Experience vs. Observation

By Stephen Bateman

Have you noticed that in the world of the internet, everyone is an expert. In fact, there are so many self-proclaimed “experts” that it’s hard to find anyone with much real experience. This leads to the difference between experience and observation. I’ve discovered that I am not an expert in much. My areas of expertise extend to 1. Myself and 2. Chick-Fil-A Drive Thru. In everything else, I am foremost an observer.

Irony

Right now, I’m not an expert (gasp), but more of an observer. For the time being, here are a few experts that I trust:

Interestingly enough, I trust about 15% of my Google Reader subscriptions as experts. The other 85% I want to get to know, and listen to their perspective. There is a lot of pressure I think to be an “expert” as a blogger, but don’t underestimate the value of living in an ecosystem of relationships with other observers.

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Posted on Sunday, September 6th in Church Theory.

Stephen is a student of Business by day, and the social web by night. He enjoys talking about God, thinking about church, and making websites work. You can find him @ stephenbateman.com or here on Churchosphere.

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8 Responses to “Experience vs. Observation”

  1. Marcus Williamson says:
    September 6th at 6:29 pm

    Ben Arment is the man. Much respect to John Saddington too.

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  2. Jim says:
    September 7th at 4:56 am

    bummed i didn't make the cut

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  3. Santos Samayoa says:
    September 7th at 6:38 am

    4 out of 7 are on my google reader! so that makes me an observer aswell, but glad to be learning from the best, including you!

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  4. Mikes says:
    September 10th at 12:47 am

    John Saddington and Darren Rowse are two people I don't know personally but respect truthfully.

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  5. Kenisha Selking says:
    February 7th at 1:27 pm

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  6. zynga facebook says:
    March 20th at 1:58 am

    i was starting to think that i may perhaps end up being the sole person that thought about this, at least at present i acknowledge im not extreme :) i’ll make sure to look at a few additional articles just after i get my morning caffeine in me, it is really stressful to read with out my coffee, I was until the wee hours of the morning last night practicing myspace poker and after polishing off a few brewskies i ended up melting away all my zynga poker chips cheers :)

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