Scott Channels Clay, Power to the People!

I love the fact that there are so many people out there (you!) who are willing to share. This latest bit of love is directed at Scott for his absolutely brilliant (and exquisitely well-timed, for me) essay Planning to Share versus Just Sharing. The headings give you a taste for this classic compare and contrast piece juxtaposing our individuals’ sharing practices with those of institutions: - We grow our network by sharing, they start their network by setting up initial agreements. - We share what we share, they want to share what they often don’t have (or even really want). - We share with people, they share with “Institutions.” - We develop multiple (informal) channels while they focus on a single official mechanism. ...

November 10, 2008 · David Wiley