Michael, Having digested and read this thread and also having been in the technological field for many years, I deeply appreciate the time, energy and passion that has allowed you and your online community to hold and continue to hold this 'placemat' for the OSList and for those to continue to follow through with commitment and passion. I can well imagine the time and effort it would take to edit and sift through the wide variety of conversations I have had the privilege of observing through the years of hovering and learning from this amazing group of people who give freely and generously of their time and energy to others.
As a relative newbie to this amazing group of people, I am grateful for this holding of space on your part. Mahalo, Nancy -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Herman Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 9:16 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: the 'os' weblog that book is a great book, harrison! but it's the user's NON-GUIDE! <grin> and i hate to tell you that it was hours and hours of editing and sifting through the overlapping threads that made it anything close to readable! what we have, i guess, somehow not made clear is that my partners and i are doing just that, digesting all of what we find in the old resources collection, the oslist, various invitations, and our own experiences and weblogs and sifting that into something like 30-40 postings monthly. that's what we've guessed could be read and digested by the average blog reader. as i told somebody earlier today, this is rather more like sipping or tickling than the squishing and contraction and control that has been alleged. it's really all very good and will just keep getting moreso if it just had some time to unfold. we almost never solve all the issues by lunchtime on the first day, and day two is usually a totally different quality altogether... whenever is still the right time! already lots of ways to "show up" and support this whole new site. and yes, more definitely in the works. michael On 12/31/05, Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> wrote: > Actually -- there is such a "book" -- it is called the Non-User's Guide to > OS. Great book! But the real point is that the "reasons" (which may be > completely valid) have yet to be explained. As in "With a blog -- we need > some ordered creation -- so we (your editors) are trying to make sense out > of what pitches up at the door step." Or something. > > Happy New Year! > > ho > > NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!!!! > hho...@verizon.net > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, Maryland 20854 > Phone 301-365-2093 > Skype hhowen > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > Personal website www.ho-image.com > OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wcbn...@easynet.co.uk [mailto:wcbn...@easynet.co.uk] > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 6:45 PM > To: hho...@verizon.net > Cc: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Re: the 'os' weblog > > On this one , I'll take Michael's side because I haven't quite understood > the > critics' points yet. It seems to me that most weblogs are rather like books; > > pretty linear; needing an overall editorial viewpoint if they are to develop > > an audience > > a more exact statement would be there's room for both open space blogs by an > > established team of people and those that are open open; but if a blog is of > > the first type and has being going for 7 years it will likely have its own > pattern, and would seem to me rather odd to chnage that > > I'm not aware of any book on open space being wriiten by saying whomever > comes > on page 3 is the right page > > chris macrae > > --------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through http://www.easynetdial.co.uk > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 300 West North Ave #1105 Chicago IL 60610 USA Phone: 312-280-7838 mher...@globalchicago.net skype: globalchicago http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki http://www.openspaceworld.org Executive Facilitation ...getting the most important things done in the easiest possible ways. * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist