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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris -- Definitely still there! And very current I think. So folks have a read... Harvests of days gone by and still useful...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ho<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Winter Address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Summer Address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>189 Beaucaire Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camden, ME 04843<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>207-763-3261<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Websites<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="%20www.openspaceworld.com"> www.openspaceworld.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="www.ho-image.com">www.ho-image.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OSLIST </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Corrigan<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 08, 2014 4:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] What would a harvest from a long OSList discussion look like?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can still find that incredible document hosted at Micheal’s site:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.michaelherman.com/publications/ost_nonguide.pdf">http://www.michaelherman.com/publications/ost_nonguide.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Aug 8, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Harrison Owen <<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net">hhowen@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lucas – Don’t know where this fits, but several years ago Michael Herman and Chris Corrigan put together what they called a Non-User’s Guide which is essentially an annotated collection of a particularly rich set of discussions here on OSLIST. I haven’t checked, but I think it is still available on<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/"><span style='color:purple'>www.openspaceworld.org</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>May turn out that human minds/fingers are still an essential part of the process no matter the technology. My thought would be Graduate Students. Good labor at a reasonable price with a possible dissertation or two.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harrison</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Winter Address</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>7808 River Falls Drive</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Potomac, MD 20854</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>301-365-2093</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Summer Address</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>189 Beaucaire Ave.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camden, ME 04843</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>207-763-3261</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Websites</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="x-msg://73/%20www.openspaceworld.com"><span style='color:purple'>www.openspaceworld.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="x-msg://73/www.ho-image.com"><span style='color:purple'>www.ho-image.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OSLIST<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org"><span style='color:purple'>http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>OSList [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org"><span style='color:purple'>mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</span></a>]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Lucas Cioffi<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Friday, August 08, 2014 2:52 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [OSList] What would a harvest from a long OSList discussion look like?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Someone reached out and suggested I try a word cloud of the conversation. I took a few minutes to copy the 50 emails from the conversation entitled "Management and Organization" which has been running for the past month. I pasted it below, and if the word cloud doesn't come through as an attachment, you can also see it online <a href="ttps://barkbest.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/screen-shot-2014-08-08-at-2-34-55-pm.png"><span style='color:purple'>here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Word clouds are helpful, but I'm still left wanting more. I can't put my finger on it.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm thinking that there must be some very creative harvesting methods used by facilitators in this group, using graphic facilitation and other methods.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b> Are your approaches to in-person harvesting applicable to harvesting one of our 50-email discussions?</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm listening to see if I can create a software for harvesting & summarizing email threads to unlock some of the knowledge buried in the OSList archives and breath new life into some of our dormant yet valuable discussion threads from the past.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Lucas Cioffi<br>Co-Founder, Bark!Best<br>Charlottesville, VA<br>917-528-1831<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><image002.jpg><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Lucas Cioffi <<a href="mailto:lucas@barkbest.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>lucas@barkbest.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So this week many of us are watching a lively discussion thread grow and grow and grow. It's awesome that it has received nearly 50 email replies already from people all over the world, however 95% of the people on the list aren't active in it yet, and of course that's OK.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For me and probably others, digging into such a large conversation becomes a bit intimidating when the conversation is so large. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Question: So, what would a harvest from such a long OSList email discussion look like if it was to be useful to you personally?</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm asking the question above for two reasons:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>For me: Aside from being a longtime OS enthusiast, I'm building a tool for large online conversations and looking for ideas about how to create meaningful harvests from them.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>For all of us: Unrelated to my tool, maybe if there was an easy way to harvest/summarize these long and lively conversations on OSList, then it could give access to the conversation to those who do not have the time or courage to dive in directly.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>New voices: The younger generations spend less time on email, so they largely miss out on the great knowledge that's shared on a list like this. So harvests might be one way to bring new voices to our conversations on OSList.<o:p></o:p></li></ul></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>To get the most value out of a conversation, someone certainly has to ride along and read most of it. But the problem is that when someone chooses to read one conversation in-depth, they are choosing to not read another great conversation in-depth. So I'm hoping that a harvest can help people when they decide which conversations they want to invest their time in.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I look forward to hearing any suggestions!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Lucas Cioffi</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Co-Founder, Bark!Best</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Charlottesville, VA</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>917-528-1831</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>_______________________________________________<br>OSList mailing list<br>To post send emails to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:OSList@lists.openspacetech.org"><span style='color:purple'>OSList@lists.openspacetech.org</span></a><br>To unsubscribe send an email to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org"><span style='color:purple'>OSList-leave@lists.openspacetech.org</span></a><br>To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:<br><a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org"><span style='color:purple'>http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>