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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Please Stop Crowdsourcing Me

December 21, 2007 – 5:37 pm

No, seriously. Stop it. I’m tired.
I came and I thought, hey, this is kind of neat-o and it empowered me at first. I thought, “Awesome! They want my opinion! They listen!” and I offered it and the feedback was, “Great idea!” and I watched as you implemented it, then benefitted from it and I [...]

By miss rogue | Posted in How to be a Social Capitalist, community, insight | Comments (18)

Dear Head, meet Heart…and vice versa

December 17, 2007 – 9:32 pm

…I think the two of you will really get along!

What I’ve observed over and over is the following disconnected conversations:
H: They aren’t legally obligated.
S: Doesn’t matter, it’s just not right.
H: Of course it matters, they aren’t legally obligated, so why should they?
S: They should because it is the right thing to do.
H: So? They would [...]

By miss rogue | Posted in community, insight, social capital, spread love | Comments (15)

Mobs With Pitchforks and Mis-Information

December 17, 2007 – 6:43 am

Wow. There seems to be a great deal of ignorance brewing behind the actual goings on of Lane Hartwell’s saga with Richter Scales. This morning, Lane issued a partial statement to clear things up:
In no small part due to this effort to keep things out of the public eye, certain people, rather imaginatively, have filled [...]

By miss rogue | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (13)

Tragedy of the Commons: Lane Hartwell vs. Richter Scales

December 16, 2007 – 3:15 pm

In Ridley’s book, The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation, he explains that Garrett Hardin’s famous Tragedy of the Commons example which reads:
“Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a [...]

By miss rogue | Posted in community, economics, insight | Tagged , lane hartwell, richter scales | Comments (50)

This Week’s Links on Ma.gnolia

December 16, 2007 – 12:00 am

Some stuff I’m reading this week…
Unlocking iMovie ‘08: How to fade audio within a clip

Great tutorial on adjusting audio levels in iMovie 08. Sounds like Apple needs to bring some stuff back from 07.
[ECAR 2007 Winter] Nicole Ellison - Facebook Use On Campus - Oren Sreebny’s Weblog

Survey items about FB intensity. Facebook intensity is a [...]

By miss rogue | Posted in stuff | Comments (1)

Video: Interview with Dell

December 9, 2007 – 2:12 am

I had the chance to interview the fabulously down-to-earth community team at Dell this week. Here is a clip from that meeting. I do have more and will probably be posting other clips at a later date. If you want the whole interview, I can send it to you (ftp or YouSendIt). I will also [...]

By miss rogue | Posted in How to be a Social Capitalist, social capital | Tagged dell, social capital, turning the bullhorn around | Comments (3)

This Week’s Links on Ma.gnolia

December 8, 2007 – 12:00 am

Some stuff I’m reading this week…
herestomwiththeweather: Intentional Economics Day 1

Bernard explained the difference between money and currency. What a central authority requires in payment of taxes, thereby imposing it as legal tender, is money. Taxes lock us into money. Money is the Yang. It promotes competition and scarcity created through hierarchy. Currency is whatever a [...]

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This Week’s Links on Ma.gnolia

December 5, 2007 – 12:00 am

Some stuff I’m reading this week…
Announcing Government 2.0

Now, on behalf of New Paradigm, I’m pleased to announce that we are using the lens of Wikinomics to launch a global investigation into the future of government and democracy. The investigation will identify and analyze emerging opportunities to harness new models of collaboration to transform public sector [...]

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Why the World Needs Heroes and Where They Are

December 4, 2007 – 9:50 pm

…or maybe it should be why I need heroes…
I’m not talking about the television series, although I do heart it very much. But I was watching the finale and waxing to myself why I do love it so much and came up with a really good reason: Hope.
I mean, we aren’t living in times of [...]

By miss rogue | Posted in insight, social capital, spread love, stuff | Tagged heroes, inspiration | Comments (6)

This Week’s Links on Ma.gnolia

December 2, 2007 – 12:00 am

Some stuff I’m reading this week…
Songza - The music search engine & internet jukebox. Listen. Now.

Find songs, share them with your friends, and even create playlists.
BusinessWeek - Yelping for Dollars

Building buzz is a lot harder when Yelp enters new cities. Last year the team grappled with how to take off in markets such as Chicago, [...]

By miss rogue | Posted in stuff | Comments (1)
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