#community

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http://metatalk.metafilter.com/23626/Sixteen-Years

Matt Haughey is retiring from Metafilter. I've never been part of the site's community, but I have...

alasdairw Mar 05, 2015

http://frankchimero.com/blog/2013/09/the-inferno-o...

This is some utterly splendid writing on, well, I guess it's on work, creativity, and loneliness.

alasdairw Sep 25, 2013

http://gizmodo.com/5687692/you-write-bias-journali...

Joel Johnson treats people who write the comments on gizmodo like they deserve to be treated.

alasdairw Nov 12, 2010

http://www.last.fm/about/jobs#job_Data+Griot+and+C...

Essentially, with a large enough data set, it becomes someone's full time job to understand the data...

alasdairw Jul 05, 2010

http://www.andrewblum.net/typepad/2007/10/local-ci...

Interesting piece about the mapping of digital community to real-world local-level community.

alasdairw Jun 03, 2010

http://fugitivus.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/fuck-you...

And this is why google buzz is poorly implemented, badly designed, and generally a massive fuck you...

alasdairw Feb 12, 2010

http://www.arianaosborne.com/?p=685&utm_source=fee...

Ariana's been doing an excellent series about POD, and generally getting off your ass and making a t...

alasdairw Nov 23, 2009

http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id...

I cut my teeth building systems for a local newspaper company - one, in fact, that I had delivered a...

alasdairw Aug 13, 2009

http://www.davebushe.net/words/2009/06/22/the-v/

I am very very occasionally asked why I'm not on The V (an old internet hangout) these days. I can'...

alasdairw Jun 23, 2009

http://mike.teczno.com/notes/diverselessness.html

A companion to the other piece on monoculturalism, this dealing with internet communities and the or...

alasdairw Apr 09, 2009

http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/

I did something like this for NaNoWriMo a few years back. Almost tempted to do it again, but free t...

alasdairw Mar 31, 2009

http://www.streetwire.org/index.php

Nice local information service. Must get feed of my local areas.

alasdairw Feb 20, 2009

http://www.kottke.org/08/12/does-the-broken-window...

Jason Kottke wonder if poor site appearance and lack of care in administration and moderation is a f...

alasdairw Dec 02, 2008

http://www.anarchogeek.com/articles/2008/7/7/the-a...

Good metaphor. I get my geek news through blogs instead of community-type sites for this sort of rea...

alasdairw Jul 08, 2008

http://www.kickapps.com/ka-9steps-1007.pdf

A simple and clear whitepaper boiling down the basic rules for running an on-line community. Obviou...

alasdairw Oct 09, 2007