You may direct any outrage or incredulous looks at Eugene, Miroslav and me. (01)
Josh (02)
Jack Park wrote:
> I did it. Who wrote those questions?
>
> Jack Park wrote:
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>> Gag me with a spoon...
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>> Tom Munnecke wrote:
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>>> It took me 15 minutes, Jack... you can do it. You can do it... think
>>> of the little train that could. -----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
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> that damned form.
>>>
>>> Jack
>>>
>>> Josh Rai wrote:
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>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> As threatened
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> (http://collab.blueoxen.net/forums/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=yak&i=3F832F29.106
>>> 0700@babycenter.com),
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> questions.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anyway, we'd really appreciate your candid feedback, and we will try
>>>> to make the most of it. Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Josh
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