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Collaborating-Like-a-Hacker.markdown

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+Collaborating Like a Hacker
+===========================
+
+Github provides great collaboration tools.  You can do a lot of great things without ever touching a command line, or git (or even knowing what git is).  Below we describe some very basic workflows.  There is a lot more great help available at [help.github.com](https://help.github.com/) -- especially the [Bootcamp](https://help.github.com/categories/54/articles) and [Collaborating](https://help.github.com/categories/63/articles) sections.  Note that many of these help articles _do_ expect you to use git on the command line.  But for simple workflows, you should not have to.
+
+Create a Document from Scratch
+------------------------------
+1. Press the "New repository" button
+2. Check the box to "Initialize this repository with a README"
+3. Visit http://prose.io/ to create and edit markdown files
+4. Authorize prose.io with your github account
+5. Click on the icon for your repository (it is normally at the top.
+6. Click "+New File" button
+7. Edit your file. Explore prose.io, it is very simple and elegant
+
+Fork a Repository
+-----------------
+
+The screenshot below is from <https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo>:
+
+![Fork a repository instructions](https://raw.github.com/harlantwood/The_Project/master/assets/images/Fork-a-repository-instructions.png)
+
+Delete a Repository
+-------------------
+1. Go to repository page on github
+2. Click the "Admin" tab
+3. Go to the bottom and click "Delete this repository"
+4. Enter the name of the repository when prompted
+

