Comments on: Anyone can cook (create knowledge)!: Ratatouille as a Web 2.0 Allegory http://ubernoggin.com/archives/51 Intellagirl's Geeky Thoughts and Ponderings Mon, 21 May 2012 12:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: About EdTechatouille « cmduke.com http://ubernoggin.com/archives/51/comment-page-1#comment-5104 About EdTechatouille « cmduke.com Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:07:38 +0000 http://ubernoggin.com/?p=51#comment-5104 [...] Ratatouille with family and reading Sarah Robbins suggestion of the movie’s story as an allegory for Web2.0 all provided the inspiration for this blog [...] [...] Ratatouille with family and reading Sarah Robbins suggestion of the movie’s story as an allegory for Web2.0 all provided the inspiration for this blog [...]

]]> By: What constitutes an "expert?" « cmduke.com http://ubernoggin.com/archives/51/comment-page-1#comment-5103 What constitutes an "expert?" « cmduke.com Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:07:13 +0000 http://ubernoggin.com/?p=51#comment-5103 [...] stewing and simmering. I’ve been giving more thought to Sarah Robbins’ comments about the movie Ratatouille as an allegory for Web 2.0 along with Jakob Nielsen’s Write Articles, Not Blog Postings article (which Alan [...] [...] stewing and simmering. I’ve been giving more thought to Sarah Robbins’ comments about the movie Ratatouille as an allegory for Web 2.0 along with Jakob Nielsen’s Write Articles, Not Blog Postings article (which Alan [...]

]]> By: EdTechatouille « cmduke.com http://ubernoggin.com/archives/51/comment-page-1#comment-5102 EdTechatouille « cmduke.com Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:03:50 +0000 http://ubernoggin.com/?p=51#comment-5102 [...] Ratatouille with family and reading Sarah Robbins suggestion of the movie’s story as an allegory for Web2.0 all provided the inspiration for [...] [...] Ratatouille with family and reading Sarah Robbins suggestion of the movie’s story as an allegory for Web2.0 all provided the inspiration for [...]

]]> By: Goldie Katsu http://ubernoggin.com/archives/51/comment-page-1#comment-140 Goldie Katsu Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:25:46 +0000 http://ubernoggin.com/?p=51#comment-140 The expert does have their place. It is easy to just say "get the expert out of the way they are blocking progress." However, sometimes the depth that an expert can bring from their years of focusing on a topic allows something to be created that could not be created without that experience and depth. That said, an expert can also become entrenched in "the way to do it" and miss new and innovative uses. The amateur can bring a passion and a newness that the expert cannot bring. They can also bring a new perspective. What I see in many cases is that many successful amateurs are only amateurs in a specific area (in this case media and movies). What these amateurs are bringing is expertise in another area and a fresh perspective in a new way. What is being created is new synergies, or in the modern lingo "a mash up". What is needed is not the disposal of either amateurs or experts but each bringing their advantages to the table and making Web2.0 something both with depth and innovation. The expert does have their place. It is easy to just say “get the expert out of the way they are blocking progress.” However, sometimes the depth that an expert can bring from their years of focusing on a topic allows something to be created that could not be created without that experience and depth.

That said, an expert can also become entrenched in “the way to do it” and miss new and innovative uses. The amateur can bring a passion and a newness that the expert cannot bring. They can also bring a new perspective. What I see in many cases is that many successful amateurs are only amateurs in a specific area (in this case media and movies). What these amateurs are bringing is expertise in another area and a fresh perspective in a new way. What is being created is new synergies, or in the modern lingo “a mash up”.

What is needed is not the disposal of either amateurs or experts but each bringing their advantages to the table and making Web2.0 something both with depth and innovation.

]]> By: Kevin http://ubernoggin.com/archives/51/comment-page-1#comment-139 Kevin Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:40:03 +0000 http://ubernoggin.com/?p=51#comment-139 Interesting points here. The one thing I'd counter is that director Brad Bird's theme isn't really that anyone can cook but that an expert can come from anywhere. Linguini can't cook - he needs the innate genius of Remy. If you consider themes from Bird's other Pixar movie, The Incredibles, it's only the Supers who can truly be super - that's not very Web 2.0. Bird champions the individual against the system, be it restaurants and their critics or the insurance industry and the law; Web 2.0 champions the community as a new authority. Interesting points here. The one thing I’d counter is that director Brad Bird’s theme isn’t really that anyone can cook but that an expert can come from anywhere. Linguini can’t cook – he needs the innate genius of Remy.

If you consider themes from Bird’s other Pixar movie, The Incredibles, it’s only the Supers who can truly be super – that’s not very Web 2.0.

Bird champions the individual against the system, be it restaurants and their critics or the insurance industry and the law; Web 2.0 champions the community as a new authority.

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