by lori | Sep 13, 2012 | Benefits, Community, Culture
This month, slow web culture found Bas and Simone and Daniel and I. I think of it as like the slow food movement, only more webby. Slow web culture found us as we gathered stories for Different Office and recognized ourselves as craftspeople by listening to the... by lori | Aug 30, 2012 | Benefits, Community, Learning as, TGQ
I was part of a discussion this week within which this question–asked by my friend Flemming Funch of France–came up. Beyond the sheer amazingness that is Flemming himself, as a writer I intend to always stay close to him for the ample alliteration... by lori | Aug 18, 2012 | Learning, Recognizing, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups
We were recently story wrangling at Haulin’ Colin’s here in Seattle. Read his story here. The following text is from the post-interview hang out/beer drinking/storytelling session. As Colin and I finished talking, his friend Brad joined us, as did my... by lori | Jul 19, 2012 | Community, Coworking, Definitions, FAQ
I’ve been feeling lately that “free community coworking space” isn’t adequate language for what we are here. Work isn’t at the heart of who we are. Not really. Then today, several random things happened and I ended up coining and defining... by lori | Jun 26, 2012 | Community, Revealing-Designing
“How can we coordinate ideas about community to start designing reflective communities where none seem to exist? What are some of the best practices of designing community among people/organizations/groups so that others may learn from and with them?” This... by lori | Jun 20, 2012 | Benefits, Benefits, Community, Impacts, Impacts, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups, Story, Sustaining
Community member Emergent by design asked this question today. Love her. Love the question too. I began writing a comment and found that my comment just kept getting longer and longer until I thought to myself “It would be rude to add a comment this long to a...