Gag me with a spoon... (01)
Tom Munnecke wrote: (02)
>It took me 15 minutes, Jack... you can do it. You can do it... think
>of the little train that could.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Park [mailto:jackpark@thinkalong.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 5:34 PM
>To: yak@collab.blueoxen.net
>Subject: [yak@collab] Re: Survey of yak and tools-yak on the way
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>It takes a "doer" to foment a form for others to fill out. It takes a
>special kind of doer, one who's not tied doing other things, to fill out
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>that damned form.
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>Jack
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>Josh Rai wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>As threatened
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>(http://collab.blueoxen.net/forums/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=yak&i=3F832F29.106
>0700@babycenter.com),
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>>Eugene, Miroslav and I are back to let you know that you all can
>>expect to receive a survey about the Blue Oxen collaboratories via
>>email in the coming hours.
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>>Part of the purpose of the survey is to evaluate and improve the
>>collaboratories. Another part is for us to develop, through practice
>>and thought, techniques for evaluating collaborative environments in
>>general. We are cognizant of the risks of looking for yardsticks in
>>such a thicket (as Tom, Chris and others have warned), but I think
>>it's worth a try.
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>>Jack's classification of doers and talkers strikes me especially in
>>the context of this survey and the associated report we're working on;
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>>I'm not sure to which category one belongs when one is writing a
>>report about collaboration. On the face of it, it's just more talk.
>>But I would consider such activity truly successful only if changes,
>>for the better, the way people work together. I think this is heading
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>>down the "words are deeds" trail. Anyway, I'm at least trying to
>>cross the border into the world of the doer.
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>>It's been encouraging to see recent discussions about the pros and
>>cons of the lists on the lists themselves recently. Some of you may
>>be able to cite your postings as answers to some of the survey
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>questions.
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>>Anyway, we'd really appreciate your candid feedback, and we will try
>>to make the most of it. Thank you!
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>>Josh
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