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discussion item Comment (1) on Transition Option: Razoo Q&A (126) in Transition
Brad wrote: ...all of which promote the idea that everyone who joins is on an equal level... I don't get this. Say I join a network. I'm a "newbie" who is relatively "invisible" until I start "doing" stuff: making friends, posting content. In some ...
Updated 16 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (8) on <ned>, The Newest Supporter of "Freedom of Speech" & Transparacy (0) in Transition
Jim Carroll wrote: "I don't believe that Ned is about freedom of speech. It's about cultivating peace and bountiful prosperity. In a garden, this would involve pulling the weeds to let the delectables grow. We haven't finalized the ground rules, but...
Updated 18 weeks ago, Tagged by: Lenore Cowen (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (15) on Archiving O-Net Permanently (beyond 12/31/07) (0) in Transition
Thomas Kriese (CCAL30) said: Rory, going forward you'll likely see the LLC invest in communities that are more closely aligned with our investment strategies. I can't speak to the size or frequencies of these investments, but the link between th...
Updated 20 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

user news Deep Community (40) in Linda ทรัพยากร Nowakowski (CCAL30)'s personal news
Updated 20 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (10) on The end of omidyar.net: creating new communities (237) in Community - General
Sorry, I'm beating a dead horse, but Martin Rizzi*Mexico has got me to thinking. He wrote: "i dont care what others do, when o.net closes, i am through" I'm emotionally needy and a hillbilly to boot. I easily see how I must seem faddish and insi...
Updated 22 weeks ago, Tagged by: Amy Dumars (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (1) on Meta - Community Platform Options (110) in Transition
While there is always reason to be concerned about how anything coming out of your fingers or mouth will be used and abused, the practice of being open allows for good to come forth. If you wrote it here, it is already available for people to snag. T...
Updated 23 weeks ago, Tagged by: Amy Dumars (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (11) on The end of omidyar.net: creating new communities (237) in Community - General
Well, I finally finished reading the lot and I feel like Phyllis. I am really bummed. I didn't think I would feel so unhappy that p'omidyar was closing, but I am deeply troubled and saddened. It is all well and good to put a happy face on p'omidya...
Updated 23 weeks ago, Tagged by: Amy Dumars (CCAL30)

user news Comment (7) on "Polishing the Brass on the Titanic" : Failure Omidyar Style (11) in Harry Lime (CCAL30)'s personal news
Updated 26 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on MacArthur Foundation to push the possibilities of Second Life (0) in * Better World Island *
This is very cool-- I hope if McArthur is serious that they take at least one-lesson of o-net to heart-- that is, if they ever do grants in a virtual world, to use a technology platform that's accessible even to those with substandard machines and in...
Updated 27 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

user news Comment (19) on "Polishing the Brass on the Titanic" : Failure Omidyar Style (11) in Harry Lime (CCAL30)'s personal news
Updated 27 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

user news Comment (11) on "Polishing the Brass on the Titanic" : Failure Omidyar Style (11) in Harry Lime (CCAL30)'s personal news
Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

user news Comment (45) on "Polishing the Brass on the Titanic" : Failure Omidyar Style (11) in Harry Lime (CCAL30)'s personal news
Updated 29 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

user news Easy consensus with 40+ people in an hour - no computers requ... (61) in Jason Diceman's personal news
Updated 29 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

