Category Archives: Communicating

Decision Making

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Lloyd

If you want better communication, clarify the following:

Who is the single person who has decision making authority for decision X
Who should have input into that decision
Who should be informed when the decision has been made

This sets everyone’s expectations for who … Continue reading →

Also posted in Collaborating | Tagged Committee, Communicating, Decision Making, leadership | 1 Comment

Measurements That Matter on WordPress.com

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Lloyd

I know what measurements matter for WordPress.com, because they’re right there on the front page. Right now in the top left of “Freshly Pressed” it reads:
The best of 252,029 bloggers, 223,676 new posts, 327,799 comments, & 54,240,782 words today on … Continue reading →

Also posted in Blogging, Collaborating, WordPress.com | Tagged Blogging, Inspirations, measurements, statistics, WordPress.com | 1 Comment

Three’s Company

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Lloyd

“Yourself, plus two others. With only two, each person needs to be aware of all the details in case the other person needs to take a break / gets run over by a bus / whatever. With three, the load … Continue reading →

Also posted in Collaborating, Opinion, Work | Tagged Bootup Labs, Boris Mann, collaborating, Founders, Moderating, Negotiating, Partnership, Weak Links, Weakest Link | 3 Comments

Communicating

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Lloyd

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| Tagged Audience, common launguage, communication, empathy, language, listening | 4 Comments

Leslie Hawthorn, Geek Herder

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Lloyd

I’m going to try to regular write about the people that inspire me — if I don’t do it every month then hollar at me.
Google Summer of Code has wrapped up, and while I plan to write about my experience, … Continue reading →

Also posted in Collaborating, Free Culture, Open Source | Tagged geek herder, inspirational, leader, leadership, open source leader | 3 Comments

Google thinks I hate them!

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Lloyd

The other day I was trying to figure out a problem I was having with Google’s awesome Gmail, and whether to let Google know about their problem, when I remembered that Google thinks I (and Flock) hate them.
I actually own … Continue reading →

Also posted in Community, Flock | Tagged Customer Support, feedback, google, google.com, internal, internal forums, jobs, jobs at Google, the goog | 6 Comments

BarCamp Vancouver

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Lloyd

A day late, but not a dollar short — its a free event… well, I donated $20; it was either that or get one of the pink shirts
BarCamp Vancouver sessions are in full swing.
Generously hosted at Workspace … Continue reading →

Also posted in Collaborating | Tagged barcamp, barcampvancouver2007, unconference, vancouver | 5 Comments

Marc Andreessen is on Fire!

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Lloyd

Whatever you think about what the browser boy wonder has done since Netscape, you have to appreciate the communication, collaboration, and participation that he has been doing since the beginning of this month at blog.pmarca.com!

Also posted in Blogging, Collaborating, Web | 3 Comments

Linuxfest Northwest 2007

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Lloyd

Linuxfest Northwest is an amazing, free, all ages Linux community annual event April 28 & 29 that I have never been to. I unfortunately will not be there again this year.

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We are the Internet

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Lloyd

We really are the Internet.
“At its heart was a new kind of participation that has since developed into an emerging culture based on sharing.”

Also posted in Collaborating, Free Culture, Web | 1 Comment