.. the Web, that is.

I have written several times in the past about the frustration I feel regarding the constant practice of analysing something new (a web service, the iPhone, a widget, a new way of doing things) instantly ... looking at it with little or no regard for how or why it may impact peoples' behaviour in the medium or long term.

As some of my readers may know, I have followed the arc of Andrew Keen's heroic journey through the blogosphere, looking on in wonder as he slays virtual dragons left and right in the name of expertise, gatekeepers and all that is good and right (and certified to be so by those who know).

I found Tom Coates' recent observations useful and clear ... yes, getting it "just about right", notwithstanding the mocking of this phrase that I also discovered and read attentively.

I found this comment to Tom's post reminding me of something I ponder every day:

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What really baffles me is that most people acknowledge that the internet is very young, and has a lot of growing and learning to do, yet we are happy to shoot it down and blame all sorts of things of it (I'm guilty of this myself).

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I am certain that in my haphazard writings about what I call "wirearchy" that I have been lumped by many people in with the Net utopians.