Why blogging?

OK. I started tinkering with blogger back in May. For whatever reason I think I’ve been a little slow to the table in adopting some of the “Web2.0” technologies/innovations but I’m starting to slowly figure out the capabilities of some of these technologies.

I think the biggest thing for me was hearing a statistic earlier this spring that mentioned 5% of internet users were utilizing RSS. There are plenty of sites out there that explain RSS so I won’t go into detail about RSS but what struck me was the potential for utilizing RSS technologies to better connect with Iowa’s geospatial community. So if you take a look at the number of geospatial practitioners in Iowa and utilize the 5% figure, the audience is pretty small at this point for something like an RSS feed of a blog, but its a starting point.

So, how can blogging, RSS, social bookmarking, content management systems, and other technologies impact geospatial coordination in Iowa? I don’t really have an answer for that one, but I’m excited to find out.

If there are IGIC members out there who have an interest in becoming more involved and learning about some of these technologies and how we can harness them to impact coordination and council activities in Iowa, drop me a line.