Comments on: I love technology

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:30:30 +0000

I think there’s definitely still space for the expert, though as seen by examples of the newspaper industry today, it’s vital to look at new business models and new ways of selling services. As I heard someone describe this at a conference yesterday, the old models are being broken before new ones are being made to replace them. It’s fine that a small B&B will design their own adverts to keep the costs down, but larger companies will always pay an expert.

It’s a myth that web 2.0 and digital photography etc have ushered in a new democracy. It has provided more access for people to get thier views heard and that is great. It has also impact on the governments and the police. New technologies haven’t forced a new democracy, just a new form of advocacy.

And likewise, these new technologies haven’t created a new wave of experts, just a more productive generation of amateurs.

By: andy

andy — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:29:05 +0000

What I was trying to get across is that new technology makes people THINK they are experts at things. This is what costs us money in our industry as it either means the work we do is devalued as people don’t see any value in the learning process or is taken away completely by people not doing it properly!

By: John Lampard

John Lampard — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:05:25 +0000

I’m not sure the ability to do something by ourselves necessarily makes us expert at it though. Sure there’s a lot more we can do ourselves thanks to easily accessible technology, but I often feel more like a jack of many trades, master of none, than anything else.

If I needed something done properly though I’d call in an actual expert. If you needed wedding photos for example would you call on a friend who has ok photographic ability, or would you hire a professional for such an occasion?

(By the way your friend’s pinhole photography is great

By: Paolo

Paolo — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:13:18 +0000

It’s a tough one. Could throw all my effort into learning FMBL (Facebook markup language), and iphone App development. But it is wearisome to have to constantly learn. I guess keeping close contact with your customers and listening to them is the only real guage of whether its’ worth learning.