Hi Paul, I like your proposal, especially the underlying epistemic nature coupled with persistence and collaboration. Based now in Singapore, I am an ex-university lecturer and researcher developing a wave server based on the Wave Federation protocol.
As part of FOSA.sg (Free & Open Source Alliance of Singapore), our plan over the next six months is to create a platform for all the open source-related groups here (Linux, Android, OpenSolaris, Python, Blender, ...) to not only communicate in real-time but also to create collaborative content and hopefully generate more momentum, and a critical mass, for open-source in Singapore. The bulk of these groups are people of tertiary-education age. (We have many universities, polytechnics, and technical colleges here). The nature of open-source communities lends itself well to the deeper collaborative nature of wave. We are finding that blogs, wikis, forums, Facebook, and Twitter lack the effectiveness that our scenario demands. To what extent do you believe that young people are 'willing' to be both "writer and editor"? Whilst people are very willing readers, being writers (and more so, editors of other peoples' work) is a challenge; especially in traditionally-Asian environments. Providing the tools is one thing, getting people to use them is another. Our challenge is to provide a platform that will 'entice' people (young and older) to open-up their underlying desire to express themselves, through collaboration. I would be most happy to explore any synergies as our project develops. Good luck with your proposal. Regards Chris -- iotawave.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" 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/google-wave-api?hl=en.
