I'm pretty sure the world is spinning faster and time is somehow going faster...life is just moving so quickly. Can someone slow it down, pretty please?
For me, it's our big conference next week and I'm struggling to comprehend how it's been a year since our last one!
Enjoy another week of Rosieland Roundups...
👣 Rosieland Rambles
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I often imagine what a good life would be, and increasingly I feel it is the ability to just keep going with the work I care about. To me this is now building a tech community, of value, with authenticity and with care.
And then write and share about it.
If I can be the tech community version of Wendell Berry, that would be very cool. My one request would be to live to 99, not 92, IFYKYK. — Rosie Sherry
And then write and share about it.
If I can be the tech community version of Wendell Berry, that would be very cool. My one request would be to live to 99, not 92, IFYKYK. — Rosie Sherry
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Marie Le Conte feels what a lot of us community builders feel about social media and articulates it very well.
"News-focused, text-based social media will always be one of my life’s great loves, but I guess it may end up dying if all we have to discuss is worrying, enraging, or both." — Simon Tomes
"News-focused, text-based social media will always be one of my life’s great loves, but I guess it may end up dying if all we have to discuss is worrying, enraging, or both." — Simon Tomes
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Reflecting on listening to a podcast episode with Gordon Brown, he argues that people have a strong sense of civic decline. They have no one to turn to in their communities as they face problems. The civc infrastructure has broken down. — Simon Tomes
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Is it possible to change people's behaviour, from scrolling to exploring?
The scroll is turning community members into zombies. — Rosie Sherry
The scroll is turning community members into zombies. — Rosie Sherry
🥰 This week in community...
Riffing — Rosieland
Writing on community building from Rosieland.
How Our Leisure Time Got Monetized
It wasn’t always like this
Ted Gioia
How to host Lightning Talks
The magic of a mini TED in your living room
Gillian Morris
What happens when a Wikipedian dies?
As I write this, Doug Weller is in a nursing home. He is bedridden and eating and drinking very little. The medication is managing most of…
Jake Orlowitz
Seeking a “yes, and” space
How the JSK Fellowship is putting me in a more generative culture.
Ben Werdmuller
Embrace the Trampled Plants
The path already exists. Now the work is paving it.
Jillian Bejtlich
Community Grows When Status Moves | You Are The Media
Healthy communities give people the chance to become known, trusted and significant. Here’s why status, participation and belonging matter.
mark
Reddit Is Still Useful. It’s Also Becoming Impossible
Yes, I am on Reddit every day... I think I am addicted. But honestly, I think it is time for a detox program. There is still good content there, but it is ge…
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