Academic/Technical Divide in Social Computing

A rant about the division between the academic and technical world in social computing. On the academic/technical divide in social computing:

“The two communities—developers at ETCon and academic researchers as CSCW—are interested in very much the same things, but they’re both quite sure that the “other” group either won’t understand them or won’t care about their views. So they operate in parallel with few points of intersection, duplicating efforts and losing valuable inputs into their work.”

with a clear view on the use of a blog:
“Blogs are not only personal diaries—that they’re also powerful tools for information sharing, knowledge management, and social/professional network development.”