Rob Paterson points to a great article on the amazing evolution of the Wikipedia page on the London bombings. It’s a fascinating example of real time collaboration on design, content and truth.
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Nanaimo, BC The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy. — Emily Dickinson For the past little while I have been engaging in a practice I’ve called “making do.” I can’t remember where I stumbled upon this idea, but it has deepend and grown in me as a response to materialist impulses. Materialism and the acquistion of stuff infects so much of our lives, and goes way beyond simply acquiring material goods. We accumulate all kinds of other things too: practices, tools, ideas, paths, teachings. Sometimes, when we are most lost …
Port Alberni, BC I am on the road here, travelling around Vancouver Island hosting conversations with people about what seems like an impossible future. And as we move into discussions about the work we are doing, I find myself more and more focused on finding the questions that help us discern these two subtle presences: the seed of the emergent future crossing the abyss back to our present moment, and the place where our feet fall on the other side of that abyss, the place where we our hearts are all ready present in that desired future. I am facilitating …
Campbell River, BC You know me…Open Space and all… A big part of my life’s work is about making meetings, events and gatherings productive engaging and effective learning environments. After facilitating more than 100 Open Space events and countless other World Cafes, Appreciative Summits and other events, traditional conferences leave me more than a little cold. So when Johnnie Moore invited me and Rob Paterson to talk a little about unconferencing I jumped at the chance to spend a little quality Skype time with these two engaging friends. The result is a podcast of our conversation complete with notes at …