Before we all go, I'm going to pull together a lot of wonderful memories of my days at Omidyar.net (starting this afternoon). Feel free to post your own memories here, too.

I'm not drifting into hyperbole when I say this place has helped me change my life.

I once heard about a guy at Nike or Apple (or somewhere like that) who had the best title in the world: Vice President of Cool S#!t. I always said I wanted that job. So, I cleaned it up a bit and am making it my own.

I'm taking what I've learned during my three years at Omidyar.net and setting out to spread it around. Coming soon. http://www.MakingCoolStuffHappen .com

I'll miss y'all. It has been a great ride.

Nice!

Interested in coolaborations?

;D nmw

Separation anxiety....... :-(

Cynthia,

I agree, but you know, you hadn't been around much over the last yr, and ONet really hasn't been like it was, In the beginning we were all pretty serious, and pretty active, and we had a lot of active members, this was a place that we all knew that whenever we showed up something energetic would be happening!

but then we started losing a lot of the productive members, and most conversations started to be simply focused on 'who gave what point for what', page after page of 'appreciation' posts, (although fun, hardly getting anything done) etc,

Pierre and Pam even stopped visiting! I think the $25k disaster is really what discouraged most of the producers here!

anyway, I certainly don't want to see it close, for really there is nothing currently available that can begin to offer what we once had here, and absolutely nothing that can offer more on what we had in the beginning!

but, I guess it is time, (wrong time, as Julie Caldwell reminded us, Buddha said that it's sin to destroy communities)

We could have fixed the problems, I do know that's true! but not when driven by opinions that a select few have the answers.

anyway, Razoo is working a little bit, they have nearly no tools for building serious documentation, nor anything or way to implement improvements as far as I can tell,

anyway, I'm sure/hope something will surface in near future that might be able to reborn what was once here, because the world sure does need it!

and I see the stones throwers are still throwing their weapons!

I hate neg. points :)

Bye, y'all.

Dream big and lead with your heart, then your brain will know which way to go.

Thanks for everything.

PEACE IS.

I met the Canton Group. I went to New York and to Portland to hook up with people I absolutely would never have met.

I met Lois and the estrogen army. I pissed off a lot of folks, but MY good friend, Marcus Aurelius said, "It only stings where we have wounds when others throw salt."

I wasn't even throwing salt. My legacy here would not be worth mentioning IF I didn't brag up Debbie Gleason, who kept me here with encouragement and point bombs when knuckleheads were trying to run me off in the beginning.

Debbie has become a loving and trusted friend.

In this same area goes Lois, Phyllis, and Jan. Love pours out of these three like a sweet spring on a hillside. I am lucky to have drank from that spring.

Mark Grimes, Norbert and Harry: I love THEM too because very often THEY pointed out MY wounds, or banged into MY shields; by doing so THEY gave ME the great good gift of growth.

What can I say about Teddy, Brandon Sanders and Liz?

Julie, Jean, Michael Maranda, Page, Lars, Rob Leaver, Pravin, Ravi, Thomas, Sue Braiden, Bruce Denney, Gerry Gleason, Martin, Brian, Colin, David Bale, Kim, Sebastian, John Powers, Michelle, eyeclectic, Eric, Dominique, Susan Megy. Thank you all!!

I probably wouldn't have a house IF it weren't for p'omidyar.

IF you are not on this list, come by my house and dope-slap me. Steve Fugate, excepted.

Love you Rich.... We will do lunch soon....

Hugs and stuff, Lois