Richardson's Chapter 9 Reaction from Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts

The main concepts that jumped out to me after completing the chapter reading, was that the read/write web is collaborative in the 21st century. People do not just "own" content anymore, rather, technology is being used to discuss, edit, share, revise ideas collectively speaking through the internet. People can interact with on-line presentations together; the dimdim presentation was an example of allowing our class to do this, as well as the google docs presentation.
Blogs and wikis are allowing content to be viewed to a broader audience beyond just the "intended" user. This is making work real and authentic for its creators. When we know other readers can preview or consume our information, we take more risks; therefore, we want our work to be polished. Finally the main principal I walked away with from this chapter is that we are "empowering" so many people who use the read/write web, and discover they have a voice...that is heard!