[Gregory Bloom]

Hi folks –

First I want to say that I’ve been looking for something like this for quite some time. I’ve always wanted functionality that could enable divergent/nested group membership within the same messaging platform; and I’ve always thought that wikis and blogs are natural complements. It’s a bundle that makes a lot of sense, and I’m surprised it took so long for someone to put it all together – thanks for blazing the path!

I’m curious to see some of the (relatively non-technical) conceptualization on your end. So far on the site I’ve seen the technical specs behind CBOX plugins, but I wonder if you have a writeup that explains your vision for why these technologies belong together, and how they inter-relate. (I could describe the “commoning” potential I see in the interconnectivity — but I’m curious to see it, and share it, in others’ words.)

Sorry if this is question is both stupid-simple and wonky. Any links, suggestions, postulations, welcome!

[Matthew K Gold]

Great question, Gregory.

Here are a few places to look:

Free Software Development and the Commons
Boone Gorges
http://groundcontrol.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/25/free-software-development-and-the-commons/

Build Your Own Academic Community with Commons in a Box
Brian Croxall
https://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/build-your-own-academic-community-with-commons-in-a-bo/44749

“The CUNY Academic Commons: Fostering Faculty Use of the Social Web.” Online Social Networking as a Site for Learning. Spec. issue of On the Horizon. 19.1 (2011).
Matthew K. Gold & George Otte
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4124367/gold-otte–cuny-academic-commons.pdf

Also, here is a presentation I did that explicitly sets the CUNY Academic Commons within discussions of the commons more generally:

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/mattgold/open-education-the-university-and-the-commons
Coverage of the talk: http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2011/10/mobility-shifts-day-2-privacy-surveillence-and-the-academic-commons-guest-post.html

I hope that some of this is helpful. We’re definitely interested in continuing this conversation.

[Gregory Bloom]

Awesome! I will read through these over the weekend. And I figure I’ll be back here with more questions/thoughts soon enough…

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