January 31, 2007 – 6:41 pm
There seems to be a bit of a misconception that ‘community’ means being in some sort of love-in state all of the time. The way some people talk about it, I envision 70’s hippie communes where everybody shares nicely and dances around and nobody disagrees.
Well, those hippie communes didn’t work that way and neither do [...]
January 30, 2007 – 2:18 pm
[Looking back... by Cindy47452 on Flickr]
Paul Ding, in a comment on my post over at the Future of Communities wrote:
Having a tent at the county fair, where people work together, elbow to elbow, to feed hungry fair-goers, builds community. Potlucks in the church basement build community. CROP walks build community….You can’t create community. We can [...]
January 30, 2007 – 11:42 am
Enough of the @Blah and @Blah stuff in the comments…thanks to Brian Meidell’s fabulous threaded comments plugin for Wordpress, you can comment on a comment!
Mostly inspired by a rather heated ’side discussion’ on my Flickr Love post, I thought it would keep these threads in line. Tell me what you think. I’m giving it a [...]
January 29, 2007 – 10:05 pm
I don’t know if it was the stir-craziness of 4 days of being ill or what, but I just wrote my first post over at The Future of Communities that may also be my last…
I just couldn’t add to a conversation about community transforming business et al. It made me sad. Too many [...]
January 29, 2007 – 10:33 am
Day 4 of the worst flu I can remember having. I’m working from home - suffering from some severe cabin fever - in an attempt not to spread this any further.
It’s germ season, so:
Wash your hands often
If you are sick, please stay at home. I got mine from someone in our office thinking he was [...]
January 27, 2007 – 1:28 pm
I’ve been reading up on the call for the switch from GDP (Gross Domestic Product) to GPI (Genuine Progress Indicator) lately. I’m interested in this mostly due to my self-proclaimed role of a consumer advocate first, but also in regards to the research we are undertaking with Citizen Agency on how to measure the health [...]
January 25, 2007 – 1:38 pm
Boutique (from my mac dictionary): French, literally ‘small shop,’ via Latin from Greek apothēkē ‘storehouse.’ Compare with bodega .
Some people are getting my reference to boutique mixed up with luxury brands. Personally, I wouldn’t be caught dead with Louis Vuitton bag and I’m sure most Boutiquers wouldn’t be either. The difference, as the diagram [...]
January 24, 2007 – 5:01 pm
Everytime I have a conversation with someone about the Boutique Era, I run into the issue of finding an industry that hasn’t been touched by ‘craft’. Everywhere I could think of where commodity reigned previously (commoditization being the mad dash for cutting prices and increasing efficiency to beat the competition), some sort of product that [...]
January 22, 2007 – 3:18 pm
This hilarious photograph by darkmatter is my favourite Flickr-lover shot of all time (although I recommend you check out the Flickr Fan Art Pool for some great ones).
Some of the users go totally ga-ga over Flickr. Many of their users are at least moderately in love with the service. Most find it quite useful and [...]
January 18, 2007 – 1:18 pm
There are some products and services that have it. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but they do.
Then there are others that don’t. And, on the surface, it looks like they are doing everything right, but it doesn’t feel right. It’s forced. It’s….gah…hard to explain.
It’s mojo.
The dictionary defines mojo as: a magic spell, [...]
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