Indeed.
I suspect the answer will be as rewarding as the last.
> This is a fascinating list to be a member of, you never quite know what
> little gems are going to pop out as displacement activities, core business,
> dreams, stimulation or fantasy. :-)
> .
> Just to avoid extra mail, 1) thanks to the comments about my web 2.0 stuff,
> I will reply in due course - and yes to both suggestions - done the talk,
> fun . . . 2) thanks for the help with wikis. Still looking for a MW
> installation with a wysiwyg editor I can look at. Busy with a deadline in
> 48 hours, then "whew!!" I can relax. ie the weekend.
> But this post!! I should be sleeping, but I will respond. I just could not
> believe my eyes!!
> While this is addressed to Bron, it does come via the list so I suppose I
> can answer.
> Who is Bron?
> Bron is one of my friends, who I sometimes call up long distance to chat
> with whenever she goes a bit quiet. We have drunk quite a lot of wine
> together (but I must admit I am not sure of her preference for red/white).
> We have sung in a monks choir in a conference centre in Sydney. Plus at
> least 15 cafes and superb eateries at about 10 conferences. This is a
> little more than the facebook version of friendship.
> I did think of Buckminster Fuller's definition:
> "A self-balancing, 28-jointed adapter-base biped; an electro-mechanical
> reduction-plant, integral with segregated stowages of special energy
> extracts in storage batteries, for subsequent actuation of thousands of
> hydraulic and pneumatic pumps, with motors attached; 62,000 miles of
> capillaries; millions of warning signal, railroad and conveyor systems;
> crushers and cranes (of which the arms are magnificent 23-jointed affairs
> with self-surfacing and lubricating systems, and a universally distributed
> telephone system needing no service for 70 years if well managed); the
> whole, extraordinarily complex mechanism guided with exquisite precision
> from a turret in which are located telescopic and microscopic
> self-registering and recording range finders, a spectroscope, *et cetera*,
> the turret control being closely allied with an air conditioning
> intake-and-exhaust, and a main fuel intake." but this is far too
> reductionist for my way of thinking.
> Bron was with one of the organisms that supported FLNW 1, but it doesn't
> exist any more in a serious way, having ceased as a functioning entity on
> 1st September after dying a slow death over the past 9 months. I don't know
> about the answer to Q2 and 3 with her current connections - I am presuming
> you mean contribute with cash. She fits into a few categories that are
> rather special, but I won't mention in a public forum.
> But I do know the answer to question 4. It is 'No'.
> -Derek
> Off for a rest now.
> On 19/09/2007, alexanderhayes <alexanderhayes1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Who are you ?
> > I know of you yet I don't know you.
> > Is your organization willing to contribute to FLNW2 in some way ?
> > If not...why not ?
> > Do you believe that the future of learning in a networked world is a
> > bleak one.....a souless online virtual connection, a facile attempt to
> > build community where only self serving individuals oscillate in ever
> > increasingly smaller circles with shorter interactions and a senseless
> > lack of 'human-ness ?
