The Wish :: lybwnbc
The creation of all media is accompanied by a wish: to experience and to be experienced by another human mind. Above all this means to feel and to be felt.
View ArticleIf the goal of a project is to get many people to contribute
Usually there will be a few contributions that are outliers in technical merit and scale. There is a temptation to reward these contributions by drawing specific attention to them while the project is...
View ArticleNotes on the experience of Participation and Contribution
1 - These are my definitions, sort of. They are not trivial or merely formal. I use them to Figure Things Out. They might not stand the test of time. But that test is a bitch. And if I pass (the Test),...
View ArticleSimple questions to ask when planning a contribution-based project:
What technology is required to contribute? Every layer of technology (camera, microphone, phone, software, credit card, broadband, mouse, sharpie, screwdriver…) adds a potential barrier-to-entry to...
View ArticleInstallment #2 of “Simple questions to ask when planning a contribution-based...
(click here for the first installment) Would you want to contribute to this project? Many potential projects might seem intellectually interesting and might sound good on paper, but fall apart when you...
View ArticleAwareness of Audience
For me, the awareness of audience is one of the most exciting aspects of an authorship society. The jumbled nature of this awareness however, can be a hindrance to large-scale group collaboration....
View ArticleAdditional Notes on Awareness of Audience
This is a follow-up to this post based on emails I received. 1) Writing makes me self-conscious. Self-consciousness is the worst form of audience awareness. It is less rational than a critical eye -...
View ArticleSome Quick Notes on Approaching a Single Day Consultancy:
If I find myself in the boardroom of a company that I am only vaguely familiar with, and I am asked to consult on a problem that I am only just learning about, I find it is useful to keep some basic...
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Notes on Scale
Jorge Luis Borges wrote that we each have three themes that guide our creative life. I don’t remember what his were exactly but I’m going to guess labyrinths, knife fights and memory. If you don’t know...
View ArticleSetting Expectations for Contribution Based Projects (Part 1)
Setting expectations for any a project is something I tend to avoid or to overlook. This is because: 1) Defining success means that I am also defining failure. That can be frightening. 2) Setting...
View ArticleTrying Again :: Setting Expectations for Contribution Based Projects (Part 1 )
:: I am embarrassed by my last post. It is vague and tightly wound. I alluded to thoughts that I don't have the skill to fully express. This is another attempt at the same subject :: Setting...
View Articlefinding niemann
i wanted to set this down while it still meant something to me. i have a lot of difficulty holding on to rational triggers that inspire me to work or to feel something in particular. i've written about...
View Articledigital natives (complete-ish)
while i was in Berlin i spoke at Deutsche Telekom's Innovation Day. in the exhibitions hall there was a display for an initiative called Palomar5. Palomar5 is group of young people (and it gives me the...
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