Although the genesis of relations of P2P production in the spheres of free software and cultural production was a bottom up process and was established through legal forms embracing universal property as the Creative Commons, for example), this was made possible because the fundamental prerequisite of the existence of distributed stable capital was already accomplished, via the use of distributed computational power and of a medium (internet) through which, at a low cost, producers could self-organize. For example, the cogeneration is more suited to dense urban areas where the installation

This week has reminded me that the power and benefits of getting communities together in person shouldn't be overlooked. For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. Many of these examples leveraged online network lessons, however, the follow-through and enthusiasm around them was fostered by in-person connections. Reflections on community at SxSW Andrew , Bill , and I just got back from the South by Southwest Interactive Festival

Better to create the right ecology in which different types of collaboration can take place, and then consolidate successful experiments when (and only if) they or the organisation can benefit from formalism. They provide an example and hopefully a stimulation to others in the organization that a COP is a useful why to share and exploit knowledge. hoarding), organizational HOME JOIN NEWSLETTER LIST ABOUT WHAT WE DO WHO WE ARE OPERATING PRINCIPLES CONTACT US ANNUAL REPORTS PRACTITIONERS NETWORK DIRECTORY OF PRACTITIONERS SEEKING ACCREDITATION PRACTITIONER LOGIN EDUCATION ACCREDITATION NARRATIVE RESEARCH SENSEMAKER COMPLEXITY SOCIAL COMPUTING COURSE COMPARISON METHODS METHODS WIKI RESOURCES ARTICLES BY DAVE SNOWDEN ARTICLES BY OTHERS CASE STUDIES PODCASTS PRESENTATIONS INFLUENTIAL BOOKS