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General Discussion / Re: Masterplan
« on: June 07, 2014, 06:34:27 pm »
Biggest issue is that the pad obviously isn't going to work if things get even moderately more active. To me it certainly looks like there will be quite a few DACs coming out in close succession, which I think will make the pad unworkable very quickly. Another issue is how to regulate access and who has to continuously edit the information. I expect that it will quickly become the work of a single person who might not be informed enough about the projects he's trying to keep track of. Best thing in my pov would be that the projects manage their own entries.
I'm not that familiar with the available online collaboration tools, so it would be nice if some people have suggestions in that field. The easiest solution I can think of right now is a shared-calender (similar to the google one) where people/projects can add/edit their own entry, which they also would have to update themselves. At the very least I think it wouldn't hurt to have a central hub with links pointing to the more detailed information or websites of the projects that have announced their plans/intentions on that hub.
Working out how to do collaboration and coordination around a DAC is something that will need to be talked and thought about and it is not a particularly straightforward or easy topic at all. Getting separate people to convene and cooperate in the traditional sense is already not the easiest thing in the world and we're talking anything but traditional in this space. From the top of my head I can think of 3 or 4 areas that might have platforms or solutions that could be of use here and things I'm interested in looking into. I'll list my plans here in the hopes of triggering a conversation or discussion around them, if anyone has any relevant information or links I'd be happy to hear/read from you.
This does not need to be limited to this forum and may even be topics for discussion or interviews on something like the BeyondBitcoin-mumble-sessions or the show. The reason I'm suggesting getting interviews or talking to experts, is because digging through the crap to get to the meat of things or the rare gems of wisdom can be a daunting and laborious task in my experience, made all the more difficult by jargon and fluff that seems to be so loved in "management". Oh and beware of the endless powerpoint-presentations, I think I've developed a nervous twitch whenever I hear the word powerpoint.
I'm not that familiar with the available online collaboration tools, so it would be nice if some people have suggestions in that field. The easiest solution I can think of right now is a shared-calender (similar to the google one) where people/projects can add/edit their own entry, which they also would have to update themselves. At the very least I think it wouldn't hurt to have a central hub with links pointing to the more detailed information or websites of the projects that have announced their plans/intentions on that hub.
Working out how to do collaboration and coordination around a DAC is something that will need to be talked and thought about and it is not a particularly straightforward or easy topic at all. Getting separate people to convene and cooperate in the traditional sense is already not the easiest thing in the world and we're talking anything but traditional in this space. From the top of my head I can think of 3 or 4 areas that might have platforms or solutions that could be of use here and things I'm interested in looking into. I'll list my plans here in the hopes of triggering a conversation or discussion around them, if anyone has any relevant information or links I'd be happy to hear/read from you.
- Maybe look at successful online communities like multiplayer-game-guilds and see what methods and solutions they use. I have no experience with mmorpgs and online-game communities, but I do know that those communities have large overlaps with the crypto-ecosystem and they also represent big business and sometimes high levels of professionalism
- Read up what the military has published and worked out in this field. Like it or not, but personally I think way to many people are not realizing the wealth of information and solutions that are available there. Even if you're opposed to the army and its wasting of funds, that should not keep you from getting some value out of it.
- New concepts in management dealing with flat organizations and often under the name of virtual corporation that deal with outsourcing and cooperating often digitally or geologically separated.
- Other succesful and professional(as in feeding people working there) open-source projects and see what they are doing and have worked out.
This does not need to be limited to this forum and may even be topics for discussion or interviews on something like the BeyondBitcoin-mumble-sessions or the show. The reason I'm suggesting getting interviews or talking to experts, is because digging through the crap to get to the meat of things or the rare gems of wisdom can be a daunting and laborious task in my experience, made all the more difficult by jargon and fluff that seems to be so loved in "management". Oh and beware of the endless powerpoint-presentations, I think I've developed a nervous twitch whenever I hear the word powerpoint.