I often talk about the craft of collaboration, and how we need to treat collaboration as a discipline. There needs to be enough cognitive structure there so that we can get better at collaborating on collaboration. You have to be careful, though, because over-formalization creates its own set of problems, and the line between that [...]
Why should nonprofit organizations care about Open Source? I’ve had an ongoing conversation about this with Katrin Verclas for a while now, and I thought it would be worth outlining the arguments here. I actually think philanthropic organizations should care a lot more about Open Source than nonprofits, and I’ll explain why below. (KOD) [...]
Josh Rai recently informed me that the Taproot Foundation is having a wine-tasting fundraiser at the San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art next Wednesday, June 14, 6:30-8:30pm. Tickets are $50 and include music, hors d’oeuvres, and samplings of over 150 wines from 50 New Zealand wine growers. Taproot Foundation does great work, and you can’t [...]
Jon Ramer had a great line this morning that really struck a chord. He said he felt like the stars were aligning and the ice was breaking. It’s a beautiful metaphor, because it describes in a nutshell what needs to happen in order for a self-organizing system to be successful. Catalyzing collaboration in a community [...]
Drummond Reed recently wrote about the Identity Rights Agreements session at last month’s Internet Identity Workshop. While the outcome was fruitful, Drummond wrote, “The biggest frustration was that after an hour and fifteen minutes we were just really getting started – we needed a good half-day on the subject.” (KNJ) Jamie Dinkelacker told me [...]
Jack Park recently asked about Link As You Think on the Blue Oxen Collaboration Collaboratory. I’ve written several blog posts on the matter, but there’s not much else out there. This was a great excuse for me to tell a few vignettes about Shared Language and the importance of names. (KMO) Glormf (KMP) [...]
Congratulations to Katrin Verclas, the new executive director of N-TEN! Those of you who follow my blog know what I think about Katrin: Quite simply, she’s awesome. (KM3) Katrin is someone I’ve bonded with over the years, because she truly understands the importance of networks and how to catalyze them. More importantly, she’s a [...]
I saw “An Inconvenient Truth” last night. Go see it. It’s well done, and it’s not entirely upsetting. More importantly, bring someone who wasn’t already planning on seeing it. (KL2) My biggest takeaway from the movie: I had previously thought that there was scientific disagreement over whether or not global warming was real. Al [...]
I recently upgraded my Flickr account to Pro and started using it wholeheartedly. I’ve even invited a few folks to join, which is something I’ve never done with any of the Social Networking sites I’m on. Okay, so the digerati who follow this blog are probably yawning right now. (If this includes you, then be [...]
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