This is so awesome. After a few too many drinks at the opening of New Work City, I started ranting along with Alex and Tony something about superheroes and how superheroes find one another naturally and come together to produce amazing heroic things like Coworking, etc. I ended up sending messages to many of my friends who I think are superheroes, but that's a whole other embarrassing thread. So, I'm reading this article and thinking, "That's exactly what I was trying to get at!" Phil Zimbardo talks about the lone hero being able to get offed, but groups of heroes being powerful. That's the same thing as these birds and fish - coming together in these ways to ward off predators.
Maybe if we can figure out how we gravitate towards one another, we can solve the bird/fish flocking thing. :) T On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Dave Troy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, I was reading a book about programming flocking simulations last > night, and it occurred to me that coworking was nearly perfectly > described by flock theory... Coworking when done right is simple, just > as flocking can be described by just three simple rules about > movement. > > Anyway, really excited to be advancing things here in Baltimore and > would love to brainstorm about ways to better tell the coworking > story, in all its starfishy, flocky goodness. > > Dave > > On Nov 10, 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. > > > > -- -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
