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==Description==
This wiki is being used to organize the Recent Changes Camp meetup in Portland, Oregon February 3-5, 2006.


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We are coming together to make connections, write code, have fun, revise the [[CyberneticRoadmap]], do as much good work as each and every one of us can … and then go home more connected, more energized and more capable of building great communities and the tools they depend on. Bring your friends and join a good party that's growing even better!
= Overview =


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== Who is a non-technical person ==


* Focus is not technology but they can contribute in some way
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* Never learned programming concepts
==Attendees 2006==
* Didn't realize Wikipedia can be edited
* Maybe used a web content management system, blog, Facebook


== What do they want ==
* [[RashidAhmed]]
 
* [[AllisonRandal]]
# to solve their problem, usually a "one of those" web site with some special requirements
* [[AlexPolvi]]
# something that looks good - design is still paramount
* [[AnneGoldenberg]]
# to learn about the participatory web
* [[AntoineBeaupré]]
# to create reusable data?
* [[BarbaraGilles]]
# to have more control over their own site but keep things simple
* [[BarbaraSehr]]
## usually they don't want to 'innovate,' just do what everyone else is doing
* [[BartMassey]]
# to work with someone they trust
* [[BayleShanks]]
 
* [[BlakeBiesecker]]
== What do I want ==
* [[BrandonCsSanders]]
 
* [[BrandonPhilips]]
# promote digital literacy ­— filling out forms isn't it, stop treating computers as a typewriter
* [[BrianEllin]]
## reusable data under fair terms of re-use
* [[BrianKeairns]]
# get people to consider issues of site design and how to organize information
* [[BrianKerr]]
# help flatten organizations and their external relationships
* [[BryceHarrington]]
# promote transparency and co-development
* [[CalebPhillips]]
# grow my own skills based on relevant requirements
* [[Charles Maclean]]
 
* [[ChrisDawson]]
== Types and motivations of participants==
* [[ChristopherAllen]]
 
* [[ChuckLangenberg]]
* Traditional '''executive''' — "everyone else is doing it," inexpensive solution
* [[chromatic]]
** ideally they will participate but getting them to can be difficult
* [[CindyCooper]]
** may be more cautious about full commitment - license, security, who can access and edit
* [[ClayCooper]]
* '''Creative group''' or '''individual''' — may be inspired but needs constant guidance
* [[CliffMonlux]]
* ''Worker bee'' — tasked to use the wiki
* [[CoreyShields]]
** may be less receptive to wiki ideals, make it straightforward
* [[DavidMandel]]
 
* [[DavidPool]]
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* [[DunbarAitkens]]
 
* [[EmmaKuo]]
= SMW vs Wordpress =
* [[EricWilhelm]]
 
* [[EthanMcCutchen]]
Compare to Wordpress — "Raskin vs Englebart," specialized appliance model vs learning to use a computer
* [[EugeneEricKim]]
 
* [[EvanProdromou]]
http://www.retrofacto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wordpress.jpg
* [[FrankDeitle]]
 
* [[GeoffBurling]]
* '''Wordpress''' is task driven. Forms for every day tasks. Need to map MW extensions.
* [[GeriWeisCorbley]]
 
* [[GerryGleason]]
Every day tasks —
* [[GlenEPRopella]]
* Everything oriented towards content management around blogging
* [[IanRomanick]]
* SEO, user management
* [[IngyDötNet]]
* "Delete" content, one click
* [[Jair]]
 
* [[JamesShore]]
= Success and failure =
* [[JasonMauer]]
 
* [[JohnAbbe]]
== Failure ==
* [[JohnSechrest]]
 
* [[JohnDSmith]]
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* [[JohnSpady]]
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* [[JohnStanton]]
http://wiki.zooid.org/images/no-edits.png
* [[JonathanNolen]]
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* [[JonPerr]]
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* [[JoshHoyt]]
 
* [[JulieCaldwell]]
* Commitment vs follow through
* [[KaliyaHamlin]]
* Tangly mess
* [[KeesCook]]
 
* [[KennethTyler]]
== Success==
* [[LaureDillon]]
 
* [[LevRickards]]
In order:
* [[LewisHoffman]]
 
* [[LionKimbro]]
# Useful read-only resource
* [[MarkRoberts]]
# basic editing using forms
* [[MarieDeatherage]]
# wiki markup
* [[MarkDilley]]
# sharing knowledge, creating more converts
* [[MarkGrimes]]
# Creating templates
* [[MartinHeltai]]
# Creating queries
* [[MartinPfahler]]
# Adjusting classes
* [[MicheleJenkins]]
# Creating classes
* [[MikeCannonBrookes]]
# understanding of good schema design, distributed data, licensing
* [[PatrickSullivan]]
# distributed applications, creating standards
* [[PeterKaminski]]
 
* [[PhilMitchell]]
= How =
* [[PravinPhilip]]
 
* [[RaviArapurakal]]
Identify groups, strategies
* [[RaymondKing]]
 
* [[RicHARDMakepeace]]
Threaten - others are doing it, loss of leadership
* [[RichHenry]]
 
* [[RussellSenior]]
Inspire - self empowerment, less dependence, creating, leading, "where the web is going"
* [[ScottKveton]]
 
* [[ShawnKilburn]]
Lots and lots of guiding
* [[ShobanaSubramanian]]
 
* [[StuartCohen]]
Appoint leads based on interests, give them responsibilities
* [[TedErnst]]
 
* [[TedKubaska]]
Peer helpers - spread the virus
* [[TomAtlee]]
 
* [[TomWynne]]
Translators
* [[TonyDeis]]
 
* [[VirginiaHammon]]
Profles of uses
* [[WardCunningham]]
 
* [[WayneAllen]]
The importance of design
* [[WillemLarsen]]
* promote the cues of Wikipedia but provide something original
* [[WilliamHertling]]
 
* [[WillLana]]
Exhibit example of copying and pasting to excel using semantic web data
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Revision as of 22:13, 20 May 2010

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Description

This wiki is being used to organize the Recent Changes Camp meetup in Portland, Oregon February 3-5, 2006.

We are coming together to make connections, write code, have fun, revise the CyberneticRoadmap, do as much good work as each and every one of us can … and then go home more connected, more energized and more capable of building great communities and the tools they depend on. Bring your friends and join a good party that's growing even better!

Additional Topics:


Attendees 2006

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