I had a thought about the cnu post on blogosphere as "sub-optimal"...not too long ago, WiRed carried a story about Puff delivering the opening remarks to some technology group that deals with wireless communications (CTIA??)...
surprise...the appeal of Puff to this group is the percentage of young black folk using wireless communications...it's a higher percentage, according to WiRed, than for whites or asians...black folks are using the type of technology that can be accessed using cyberspace - but it may not be through a conventional blog because blogs are tied to keyboards and a functionally different than text messages and other mobile communications...still, there are tremendous possibilities here - especially with respect to organizing and the frequent use by those in the dope game of disposable phones...
so in one respect, you nailed it - but blogs are kinda old school - ass-tied to a desk communication...it's neither mobile nor active unless you have a nice little laptop and a battery supply...as the technology of keyboard phones is more widely accessible, it will be the time to develop new message formats to communicate and drive ideas - but this will require a CONTENT PRODUCTION machine that uses music and film without conceding all space to the Big 6 or Hollywood. and that is a project worth pursuing, but much easier said than done.
Seems to me the essence of unleashing the full potential of this into the afrosphere, would be to take down a few MVNE's along with those MVNO's.
Posted by: cnulan at July 25, 2005 10:27 PM