Conversation-to-Action-Pull-Platform.md

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+Starting with the idea of **:::Collaborating Like a Hacker:::** inspired by Harlan T Wood's well appreciated blog post: [What if we checked the commons into Github] (http://www.harlantwood.net/pub/What_if_We_Checked_the_Commons_into_Github/index.html)
+This repository is awaiting to be hosted by a collective account.
+
+Conversation-to-Action Pull Platform
+====================================
+
+A tool built for a purpose: enabling technology and information to get to those who need it, to become a global collective intelligence solution and governance space.
+
+Built collaboratively around the purposes and needs of communities of social practice, aggregating and integrating the ideas and existing codes of a community of techno practice. 
+
+Empowering a network of issues-related learning and collaborative environments leading to action. Its goal is to make open-ended conversations generative or 'productive' in terms of engagement, resources pulled and pooled, outputs and outcomes.
+
+Deployable on darknets and P2P distributed server environments.
+
+We need to multiply the generative potential of conversations around social objects that  attract individual intentions into collective effort through an emergent  platform which enables: 
+* Harvesting and productivity of conversations
+* Contextual linking of objects and push pull
+* Visualization & navigation in contextualized data
+* Social network communication channels enabling communication
+
+The platforms needs to be extremely adaptable in terms of design, needs to be built, tested and rebuilt in some sort of regenerative continuum.
+
+Sort of like a [MMORPG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game) with mutltiple collaboration engines (cad-cam, programing languages, system-modeling architectures, etc, etc, etc) built into it.
+
+What is needed from the tool emerges readily when it is used in line with some embodied and meaningful purpose.
+
+## Harvesting & Making Conversations Productive
+
+We need meta-spaces that could serve multiple types of collaboration needs.
+
+We need conversations that are dynamic and ongoing and can adapt. (flow)
+
+We need to be able to start conversations with no structure and enable the structure to emerge.
+
+We need to go back and forth between the synchronous and the asynchronous
+
+We need conversations where we can go back and reflect – turn the asynchronicity in time & space in an opportunity for making new sense rather than diverging  (reflection)
+
+We need conversations that transition from topic exploration to deliberation
+
+We need an infinite cannevas, that can enable lots of things to take form, swarming system to co-create narratives at a fast pace, used -behind the scenes- to generate content: blog posts, video storyboards, books, venture startup plans...
+
+* Wikis don't respond to needs (no construction of discourse)
+* Blogs don't respond to needs (no synthesis/merging of argumentation) 
+* [Blog as a tip of a wiki iceberg] (http://communitywiki.org/en/BlogControlledByWiki)?
+
+### Overall Requirements  
+
+Share & learn
+
+Talk while doing, build as we talk
+
+Capture, harvest content of conversations in all multimedia forms.
+
+Enable queries, "How do I_______" (for tools, interpersonal strategies, vocabulary) with 'taylored' answers
+
+Make what we each have and the outputs visible and accessible
+
+Enable cross silo understanding (Pattern/link languages and protocols)
+
+Enable contextualization and cross-reference of data and content
+
+Contextualize interdependencies, convergences, divergences through visualization of linked data
+
+Enable figuring out what is ongoing. Help people see what is happening.  Clearly showing progress and impact, 'evolution in the making' (making aware through engagement)
+
+Host and channel the emergence of new patterns. (actionable insights)
+
+Search and navigate the adjacent possibles (exploration)
+
+Specify intents 
+* Express our current and future desired/preferred contexts in relation to our reality and visualized interdependencies
+* Synchronize intents with purposes, to let the world orient itself around our visions. Example [Move Commons] (http://movecommons.org/about/)
+
+Synchronize resources and needs to maximize potential and impact
+
+Pull people and resources around [social objects as ‘attractors’] (http://www.slideshare.net/jess3/the-world-of-social-objects) – 
+
+Push possibilities, match people and objects – Platform is people and conversation centric
+
+Create Contextualized Connections (revalue reap the potential of the hyperlink)
+* Ping things, concepts, people, data into a conversation (Pull Platform mechanism).
+* Point out objects that need work. Notify those that might be interested.
+* Ping from wherever you are within documents etc (rizzoma, Kune,  Hackpad) ideally via portable identities like email portability.
+* Link to context and follow from wherever you are "hook" (to people -response to-, conversations, posts –reference to-, data update etc)
+
+Pull related data from the web on ongoing basis
+
+Enable generative conversations to grow into something more comprehensive
+* Dispatching to where content needs to be processed
+* Processing of content and iteration: curation, learning, annotation,  evaluation, argumentation, decision, action – contextualized and cross  referenced) (debategraph, Kune)
+* Self discovery space, taking notes, adding on, modifying (sandbox)
+* Hands on modifying and scaling – fork, diff, merge. (re: open source - github)
+* Transition from [unstructured to structured] (http://www.communitywiki.org/en/StructureOfWikis) and reprocess the history into a structure.
+
+Enable Learning and discovery - Paying Attention, Doing, and Learning. 
+
+Broadcast to a larger audience for diffusion (push) or input (pull)
+
+Co-generation of narrative, collective authorship in multimedia (co-creation). Example [The exquisite forest] (http://www.exquisiteforest.com/)
+
+Make  the process seamless, fluid and transparent, as effortless as possible  in order to focus on the learning, interactions and sense making.  (integration of modules and protocols)
+
+Need infrastructure on which to build this
+Put on top structure, processes, protocols - organizing metaphors, narratives, enablers
+
+
+### References
+
+Visualization: How the mind works http://www.msci.memphis.edu/~franklin/paradigm.html
+
+
+### Specific Features and possibilities
+
+**Framework - knowledege management system**
+
+* Tagging that allows allow for drill down hierarchies to form.
+
+  > Allows a file to be found through multiple different associative network without having to keep multiple copies of a file.
+
+* Syncing/Updating of files in different locations.
+
+  > Similar to above, allows a file to updated across many locations. Prevents the necessity of finding the perfect place for the file to be found.
+
+* The ability to create infinitely nested folder structures.
+
+  > Obviously, for organization of topic/sub.
+
+* Integration of folder structures with native file-systems
+
+  > Allows for more access and easier migration. ( Wheel-Chair Ramps)
+
+* Meta-Commenting System
+
+  > Comment on file without changing the file itself. Allows for conversation about what is being done to happen.
+
+* Multiple accounts working on a file at once.
+
+  > Obvious efficiency and collaboration purposes.
+
+* Easy indication who is making which changes to a file
+
+  > Obvious credential purposes.
+
+* Revision Histories
+
+  > Documentation of RAW data changes over-time. Can be used, for example, to do processes analysis.    
+
+* Embedding of files in other medium
+
+  > Distribution purposes
+
+* Cross-platform
+
+  > Does anything need to be said?
+
+
+**Pinging**
+
+A  right-click option in web documents that would insert popup comparison  tables to fill in (visible to others via a subtle tag, or upon a cursor  mouseover). The popup tables might be embedded, conditionally-visible  new SocialCompare tables that would let us see side by side comments,  alternative wordings, related diagrams – or whatever people wanted to  offer. (Mark Frazier)
+
+A  hashtag comparison table when creating content on socialNets that  would, sort of the way Quora suggest topics, let you know what hashtags  most people are following related to your subject. (Zaq)
+
+
+**Tagging and harvesting multimedia**
+
+* Interface  software to record our voices and send us all transcripts. Currently  > make an audio record of skype calls with (free) Callburner, or  video recording Skype calls with free Vodburner. Create transcripts from  Professional Edition of Dragon speech recognition software. Gizmo.
+
+* Combine video chat with a text box and a twitter backchannel
+
+* Printable record that can be reviewed with highlighters of different colors and  analyzed for discovering patterns of connection and meaning that were  not readily graspable during the exchange, thus allowing to discover  further layers of what has been trying to be communicated through us  (George Por)
+
+Make  an audio record of skype calls with Callburner which is free, and even  video recordings of skype video calls with free Vodburner. (Have them,  never used them, don’t know how good they are.) I imagine those digital  files could then be fed into the Professional Edition of Dragon speech  recognition software which can make text from digital audio files.
+

