Is there a good tool for video/audio "salon" discussion? Or does anyone have experience managing large conference call discussions so that they are productive?
-- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
