Talkshoe.com is pretty good for that
-- Bart Mroz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 215.605.9779 twitter @bartmroz On Nov 10, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: > 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 coworking@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