Core-Nexus.markdown

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+Luminous Organizational Cores
+=============================
+
+Team Level
+----------
+[Core Protocols](http://liveingreatness.com/files/core-protocols-3.03.html) or better
+
+Organization Level
+------------------
+[Holacracy](http://www.holacracy.org/sites/default/files/resources/holacracy_constitution_v3.0_0.pdf) or better
+
+Sharing Credit & Wealth
+-----------------------
+[Better Means](http://bettermeans.com/front/open_enterprise_governance_model.html) or better                   
+
+Global Abundance
+-----------------
+[Common Welfare Economy] (http://www.gemeinwohl-oekonomie.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CWE_20_points_summary.pdf) 
+
+[Global Brain] (http://trailmeme.com/trails/Global_MindBrain)
+Collaboration
+=============                       
+
+Content Format
+--------------
+[Markdown](http://whatismarkdown.com/) or better (see also: online [markdown to HTML converter](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/dingus))
+
+Remixing Content: Fork/Diff/Merge
+---------------------------------
+[Github](https://help.github.com/) + [prose.io](http://prose.io/) (markdown editor) or better
+
+_(Future: [Software_Zero](http://enlightenedstructure.org/Software_Zero/) or better)_
+
+Diagrams
+--------
+[Ditta](http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/) (diagrams generated from ascii art) or better
+
+
+Project Management
+==================
+
+Agile Project Management Tools
+------------------------------
+[Pivotal Tracker](http://www.pivotaltracker.com/) (or perhaps [Planbox](http://www.planbox.com/)?) or better
+
+Search
+======
+
+Private Search
+--------------
+[Duck Duck Go](https://duckduckgo.com) or better
+
+Meta / Methodological
+=====================
+[Integral Methodological Pluralism](http://www.slideshare.net/timbomb/integral-methodological-pluralismkey) or better
+
+* * *
+
+This content is free and remixable under a
+<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons BY-SA License</a>.
+

