Posts in chronological order with tag shared vision

Is the word “community” losing its meaning?

by Chris Grams April 21, 2010

Poor words. As they get more popular, as we give them more love, we also keep trying to shove in new meaning to see if they can take it.
In the technology industry, this happens over and over. Take “cloud computing,” which used to mean something pretty specific and now means essentially “on the Internet” as [...]

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A modest proposal to save The New York Times

by Chris Grams March 21, 2010

I love The New York Times, the best newspaper in the world. There is no greater pleasure than sitting out on the patio on a Sunday morning, reading The New York Times, and learning.
I stress the word learning because there are so few places left in our world where true discovery happens. Most of the [...]

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Three tips for escaping the creativity peloton without giving up on collaboration

by Chris Grams February 25, 2010

If you’ve ever watched a road bike race like the Tour de France, you know the peloton is the big group of riders that cluster together during the race to reduce drag. It’s a great example of collaboration in action. But let’s face it: the people in the middle of the peloton may go faster [...]

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