[OSList] What is the sweet spot for Online OS using video chat?

Wed Aug 31 14:14:34 PDT 2016

I wonder if there are many opportunities being dreamed of here? 

If I understand what you are getting at, Harrison, there is something that we aren’t aware of yet, although it is possibly "thought forming" - we just don't know when it will emerge into 3D form for us to collectively perceive it.  I believe that the type of discussion we are having here invites that type of emergence and collective perception.

There are those of us, like Suzanne, who are dreaming of the exponential expansion of love and joy, which many of us experienced when we first met Open Space. 

Then there are those of us who want all of the above while looking for something more immediate to improve functionality of the current Online OS form. In fact, last week I turned to Ben Roberts for help - "What are your favorite platforms for AI, TWC and OST these days? I keep looking for something that has the class, functionality and feel of Maestro combined with the ability to collaboratively work on docs right in the platform and the wonderful sense of community that Zoom offers.  Tell me there’s a magic platform that does all of these things :-).  Between the two of us, we agreed that multiple phone lines or multiple zoom lines could serve the butterflies and bumblebees with a home line functioning like the opening circle and convergence. Not as exciting, perhaps as “what’s next” and ripples of love and joy, but definitely increasing our capacity to open more space.

Thanks for the invitation, Lucas.  Thanks for the conversation, all.

Warm wishes from a Western Caribbean cruise to celebrate my mom’s 90th birthday,
Christine

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On Aug 31, 2016, at 8:30 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

The story of OS and the Techies is a long one. As it happened, the folks who were present for the first OS, and subsequently constituted major parts of the early community were all Techies of a sort. Some of them actually designed systems and wrote code and others were more “eager participants” – that would include me. The new toy was Internet, which at the point we became involved was still property of the US Army and known as DARPA NET. The world changed under our feet, and the word “exciting” is pretty limp. 

Early on some of the commercial techies thought they saw possibilities in OS. One group came to me with what they thought was a revolutionary idea: Set up a room full of laptops and have everybody communicate through them and a “master” screen set on the wall. The whole thing was prewired and magnificently packaged. They made their presentation, but their faces fell when I said, “Guys, we could actually talk to each other.”  In fact, I believe they made a fair amount of money selling the thing to corporations who were (had been) convinced that their executives were too shy, or whatever, to communicate directly, face to face. 

The iterations have continued over the years. You know  the most recent ones, but there are more. I have always admired the energy and creativity. But at the end of the day, I really didn’t see much value added that couldn’t have been supplied (at much less cost) by the simple application of everyday, off the shelf kinds of stuff. I do grant that the proposed systems were an awful lot prettier – and I really was impressed with my electronic “birthday.” But from the very beginning it seemed to me that we were looking at a technology in search of an application. I totally understand the techie attraction, and I salute their tenacity….

Somehow, the attempt to “replicate the Open Space experience online” just doesn’t catch me. The comparison is indeed odious – but it rather reminds me of attempting to replicate making love. 

So I guess I am back to where I started – What next? It’s wide open and massively potential… but we ain’t there yet. I don’t think.

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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne Daigle via OSList
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 6:06 PM
To: Harrison Owen
Cc: World wide Open Space Technology email list
Subject: Re: [OSList] What is the sweet spot for Online OS using video chat?

Hello HO,

NOW WHAT indeed!

No more apologies for getting carried away. Be it me bubbling forth with the feeling of "love",  a word I would not have dared utter loudly in public, most especially in professional contexts. Yet those feelings are undeniably there and I shall utter them as they happen. :-) So far I've survived speaking my mind... Even more it's blasted holes by opening more space that led to productive inspired work, in ways that made me happy I didn't keep my mouth shut. With guys and gals. 

Nor shall I hold back on what I envision in the virtual world. Beyond the so called internet. As one who has hosted often in my physical house and been similarly hosted in the homes of others, I know there is more to be invented there. 
While I may not be the one doing the inventing, I will gladly partake in the joy of this imagined future experience and I will wholeheartedly nudge, prod, and encourage those who passionately see beyond the reaches of what I see. 

So rather than a duel on the matter, what say you to a hearty Martini in Manila so I can paint a picture of what I see?

After all, you're the one who got me in this mess of Open Space with all this spirited wave rider stuff and grateful am I that it came my way!

From a happy Florida camper, 
Suzanne

On Aug 30, 2016 5:38 PM, "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net <mailto:hhowen at verizon.net>> wrote:
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> Lucas I share your "Field of Dream Passion - Build it and They Will Come" though not in developing, refining, improving or simplifying the mechanics of it in the backroom so all can go smooth in the virtual space. That is not my expertise or passion. It is the work of unsung heroes. 
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