reboot10: Working for free
On June 30th, 2008 Henriette Weber wrote:
so I am fresh out of reboot10 - which was an inspiring blast of vision.
one of the things that was a major inspiration to me was Peter Rukavina's session on "working for free". It moved me deeply to see how involved Peter was in his local community and how he liked to do stuff for free - for a greater cause of his own (fx. deciding to do the mailinglist of the local coffee shop to attract more customers, so it won't close down and he could have his favorite coffee everyday).
It makes sense to me because Peter are doing these initiatives to make himself happy. Really this is a wonderful thing actually springing from a selfish wish to maintain the status quo - or changing it for the better of his local community.
This presentation showed me how proactive you could be about your surroundings, and how much action and passion you can put into the things you would like to see prosper.
I will see what I can fix out here in Hvissinge - when things comes up I will let you know.
While I was in the session I had an idea of a "working for free" wiki, working to encourage these things.. I don't know how it would work in practice though.. it just stroked me as a great idea =)
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Irene writes:
I am a member of a women's group, I ensure the monthly newsletter is published on our blog.
July 2nd, 2008 05:29I have a friend who is not computer minded, I make her posters for the evening classes she is giving.
I have a friend who has a yarn shop, I update her website for her, when needed.
I have a friend who has a shop, I give her a hand serving customers or cleaning the toilet, when I'm in for a chat anyway.
I am amazed that this sort of behaviour is not second nature to everybody. When I have a skill that others need, I make sure to use it. It is called normal human interaction and caring for your fellow human beings and frankly, I don't see the need for a Wiki, hand on heart, do you?
David Camacho writes:
Great idea - reminds me that I've got to make it to reboot one of these years... ;-)
July 5th, 2008 07:50Congrats on the wedding!
FYI I've just tagged you here: http://dwcama.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/survey-of-online-habits/
Have a great summer!
David
Henriette Weber Kristiansen writes:
the need for a wiki - hm, it was just an idea to coordinate what good people does from things that makes them happy in the world... and maybe to find stuff where you could help out. So I don't know if it's a need-to-have or a nice-to-have, possibly more the last option =)
July 8th, 2008 11:33