Re: OS in the Techie community / making waves

2010-05-17 Thread Ilja Preuß
Hi Harrison, I agree that "wavemaking" isn't a perfect description of what is happening. On the other hand, I also think we shouldn't underestimate our impact on the waves in the pond, even as mere facilitators. As coaches (the target audience of the event I reported about), probably even more so?

Re: OS in the Techie community / making waves

2010-05-07 Thread Harrison Owen
We do make waves...sometimes intentionally and sometimes in spite of our best intentions. Think of the poor trader who pushed the wrong button and dropped the stock market 1000 points. Now that is a wave! But it was also a wave amongst many -- like the meltdown in Greece. Our waves coalesce with al