Why the quotations around community?  Community means so very many things to different people, and some of them appear downright magical, if only in concept...

I'm currently reading the book "Groundswell" by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff, which is having the effect of blowing the cobwebs out of my thinking about social networking, community, blogs, forums, etc.  It is quickly becoming required reading among my colleagues for any number of reasons.  For me, I want to better understand what this phenomena is and what it means for learners in general and Microsoft Learning in particular.  What kinds of effects on Microsoft Learning products would community ratings and reviews have?  What if recognized Subject Matter Experts on Microsoft technologies collaborated in developing, improving and maintaining a body of content with which individuals and organizations could assemble quality, relevant training for themselves, their teams and their organizations?  What if.....?

Anyway, I'm about 80 pages from completing the book, then I will let it simmer for a bit as the knowledge looks for places to reside in my thinking and planning.

On another note, I've had one very interesting comment from Mathias about how he learns best which I found enlightening.  I still hold out the question for further comments:

How do you learn best and why?