech-resistance-to-change-online-and-techniques-to-overcome-it/ The latest in online and mobile technology with Corvida Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guillaume Riflet http://shegeeks.net/she-geeks-in-tech-resistance-to-change-online-and-techniques-to-overcome-it/comment-page-1/#comment-16820 Guillaume Riflet Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:59:42 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/she-geeks-in-tech-resistance-to-change-online-and-techniques-to-overcome-it/#comment-16820 This is perhaps the greatest piece of insight I've ever read ever about change in the web2.0 context. Changing the status quo ... that is a heavy challenge!<br>Indeed, it is a battle, a battle for a new world, where no one, but us (the guys who want to change), can see how things would be sooo much better. I was completely surprised at first to encounter so much resistance, but ever since, I got myself quite familiarized with this natural tendency people have to change in general ... Well, in the case of the web2.0 new tools, I know it'll change in time, it can take as long as it takes, but it will change. Good thing I'm already well prepared for the mainstream shift...<br><br>2 tips for allowing a quicker change: KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and UX (User Experience). I managed to organize a camping trip using a wiki with my non-geek friends, and they participated quite well. Here's the wiki we created:<br><br><a href="http://pedrogao.jottit.com" rel="nofollow">http://pedrogao.jottit.com</a><br><br>How? 1 - VERY SIMPLE syntax markup. 2 - Yet, quite appealing user/reader experience. 3 - A cool screencast showing how to use a wiki (from the commoncraft show). 4 - I did had (some) credit among the group (very important). This is perhaps the greatest piece of insight I've ever read ever about change in the web2.0 context. Changing the status quo … that is a heavy challenge!
Indeed, it is a battle, a battle for a new world, where no one, but us (the guys who want to change), can see how things would be sooo much better. I was completely surprised at first to encounter so much resistance, but ever since, I got myself quite familiarized with this natural tendency people have to change in general … Well, in the case of the web2.0 new tools, I know it'll change in time, it can take as long as it takes, but it will change. Good thing I'm already well prepared for the mainstream shift…

2 tips for allowing a quicker change: KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and UX (User Experience). I managed to organize a camping trip using a wiki with my non-geek friends, and they participated quite well. Here's the wiki we created:

http://pedrogao.jottit.com

How? 1 – VERY SIMPLE syntax markup. 2 – Yet, quite appealing user/reader experience. 3 – A cool screencast showing how to use a wiki (from the commoncraft show). 4 – I did had (some) credit among the group (very important).

]]> By: Guillaume Riflet http://shegeeks.net/she-geeks-in-tech-resistance-to-change-online-and-techniques-to-overcome-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15430 Guillaume Riflet Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:59:42 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/she-geeks-in-tech-resistance-to-change-online-and-techniques-to-overcome-it/#comment-15430 This is perhaps the greatest piece of insight I've ever read ever about change in the web2.0 context. Changing the status quo ... that is a heavy challenge!<br>Indeed, it is a battle, a battle for a new world, where no one, but us (the guys who want to change), can see how things would be sooo much better. I was completely surprised at first to encounter so much resistance, but ever since, I got myself quite familiarized with this natural tendency people have to change in general ... Well, in the case of the web2.0 new tools, I know it'll change in time, it can take as long as it takes, but it will change. Good thing I'm already well prepared for the mainstream shift...<br><br>2 tips for allowing a quicker change: KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and UX (User Experience). I managed to organize a camping trip using a wiki with my non-geek friends, and they participated quite well. Here's the wiki we created:<br><br><a href="http://pedrogao.jottit.com" rel="nofollow">http://pedrogao.jottit.com</a><br><br>How? 1 - VERY SIMPLE syntax markup. 2 - Yet, quite appealing user/reader experience. 3 - A cool screencast showing how to use a wiki (from the commoncraft show). 4 - I did had (some) credit among the group (very important). This is perhaps the greatest piece of insight I've ever read ever about change in the web2.0 context. Changing the status quo … that is a heavy challenge!
Indeed, it is a battle, a battle for a new world, where no one, but us (the guys who want to change), can see how things would be sooo much better. I was completely surprised at first to encounter so much resistance, but ever since, I got myself quite familiarized with this natural tendency people have to change in general … Well, in the case of the web2.0 new tools, I know it'll change in time, it can take as long as it takes, but it will change. Good thing I'm already well prepared for the mainstream shift…

2 tips for allowing a quicker change: KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and UX (User Experience). I managed to organize a camping trip using a wiki with my non-geek friends, and they participated quite well. Here's the wiki we created:

http://pedrogao.jottit.com

How? 1 – VERY SIMPLE syntax markup. 2 – Yet, quite appealing user/reader experience. 3 – A cool screencast showing how to use a wiki (from the commoncraft show). 4 – I did had (some) credit among the group (very important).

]]> By: Guillaume Riflet http://shegeeks.net/she-geeks-in-tech-resistance-to-change-online-and-techniques-to-overcome-it/comment-page-1/#comment-13845 Guillaume Riflet Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:59:42 +0000 http://shegeeks.net/she-geeks-in-tech-resistance-to-change-online-and-techniques-to-overcome-it/#comment-13845 This is perhaps the greatest piece of insight I've ever read ever about change in the web2.0 context. Changing the status quo ... that is a heavy challenge!<br>Indeed, it is a battle, a battle for a new world, where no one, but us (the guys who want to change), can see how things would be sooo much better. I was completely surprised at first to encounter so much resistance, but ever since, I got myself quite familiarized with this natural tendency people have to change in general ... Well, in the case of the web2.0 new tools, I know it'll change in time, it can take as long as it takes, but it will change. Good thing I'm already well prepared for the mainstream shift...<br><br>2 tips for allowing a quicker change: KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and UX (User Experience). I managed to organize a camping trip using a wiki with my non-geek friends, and they participated quite well. Here's the wiki we created:<br><br><a href="http://pedrogao.jottit.com">http://pedrogao.jottit.com</a><br><br>How? 1 - VERY SIMPLE syntax markup. 2 - Yet, quite appealing user/reader experience. 3 - A cool screencast showing how to use a wiki (from the commoncraft show). 4 - I did had (some) credit among the group (very important). This is perhaps the greatest piece of insight I've ever read ever about change in the web2.0 context. Changing the status quo … that is a heavy challenge!
Indeed, it is a battle, a battle for a new world, where no one, but us (the guys who want to change), can see how things would be sooo much better. I was completely surprised at first to encounter so much resistance, but ever since, I got myself quite familiarized with this natural tendency people have to change in general … Well, in the case of the web2.0 new tools, I know it'll change in time, it can take as long as it takes, but it will change. Good thing I'm already well prepared for the mainstream shift…

2 tips for allowing a quicker change: KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) and UX (User Experience). I managed to organize a camping trip using a wiki with my non-geek friends, and they participated quite well. Here's the wiki we created:

http://pedrogao.jottit.com

How? 1 – VERY SIMPLE syntax markup. 2 – Yet, quite appealing user/reader experience. 3 – A cool screencast showing how to use a wiki (from the commoncraft show). 4 – I did had (some) credit among the group (very important).

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