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I spend time on the Technical Panel of a security standards body called TigerScheme[1] which is very much a project to which people contribute free time in a si
by iuguy 16y ago
I spend time on the Technical Panel of a security standards body called TigerScheme[1] which is very much a project to which people contribute free time in a similar way to many open source projects (although TigerScheme isn't an open source project, as it doesn't release code). I recently used the phrase 'do-ocracy' to describe it. If you have the time, want to do it, run it past the other people and if there are no objections within a reasonable time frame, do it. Previously Tigerscheme suffered as volunteers wouldn't be available in decision making. I believe this 'do-ocracy' approach has actually enabled Tigerscheme to make decisions quicker and take better ownership of actions.
[1] - http://www.tigerscheme.org/ http://www.tigerscheme.org/
- noonespecial 16y agoI'm not very good at many things, but I'm comforted often by the fact that the things I could do, and did, work better (by definition) than the things that the better people could've done, and didn't.
- selenamarie 16y agoI wrote the entry that started this thread, and an earlier post that mentions do-ocracy in the context of the Portland tech scene[1]. I totally agree with you, and go even further when it comes to the community that's evolved in Portland. I tell people to JFDI. That usually means someone tells someone else about what they're doing. But there's no permission seeking. We have too many people that find fault in the works of others, even before any work has been done. 1 - http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2010/03/17/this-town-needs/ http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2010/03/17/this-town-needs/