Comments on: Participation Plus http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2009/06/18/participation-plus/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Asa Dotzler http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2009/06/18/participation-plus/comment-page-1/#comment-12202 Asa Dotzler Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:49:50 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=1634#comment-12202 I think the missing components, though the words aren't quite right, are design (shaping) and construction (building) -- that is, the actual making of the thing, not just the utilization. As you said, we participate in (utilize) Facebook, but we didn't have any direct involvement in shaping how it works or building the set of features to suit our needs. An Internet shaped and built by its users and not just occupied and utilized by its users is one way I'd characterize it. - A I think the missing components, though the words aren’t quite right, are design (shaping) and construction (building) — that is, the actual making of the thing, not just the utilization.

As you said, we participate in (utilize) Facebook, but we didn’t have any direct involvement in shaping how it works or building the set of features to suit our needs.

An Internet shaped and built by its users and not just occupied and utilized by its users is one way I’d characterize it.

- A

]]> By: Lennie http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2009/06/18/participation-plus/comment-page-1/#comment-12176 Lennie Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:42:59 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=1634#comment-12176 Judging by the title of the blog post I expected an announcement for service week ( http://serviceweek.mozilla.org/ ) , but I guess everything what Mozilla does is about participation. ;-) Judging by the title of the blog post I expected an announcement for service week ( http://serviceweek.mozilla.org/ ) , but I guess everything what Mozilla does is about participation. ;-)

]]> By: John Dowdell http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2009/06/18/participation-plus/comment-page-1/#comment-12173 John Dowdell Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:48:23 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=1634#comment-12173 Hi Mitchell, I used to have a T-shirt that seemed to describe a similar thing -- "Libertarians are Pro-Choice... on Everything!" If we open things up so that people have options, and are not locked down into an artificially restricted set of choices, that would allow for decentralized decision-making, a more diverse ecology. Do we share some common ground here...? tx, jd/adobe Hi Mitchell, I used to have a T-shirt that seemed to describe a similar thing — “Libertarians are Pro-Choice… on Everything!”

If we open things up so that people have options, and are not locked down into an artificially restricted set of choices, that would allow for decentralized decision-making, a more diverse ecology.

Do we share some common ground here…?

tx, jd/adobe

]]> By: Ian Atha http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2009/06/18/participation-plus/comment-page-1/#comment-12153 Ian Atha Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:51:27 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=1634#comment-12153 What you are describing sounds like interactive participation—not a form of passive participation—but a way of altering both parties involved. That's what partaking in a community involves: all members of a community give and take. Most recently, President Obama's campaign seems to reflect this idea of a nation-wide community to benefit all: the idea of responsible citizenry. Something like “Mozilla promotes choice, innovation and responsible citizenship on the Internet” ? What you are describing sounds like interactive participation—not a form of passive participation—but a way of altering both parties involved. That’s what partaking in a community involves: all members of a community give and take. Most recently, President Obama’s campaign seems to reflect this idea of a nation-wide community to benefit all: the idea of responsible citizenry.

Something like “Mozilla promotes choice, innovation and responsible citizenship on the Internet” ?

]]> By: Craig http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2009/06/18/participation-plus/comment-page-1/#comment-12152 Craig Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:46:31 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=1634#comment-12152 How about conceptualization or even imagination? Jetpack, for example, is designed to be leveling in a way that taps the broader networked imagination of the Internet. How about conceptualization or even imagination? Jetpack, for example, is designed to be leveling in a way that taps the broader networked imagination of the Internet.

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