Hal Macomber on using an Open Space process for a Business Planning process, and wonders about using it for Project Planning (Project Management). What did I learn? Organic processes produce far superior results than my usual well-crafted and facilitated agendas.

Ross Mayfield on the FooCamp "UnConference" (with pointers to other coverage). Every session was a jam session. I blogged some of the first, but then found I needed to participate in the conversations too much to continue this contribution. (hmm, see Back Channel, Open Space)

It seemed like the most natural thing in the world that 150 (or more) executives and consultants should sit in a circle and organize a multi-session, three day meeting in less than an hour, with not a single argument. (more)

Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679), in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury,[1] was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. His 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of Social Contract theory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes (more)

A decision that's reversible (without catastrophic cost). Most decisions are two-way-doors, we just forget that. cf Decision Making, Cognitive Bias, thinking in bets, iterative

see playful

Some writing practices that are more applicable to an organizational (company, etc) context than an individual/personal.... a subtype of collaborationware (more)

macro-level Orientation and Planning (?) for the success of your venture (more)

Visakan Veerasamy: inner sanctums (more)

Joe Procopio: Databricks CEO Just Dropped The Most Honest Advice About The Future Of AI. Here’s a little secret for you. The next wave of GenAI success is going to be completely dependent on structured data. (more)

Barbie Event in Florida Draws Comparisons to Fyre Festival. Fans had high hopes for Barbie Dream Fest, a Mattel-sanctioned gathering in Fort Lauderdale. But in a cavernous convention center, the dream seemed to fizzle. (more)

Aakash Gupta: How to Turn Claude Code into an Operating System with Carl Vellotti. (for product management) (more)

Andy Matuschak on Apps and programming: two accidental tyrannies (more)

Claude Code Best Practices. Claude Code is intentionally low-level and unopinionated, providing close to raw model access without forcing specific workflows. This design philosophy creates a flexible, customizable, scriptable, and safe power tool. While powerful, this flexibility presents a learning curve for engineers new to agentic coding tools—at least until they develop their own best practices. (more)

Eliot Peper: Tiny ports of human connection. I am delighted to report that, in its first year of operation, Eliot’s Cozy Little Internet Bookstore did $5,023 in sales. (more)

device combining multiple tools http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitool (more)

In 1991 Momus said In the future everyone will be Famous For Fifteen People. A take-off on Andy Warhol's claim that everyone would be "famous for 15 minutes" (Celebrity) (more)

ink-and-switch frame for software that can be very-easily-customized (situated software)

Geoffrey Litt: Everyone should design software. I predict we’ll look back at the debate around "should designers code" as just an opening salvo in a much bigger wave of change. Yes, AI tools are enabling more people to code within software teams. (more)

For cooking rice, where you can set/forget, and have it last for 3+ days so it's always available. (more)