Harrison. . . . this stream of conversation seems like as good a place as any other for me to tell you that I love you, Harrison Owen, even though I don't really know you, and I am deeply grateful for the gift of open space technology released into the public domain. As Chris said, OS is so far ahead of the curve, gosh. . . . . I love to think about this curmudgeonly man out there in the universe doing his best to be a good person and do good work and he stumbles upon open space technology, much like Frodo stumbled upon the ring . . .
<br><br>gosh golly, I am glad you showed up, Harrison.<br><br>And everyone reading: I am glad you showed up too.<br><br>And me. I'm glad I showed up.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Harrison Owen</b> <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Kaliya -- having had some extensive contact with the press over the years, I<br>count it a good day when I am NOT quoted. With very few exceptions, they<br>always seem to get it "WRONG" -- and sometimes disastrously so. And then you
<br>are left with the interesting task of explaining what you did NOT say. And<br>very quickly you find yourself caught in the "When did you stop beating your<br>wife" syndrome. Not a good place to be.<br><br>But in fairness to my friends in the 4th Estate, there have been some
<br>marvelous articles on Open Space. The New York Times did a superb feature<br>story, as did The Washington Post and a number of others. I am not sure how<br>much all of that is worth (outside of "historical interest") but it might be
<br>useful at some point in order to help some of the "Unconference" folks<br>understand their roots.<br><br>It is not about pride of authorship, or even pride of place. I just feel<br>sorry for these folks not being able to access the 22 year experience that
<br>we all have shared. There will always be people who want to re-invent the<br>wheel, but they could save no small amount of pain and agony if they were to<br>check in on what came before.<br><br>Harrison<br><br>Harrison Owen
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www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html</a><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Kaliya Hamlin [mailto:<a href="mailto:kaliya@mac.com">kaliya@mac.com</a>]<br>Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 2:25 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">
hhowen@verizon.net</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>Subject: Re: Unconferences strike again.<br><br>Yes well.<br> they also failed to mention to of the women they interviewed who are
<br>working closely with the men extensively quoted and referenced.<br> Just the business/tech media in action I suppose.<br><a href="http://kaliyasblogs.net/unconference/?p=55">http://kaliyasblogs.net/unconference/?p=55</a>
<br>=Kaliya<br><br>On Sunday, May 13, 2007, at 09:53AM, "Harrison Owen" <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>><br>wrote:<br>>Seems like our secret it out! Or maybe the secret is that Open Space has
<br>>gone under deep cover. See the recent Business Week<br>><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_20/b4034080.htm?chan=search">http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_20/b4034080.htm?chan=search
</a><br><br>><br>>Harrison<br>><br>>Harrison Owen<br>>7808 River Falls Drive<br>>Potomac, Maryland 20854<br>>Phone 301-365-2093<br>>Skype hhowen<br>>Open Space Training <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com">
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