> * SOFTWARE -- I described OverHear, and Visual Programming > by flatting programs onto a plane. Brian Rice described > Slate.
Hey Lion, I'm very interested in languages (computer languages). Do you have a moment to describe that Visual Programming idea over email, or could you send me a link to more info? Thanks! Rogan On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Lion Kimbro <[email protected]> wrote: > > Saturday House has been very active these last three weeks. > > I'm working on a format for reports; email me with ideas. > I'd like to make these *shorter.* > > I invite discussion about anything you see here, or the report itself. > > This coming Saturday will be at Daniel Joyce's house again; > I'll issue Roll Call tomorrow morning. > > > > > SATURDAY HOUSE REPORT > (Saturday, May 23rd, 2009) > > > New People! > > - James: black hair, new to the area, likes the > outdoors, network tech, if I'm recalling > right; knows movie directories and actors by > name > > - Jay: interested in urban sustainability and > sustainable activist organizing; I met Jay on > Reality Sandwich > > ---- > > ACCOMPLISHMENTS > /LEARNINGS > > * Work continued on Reactable. Daniel says, "We still > need more power!" > > * Brian Rice researched IR illumination concept for Wall > of Life. "It'll work." Questions on how to get a > discrete 1 or a 0 out of a reflection. > > * Rehanna learned about the structure of her camera, from > taking it apart and reconstructing it. > > * A round of applause for PHIL and JAMES, who worked out > the plans for the hiking trip! > > * Jay and I worked on plans for a bus trip to 3 local area > ecovillages, cohousing places, and communities. All of > Saturday House will be invited. Sustainability, > resiliant community, integral city. > > > CONVERSATIONS > > * SOFTWARE -- I described OverHear, and Visual Programming > by flatting programs onto a plane. Brian Rice described > Slate. > > * HIKING, NATURE -- James and Phil in particular, as they > worked out hiking trip plans. > > * There were many more; This is just what I was caught up > in. > > > WHAT WE LEARNED > > * ACTION -- We realized a recurring pattern: > > SHARE-IDEA --inspires--> SHARE-IDEA --inspires--> ... > (and so on, > and so forth) > > --> > after a time, the idea-sharing dies down, > energy and momentum dies down; > What then? > > How can we turn this energy into action? > > 3 possibilities: > > 1. these things inevitably end in loss of energy, > "death by laptop" -- ergo, "AVOID THIS PATTERN" > > 2. it's good while it's running, but the ending is > bad: -- ergo, "CUT IT SHORT" -- adopt Open Space > Technology's: "When it's over, it's over." When > we realize sharing energy is dropping, STOP, BREAK > AWAY, figure out something else to do. > > 3. TURN SHARING ITSELF INTO AN ACTIVITY: create > templates for sharing, and collaborate on "how do > we explain this idea to the world?" If the idea > is already one with a solid web presence, "How do > we share this idea with Saturday House?" Perhaps > include in a template: diagram/drawing, contral > concepts, key explanations, action possibilities > > Rehanna pointed out afterwards by email that some of our > ideas, we can REALIZE IN THE MINIATURE. She suggested a > paper model for the visual arrangement. This is great. > > * Meta works: Keep a running conversation on "What is > working? What's not working?" Keep it safe for > questioning, noticing, and experimentation with > different ways. Damanhur's 3rd body of government was: > Social Theory. Keep everything actively under analysis > and safe for questioning. > > * FOUR DAYS. We realized we were skeptical that most > ideas would last longer than 4 days (4 Saturdays;) > Contiguous runs are hard to keep. Either James or > Rehanna asked, "Well, maybe we should *target* four > days, then?" The idea is to test the boundary. > > * FEELING LIKE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. We want to find > projects with a good success:effort ratio. > > * SAFE TO FAIL -- FAILURE IS OKAY. Daniel Joyce points > out that it's important that it be safe to fail. In > fact, -- he points out -- in many of the initial > exercises at Bucketworks, it's **impossible** to fail. > (Consider: art projects.) > > > MOVIES > > * James went with Sakura, Amber, and I, to see Terminator: > Salvation. > > * There's a movie coming out in September, called > "Surrogates," about a transhumanist future in which most > people you see walking around outside are actually > [beautiful/handsome/superpowered] robotic surrogates for > the people themselves, whom are fully-immersed and > safely connected from their homes. Or so they think... > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
