Tom Critchlow contrasts a “digital garden” against other online information sources such as Twitter. The garden is a public collection of notes, ideas, and musings. You can come back to it time and time again and each time learn something new.
Twitter is more like a stream, always moving. And, as the old proverb goes, you can’t step into the same stream twice. It’s always changing, always different.
He also has a third option, the campfire. This is the cozy web, a group of comrades who trade stories throught their blogs.
SOURCE: Tom Critchlow Of Digital Streams, Campfires and Gardens
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This idea comes from Mike Caufield’s thoughts about The digital garden as an experience generator.
Critchlow’s metaphors have strong echoes with early discussions around knowledge management: Information farming is a continuous collaborative process.
TK – something about personal learning networks
