Comments on: Community sets http://iquaid.org/2009/04/14/community-sets/ ... the four laws of humanity ... Tue, 15 May 2012 07:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeff Osier-Mixon http://iquaid.org/2009/04/14/community-sets/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 Jeff Osier-Mixon Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:06:57 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=467#comment-2995 Very well spoken, thanks. I think I need to read it a few times to get it enough to go back upstream to the guys making most of the decisions, who report to even bigger guys... Very well spoken, thanks. I think I need to read it a few times to get it enough to go back upstream to the guys making most of the decisions, who report to even bigger guys…

]]> By: quaid http://iquaid.org/2009/04/14/community-sets/comment-page-1/#comment-2979 quaid Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:11:10 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=467#comment-2979 An example of a takeaway from the participation pyramid: by focusing infrastructure efforts on enabling contributors and participants, you distribute the keys to the kingdom that enable them to help grow more users, participants, and contributors. In security, we focus on restriction. For example, the principle of least privilege. In open community efforts, we need to shed that, or at least to appear to for all that isn't highly crucial. Wiki pages are a perfect example of a low barrier to entry that need the least blockades between, 'I can fix that,' and, 'There, fixed that for you.' An example of a takeaway from the participation pyramid: by focusing infrastructure efforts on enabling contributors and participants, you distribute the keys to the kingdom that enable them to help grow more users, participants, and contributors.

In security, we focus on restriction. For example, the principle of least privilege. In open community efforts, we need to shed that, or at least to appear to for all that isn’t highly crucial. Wiki pages are a perfect example of a low barrier to entry that need the least blockades between, ‘I can fix that,’ and, ‘There, fixed that for you.’

]]> By: Jeff Osier-Mixon http://iquaid.org/2009/04/14/community-sets/comment-page-1/#comment-2977 Jeff Osier-Mixon Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:58:29 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=467#comment-2977 I would love to hear more about the practical aspects of using this model to build and influence communities, and how to enable the community to influence the technology. Perhaps our community (meld.mvista.com) is unique in that, while it is corporate-sponsored, it does not represent any particular distribution, even ours. MontaVista does want community knowledge to influence our product cycles, but the method for doing that has yet to be defined. (In other words, more free advice please! :) ) I would love to hear more about the practical aspects of using this model to build and influence communities, and how to enable the community to influence the technology. Perhaps our community (meld.mvista.com) is unique in that, while it is corporate-sponsored, it does not represent any particular distribution, even ours. MontaVista does want community knowledge to influence our product cycles, but the method for doing that has yet to be defined. (In other words, more free advice please! :) )

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