Yeah, the flock metaphor has legs. I also enjoy Dave's distinction of spread-like-starfish, but implemented-like-flock.
Provides some nice perspective in light of recent threads. I'm starting to think that we might very well benefit from some sort of salon discussion on the state of the movement and where we think it's going, and what we can do to help it grow in a healthy, positive way. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oooooo...I LOVE that metaphor! > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Alex Hillman < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dave Troy, creator of FlickrVision/Twittervision, has begun spearheading >> coworking in downtown Baltimore. He and I have spoken at length, and Dave >> has a lot of local resources moving in the right direction. Most >> importantly, last weekend at SocialDevCampEast, I attended a session about >> coworking there and by the end a Jelly session had been scheduled. It took >> place last week, and was apparently a big success. Raines, you were there, >> you can report more on that! >> >> Anyway...Dave's already thinking on his own about the metaphors that we >> hold near and dear, and made this post this morning that's really thoughtful >> and I wanted to make sure everyone read and had a chance to respond. >> >> He compares and contrasts starfish decentralization with the autonomy >> built into "flocking" alrorithms. Dave's geeky so he goes down that road for >> a second, but the crux of it is important: >> "In flocking simulations, there is no central control; each bird behaves >> autonomously. In other words, *each bird has to decide for itself which >> flocks to consider as its environment*." >> >> http://davetroy.com/?p=110 >> >> Clearly, this function WORKS for birds (and other flocking animals), I'm >> curious if we can use this metaphor to stabilize the coworking story more? >> I've got some early musings that I'll be jotting down as the crystalize a >> bit more, but I wanted to get Dave in the conversation here and get others' >> processing it as well. >> >> -Alex, IndyHall >> >> >> -- >> ----- >> -- >> ----- >> Alex Hillman >> im always developing something >> digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com >> local: www.indyhall.org >> >> >> >> > > > -- > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your > Business ( > http://www.amazon.com/Whuffie-Factor-Capital-Winning-Communities/dp/0307409503?ie=UTF8 > ) > Company: Citizen Agency (http://www.citizenagency.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://www.horsepigcow.com) > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 415-694-1951 > fax: 415-727-5335 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