Software.Zero.markdown

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+Software Zero: Global-Scale Collaboration
+=========================================
+
+Contributors: Harlan T Wood, Jack Senechal, Travis Wellman, Adam Apollo 
+
+![](http://enlightenedstructure.org/IMG/massively-parallel-academic-research-sys1-300x200-2-185x185.png)The mission of Software Zero is to create a platform for swarm intelligence to collaborate on a project, while retaining the edits and contributions of every author throughout the history of the collaboration. Contributors do not have to agree on a single version; each author can maintain their own latest version. This “branching” of creative works encourages a diversity of perspectives that can be exchanged and interwoven in a creative network of any scale. Authors can create unlimited branches, easily view differences between branches, and merge in changes from other versions and authors.
+
+The Software Zero launch rolls up the four main project areas of enlightened structure – creative collaboration, [trust and reputation systems](http://enlightenedstructure.org/Trust_Exchange), [visual navigation of data](http://enlightenedstructure.org/Core_Network), and the [underlying data graph](http://enlightenedstructure.org/BaseParadigm) – into one product release. That is, it’s the basic elements of each of the enlightened structure project areas that make a great, usable, consumer-oriented web application to get the ball rolling. This is just the beginning, but we want it to be a great beginning, with solid tech and features that are useful for _you_.
+
+## Academic Applications
+A primary application of the enlightened structure technology is the Massively Parallel Academic Research System (MPARCS). As Wikipedia has opened the encyclopedia by leveraging the “wisdom of crowds”, so enlightened structure will open the cutting edges of human knowledge, as represented in academic research. Research papers, or even seeds of papers, placed into the public domain with appropriate supporting technology, will allow others to build on these works, while still preserving intellectual ownership of ideas through total transparency and traceability.
+
+Academic research builds upon other research. What if this could be done incrementally, as a living conversation? What if instead of having to wait for a whole “new” idea, a paper could be improved on incrementally, by anyone who had an improvement – minor or revolutionary? Then the world of research and knowledge advancement could become truly alive, constantly morphing, reorganizing, improving the human knowledge ecosystem.
+
+The technology involved is an extension of the “wiki” concept popularized by Wikipedia. But instead of trying to have a single, definitive version of each article, MPARCS allows each user to copy other users’ articles, for editing, combining, remixing.
+
+## Reputation and Content Ratings
+Ratings are an extremely important part of enlightened structure. Suppose an article on a physics simulation algorithm spawns versions created by thousands of interested users. When the original author wants to review the most interesting revisions, considering whether to incorporate any of the new ideas into their own latest update, they can turn to peer ratings as a starting place, to locate the most interesting content.
+
+A sophisticated ratings system will allow ratings at several levels: from the entry level, where any person can rate any article, up to the expert level, where articles deemed particularly “interesting” by the open ratings community can be assessed by credentialed experts in a given field. Users will also be able to rate other users, so that each user can create a personalized ratings matrix, where the ratings given to articles by users they trust will be weighted more significantly than those of users unknown to them.
+
+## New Models of IP Ownership
+enlightened structure will leverage the same collective power as Wikipedia, while also allowing for individual ownership – each user can copy and edit articles that are in the public domain, but the original article will stay intact, allowing each contributor to receive full credit for their contribution. The system will allow users to see the complete history of any article, tracing its evolution through various authors, and providing a view of the differences between any given versions.
+
+## Maximally Permissive Licensing
+enlightened structure will be released as free, open source software, utilizing maximally permissive licenses, allowing incorporation into free and commercial software without restriction. The intention is to create a standard platform, with no barriers to use or incorporation into other systems.
+
+## Architectural Foundations
+Building simple, stable, long-term foundations for a new generation of information topologies All of the technologies described rest on solid, distributed, ultra-scalable information foundations. Our data layer and our foundations are made to be shared with a rich ecosystem of current and forthcoming applications.
+
+## We Value
+
+* Openness
+* Privacy
+* Autonomy
+* Distributability
+* Content addressable storage
+* Individual data ownership
+* Local storage
+* Meritocracy
+* Freedom
+
+## Open Source Ethos
+Software Zero is being developed as a volunteer effort, supported by our team’s belief in the power and promise of these platforms.
+
+* * *
+ This page was forked with permission from [http://enlightenedstructure.org/Software_Zero/](http://enlightenedstructure.org/Software_Zero/)* * *
+[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)