I certainly don’t mean this to be as snarky as it’s about to come out, but I love the fact that Isaak questions my claim that linkability is essential to online discussions (and thus, communities) with a link:

Linkability Fertilizes Online Communities
I really don’t know how linkability will build communities. But we really need to work [...]

Posted October 17, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: book discussions, book talk, community, conversations, durable link, findability, lib20, libraries, library, library 2.0, library systems, linkability, online community, permalink, social software. 6 Comments.

Point A: John Blyberg’s ILS Customer Bill-of-Rights.
Point B: Dan Chudnov’s The problem with the “ILS Bill of Rights”
Response: John Blyberg’s OPACs in the frying pan, Vendors in the fire
While there’s some disagreement between John and Dan, I can’t help but see a strong concordance between their posts: Both are an attempt to educate potential customers. [...]

Posted June 20, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: conversations, customer, free market, lib20, libraries, library, library 2.0, markets, purchase decisions, purchases, vendor. 7 Comments.