user news Comment (3) on N2Y2: Netsquared 2007 (28) in Lars Hasselblad Torres's personal news
Updated 30 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (5) on Invitation to vote and comment on my class' project proposals (141) in Community - General
Daniel F. Bassill said: I think it's great that you've encouraged your class to do their planning and brainstorming in this open forum. I've offered suggestions to one group with hopes that a) I provide some useful ideas; and b) some of the stud...
Updated 30 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (10) on The new member experience - tell your story (647) in Community - General
* What brought you here originally? Back in early 2005 Sue Braiden sent me a message by email that said "I have a little surprise for you." I clicked and found she had started a thread encouraging people to take part in our Fashion4Football camp...
Updated 31 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (3) on The new member experience - tell your story (647) in Community - General
What brought you here originally? I have a professional interest in social networking, online groups, discussions etc. As such I was attracted by someone's remark on Plone.org - taht Omidyar is a hopeful Plone-based community site. So my first in...
Updated 31 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (13) on An Open Discussion About How Omidyar Network Could Work Better (620) in Community - General
Just skimmed through this all. o.net is not going to be the eBay, wikipedia or Facebook of philanthropy it is and always will be the o.net of philanthropy. It provide a community for people with philanthropic projects. I think it does this well, i...
Updated 31 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (12) on Chicago July 20-22, 2007 (26) in Conferences
Just popping in to say that the Chicago conference is becoming a possibility on my summer agenda. I was confused about the two invitations http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/invitationChicagoJuly2007/ http://www.omidyar.net/group/confer...
Updated 32 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (5) on how about a non-profit domain registrar for .org? (0) in Community - General
Having actually prepared an application, about eight years ago, for a new Top Level Domain - "Dot Market" eg chris.cook@shell.mkt (it was never submitted in the end, as the company I did it for ran out of money) this is a subject I am interested i...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Color Teams (0) in Community - General
Here are 12 groups of o/net members. Each group has been randomly assigned a color code name. If you were to pick one team, one group of people to work with (*and had to pick just one*), which one would it be? Vote Here the poll is open for three...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (3) on Color Teams (0) in Community - General
Somebody sent me this today. It's simplistic, but speaks volumes, doesn't it? The Two Wolves One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us ...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Michele -> kids+art+charity (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on Color Teams (0) in Community - General
I'm reading the 1978 biography of Werner Erhard (founder of est), and he describes a course he took by Dale Carnegie, where everyone gives a speech and the audience awards two prizes to the best ones, and the instructor awards one additional prize, i...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (3) on Color Teams (0) in Community - General
>>So what exactly does that prove? I don't pick who's the most popular. I pick who resonates the most with me. I don't care a damn if they have 5,000 or five points. Makes me no never mind.<< The total of the points may not mean diddley-squat, but t...
Updated 34 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (3) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
Thanks Richard and Susan, Since both of you addressed "What is higher education?" I think that the UN has defined higher education as tertiary education. I think what they are driving at is getting colleges and universities to work with the commun...
Updated 34 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (5) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
I have led an organization for more than 14 years with a goal of helping kids living in inner city poverty be starting jobs and careers. Thus, I've put a lot of time and thinking into what's being discussed in this particular thread. We're really ...
Updated 34 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (1) on DAILY APPRECIATIONS -- who or what do you appreciate? (1726) in DAILY APRECIATIONS project
I appreciate SEBASTIAN HERRERA. What an insightful, warm and endearing man you are Sebastian! I am so happy that you made it all the way from Argentina just to be with all of us. Your comments, your perspectives were truly laden with clarity and l...
Updated 35 weeks ago, Tagged by: Liz ~ healthy water for the world ~

discussion item Comment (0) on Wisdom of the Crowds / Wisdom of the Mobs (0) in New Media Works
I would suggest that the level of engagement is so low because for a start, people are put off by all the very clever annotated links and references, the pursuit of which leaves them out on some abstruse limb of a point only understood by the author ...
Updated 43 weeks ago, Tagged by: Thomas Kriese (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (18) on An Open Discussion About How Omidyar Network Could Work Better (620) in Community - General
Ami, I echo your sentiments. I have heard third-person comments about Omidyar that have been more severe than you mention. Few people know the difference between the Network with a capital N and the .net version. I have the greatest respect for wh...
Updated 47 weeks ago, Tagged by: Jim Carroll (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on Visualization of Network Spaces (0) in Networked Theory of a Better World
good points, Dave, about viewing. I like your hurricane/weather map metaphor. We could be in the midst of a storm of good ideas brewing on the edges of the network, and never "see" it through the status displays or "new" message lists. So, making ...
Updated 3 years ago, Tagged by: Jim Carroll (CCAL30)

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