{"id":377,"date":"2008-09-19T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T17:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2008-09-19T19:39:47","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T02:39:47","slug":"making-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/09\/19\/making-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"friends\" by <\/em><\/span>jurvetson<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>
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\nI wanted to bring my personal perspective of <\/em>the 5 steps people<\/a><\/em> go through while adopting a new technology. It has to do with <\/em>FriendFeed<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

I have been aware of FriendFeed for several months, but never did much with it. I was not really sure what it provided, and I just did not have the time to explore it. But my interest built up as I saw more of the scientists whose newsfeeds I subscribe to begin to discuss their experiences with it. My interest increased seeing the mashups that were developing – such as the widgets that could connect a blog with FriendFeed comments, etc.<\/p>\n

But I was still too busy and I was not sure if it was worth the time to figure out the best way to use it, what was required, etc. So my progression through the first stages was a little slow as I still did not really see how it would help me. There were no ‘local’ authorities of mine that had adopted it.<\/p>\n

Then, just a few days ago, I got a lot of hits and the referer was a specific FriendFeed page about <\/em>Science 2.0<\/a><\/em>, where the website was being discussed. In fact, there was quite a conversation going on, one that I had to join. Now I began to see what could be really useful about FirendFeed. <\/p>\n

So I actually raced through the last 2 steps very fast. Trial took about 2 minutes since FriendFeed is pretty straightforward and i was congratulating myself for the adoption stage even as I was writing my second comment.<\/p>\n

All this would suggest that I am an early adopter. not an innovator. Which is what I expected. I needed some interactions with members of the community rather than hearing it from outside experts.<\/p>\n

But this also indicates just how rapidly a new innovation can move if it finds the right path. Especially when there are conversations happening, information being exchanged, <\/p>\n

People will adopt a new innovation really fast if there is a conversation about them or their research interest, and they want to be a part of the conversation. I would expect most scientists would plow right through the latter stages of the 5 steps if their research was directly influenced by the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Technorati Tags: Social media<\/a>, Web 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n

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by jurvetson I wanted to bring my personal perspective of the 5 steps people go through while adopting a new technology. It has to do with FriendFeed. I have been aware of FriendFeed for several months, but never did much with it. 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