(2007-06-29) Meme Path

Idea for spreading a complex set of recommendations, like for OpenNet...

Here's my thoughts for the day on making this stuff more consumable by the rest of the world, and perhaps giving a context for the individual stream of news/issues.

1. Get a bunch of people together for a couple days: Reed, Frankston, Isenberg, Kushnick, etc.

2. envision/design a future net that encompasses broadband, mobile, voice, etc. Finish the job with a grandiose label/brand (Stupid Network, End To End Network, Ubi Net, Uni Net, Sky Net, Lol Net, whatever). (Print t-shirts.)

3. organize the principles that led you to #2 (much of which is tacit to you folks, but few others)

4. figure out the policy/civic-action steps to get there (maybe multiple paths: simplest vs more-pragmatic, etc.)

5. document all the above in a Concept Map, IBIS graph, outline, whatever

6. Write a 1-page summary (elevator pitch?) covering #2-4 above. Have all the gurus "sign" it.

7. Turn every node in #5 into a Tag, and perhaps an anchor page somewhere (a wiki? doesn't have to be universally-editable) providing more detail/narrative on that point.

8. Make every policy paper, every issue white-paper, every news blurb, etc. link to the appropriate nodes/tags. That way people who go "huh?" over a particular bit can go find some context, and then get led back to the overall design idea.

9. Publish as an OReilly book. Do slide shows. Have rich net dude underwrite documentary about your slideshow, etc.

10. Get the Made To Stick guys to help take it further.

One example that doesn't really do that much of the above, but provides some fodder: Agile Manifesto http://www.agilemanifesto.org/ (yes many people have many issues with that group/meme, but ...)

Just a thought...