Miles, I'm highly interested and may very well pitch in.
I wrote along similar lines not long ago (http://texrat.net/what-is-tribal-method/ <http://texrat.net/what-is-tribal-method/> ) because like you and many others I've seen this need for quite some time. I put my own plans on hold though because I started seeing others who were way ahead of me in implementing solutions... Randy On July 30, 2012 at 10:14 AM Miles Fidelman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I just launched a Kickstater project that might interest some of you. > > At various times, I've been involved in various efforts to help startup > and small organizations - most notably as one of the original founders > of the MIT Enterprise Forum, and building a couple of early online > marketplaces for small companies. Over the years, my "thing" has been > the theory and practice of using the Internet to support virtual > organizations.Over 40 years, I've scratched this itch by working on > everything from list hosting, to C2 systems and distributed simulation, > to electronic town meetings, online rulemakings, and webmarkets. > > I've been particularly interested in tools to support virtual teams and > projects - sort of providing the electronic counterpart to co-working > spaces. I've continued to find that the simplest tools seem to be the > most effective - particularly email lists, and various forms of > shared/synchronized documents, both on paper (musical scores, theatrical > scripts) and electronic (RFCs, linked spreadsheets, military mission > orders distributed by email). > > The Kickstarter project represents a distillation of a lot of ideas > about how to support virtual projects and teams with "smart > documents."It started out as some funded work on "smart op orders" that > I'm trying to generalize as an open source tools.I'm nominally calling > them "smart notebooks" - and the core idea is "keeping people on the > same page, across the net." Think of a composer, writing some music, > then handing out pages to orchestra members, then telling people to mark > up their pages - then think about writing in a web browser, distributing > by email, and linking the pages so markups propagate > automatically.Functionally, I've been thinking of the tool as a cross > between a DayRunner on steroids, and HyperCard, retooled for groups, > running in a browser. No new tools to install, no fancy groupware > running in the cloud - just web apps executing locally, email, and a P2P > protocol. > > > I encourage you to take a look at > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th > and if you're so moved, get on board. > > If you can help spread the word - by > reposting/retweeting/slashdotting/putting and so forth - that would > really be helpful.If you know anybody at Wired or Gizmodo, that would > also be helpful (seems like coverage by one of those is a really good > vehicle to successful Kickstarter funding). > > > If you have a project coming up that needs tools for supporting a > distributed effort - say a large crowdsourcing project, or organizing a > large event - I'm looking for scenarios to support - particuarly if > you're funded :-) If you run a co-working space, and think this might > be useful to your tenants, let me know! > > > And there's a 30-day clock running, so sooner is better! > > > Thank you very much for any support you might offer, > > > Miles Fidelman > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
