Comments on: OpenJournal and A Communications Theory of Open Source http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/open-journal-and-a-communications-theory-of-open-source/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dog training http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/open-journal-and-a-communications-theory-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-16668 Dog training Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:19:39 +0000 http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/?p=140#comment-16668 Very interesting... as always! Cheers from -Switzerland-. Very interesting… as always! Cheers from -Switzerland-.

]]> By: risa http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/open-journal-and-a-communications-theory-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-81 risa Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:17:33 +0000 http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/?p=140#comment-81 Hi Robin, How's it goin? Yeah, I'd like to give the actual talk at some point and get your opinions on it. In the moment I felt like it was a bit formal for our first time meeting you, when you all already knew each other. The environment seemed casual and friendly, and so I just wanted to dive in and get a conversation going. On the spot decision, who knows if it was right. If you like, you can see the notes for the original talk here: http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/opening-up-to-other-eyes-the-story-and-theory-of-openjournal/ ps- whaddya mean you'll mean business? are you gonna put me in front of a firing squad? pps- elran's on it....in a spare time kind of way..) Hi Robin, How’s it goin?
Yeah, I’d like to give the actual talk at some point and get your opinions on it. In the moment I felt like it was a bit formal for our first time meeting you, when you all already knew each other. The environment seemed casual and friendly, and so I just wanted to dive in and get a conversation going. On the spot decision, who knows if it was right.
If you like, you can see the notes for the original talk here: http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/opening-up-to-other-eyes-the-story-and-theory-of-openjournal/

ps- whaddya mean you’ll mean business? are you gonna put me in front of a firing squad?
pps- elran’s on it….in a spare time kind of way..)

]]> By: Robin http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/open-journal-and-a-communications-theory-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Robin Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:08:09 +0000 http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/?p=140#comment-80 Hi, sorry for the late reply. I enjoyed your talk, but would really have appreciated to hear the real thing. People shouldn't (but we'll always do) make up their mind at a glance. It would have been a great opportunity for us to hear something new. We're quite open in many senses of the term. That being said, it was great to have you. I'll try to get a venue for the <a>Semaine québécoise de l'informatique libre</a> where you could give your actual talk. And this time, I'll mean business ;) Grr, I hit TAB to hit the next field (name, mail, website) but the cursor kept flying back to the login submit button. Please fix it, Elran ;) Hi,

sorry for the late reply. I enjoyed your talk, but would really have appreciated to hear the real thing. People shouldn’t (but we’ll always do) make up their mind at a glance. It would have been a great opportunity for us to hear something new. We’re quite open in many senses of the term.

That being said, it was great to have you. I’ll try to get a venue for the Semaine québécoise de l’informatique libre where you could give your actual talk. And this time, I’ll mean business ;)

Grr, I hit TAB to hit the next field (name, mail, website) but the cursor kept flying back to the login submit button. Please fix it, Elran ;)

]]> By: neil http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/open-journal-and-a-communications-theory-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-77 neil Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:14:00 +0000 http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/?p=140#comment-77 in connection, and on the importance of open source software as a wey of feeling your way around this massive hub: http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=444 in connection, and on the importance of open source software as a wey of feeling your way around this massive hub:

http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=444

]]> By: risa http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/open-journal-and-a-communications-theory-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-75 risa Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:09:02 +0000 http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/?p=140#comment-75 Do you really think the net keeps people in their own little ghettoized world, angry rex? i haven't found that to be particularly true. maybe its bc you're a little angry? or maybe it's bc you're using acronyms like FLOSS that are a bit exclusive. you make a good point though, by drawing attention to the 'gender' thing i seem to throw in at the end there. during the discussion i mentionned in the post above (after i presented on our website and, more generally, on the subject of my thesis work re: open source and mechanisms for balanced communication suggested in an unpublished speech by harold innis in 1943) we spoke about the fact that i was the only girl in the room. These guys were a bit concerned that programming in general and open source in specific have seemed to attract far fewer numbers of women. There are whole branches of research about gender and communication, and that's not my particular specialization, but i do think that open source can be open to people- to new perspectives, to new eyes, in a way that other kinds of code can't. I guess I was thinking about sites like http://www.scriptygoddess.com/ But also, in a vaguer and more theoretical way that will probably make you angry again, i imagine the fact that servers, and web programming languages and applications are freely available and changeable is creating a space where the barrier to entry for communication becomes quite low, and where the communicative space of the internet can be shaped by more different kinds of people. so you don't rely on software to do your communicating for you, but you sure do use it to have a conversation- just like this one. i agree that face to face is great, but there is a place for all these other ways of communicating across space and time. And so if you are inclined to travel outside your bubble, and to be open to the ideas you might encounter there, its possible that your stereotypes about genders or races or whatever might change. i know i'm startled by the endless variety of people out there all the time. anyway, good luck getting out of the ghetto and thanks for your input, rex r Do you really think the net keeps people in their own little ghettoized world, angry rex? i haven’t found that to be particularly true. maybe its bc you’re a little angry? or maybe it’s bc you’re using acronyms like FLOSS that are a bit exclusive. you make a good point though, by drawing attention to the ‘gender’ thing i seem to throw in at the end there.
during the discussion i mentionned in the post above (after i presented on our website and, more generally, on the subject of my thesis work re: open source and mechanisms for balanced communication suggested in an unpublished speech by harold innis in 1943) we spoke about the fact that i was the only girl in the room. These guys were a bit concerned that programming in general and open source in specific have seemed to attract far fewer numbers of women. There are whole branches of research about gender and communication, and that’s not my particular specialization, but i do think that open source can be open to people- to new perspectives, to new eyes, in a way that other kinds of code can’t. I guess I was thinking about sites like http://www.scriptygoddess.com/
But also, in a vaguer and more theoretical way that will probably make you angry again, i imagine the fact that servers, and web programming languages and applications are freely available and changeable is creating a space where the barrier to entry for communication becomes quite low, and where the communicative space of the internet can be shaped by more different kinds of people. so you don’t rely on software to do your communicating for you, but you sure do use it to have a conversation- just like this one. i agree that face to face is great, but there is a place for all these other ways of communicating across space and time. And so if you are inclined to travel outside your bubble, and to be open to the ideas you might encounter there, its possible that your stereotypes about genders or races or whatever might change. i know i’m startled by the endless variety of people out there all the time.
anyway, good luck getting out of the ghetto and thanks for your input, rex
r

]]> By: rex http://www.openjournalmontreal.com/open-journal-and-a-communications-theory-of-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-74 rex Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:09:27 +0000 http://open.touchbasic.com/journal/?p=140#comment-74 ...and between genders ? What is this nonsense? How about talking to people face to face onstead of relying on FLOSS to do it for you/ If anything, the net doesnt open up communication between cultures, it keeps them in their own little ghettoized world. …and between genders ?
What is this nonsense?
How about talking to people face to face onstead of relying on FLOSS to do it for you/

If anything, the net doesnt open up communication between cultures,
it keeps them in their own little ghettoized world.

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