@willsh

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John V Willshire. Runs Smithery, a strategic design unit. We help you Make Things People Want, rather than Make People Want Things. Invented Artefact Cards. Likes outdoors.
Using this for observations & noticings, bookmarks & microblogging.
Mostly:https://smithery.com
Occasionally:https://artefactshop.com
Seldom:https://twitter.com/willsh

The Community Power Compass: @willsh's graphic representation of Graeber and Wengrow's six freedoms and controls within a community,

Source and more information here: https://smithery.com/2022/06/15/how-to-use-the-community-power-compass/

How to use the Community Power Compass

A practical walk through on how to use the Community Power Compass to evaluate and analyse communities in spaces like Web3.

Smithery
Beginning to shortlist alternate Mastodon instances - recommendations welcome. Interests are #strategy, #design, #futures, #culture, a smattering of #technology, and a healthy dose of #nature

Day 2. Met some haughty lass in a massive white sleigh, who was rabbiting on about a box she had which was stuffed with endless Turkish Delight.

She wisnae impressed when I pointed out everyone’s family tin of Quality Street ends up like that because nobody likes it.

Don’t accept crap sweets from frosty looking strangers, kids.

#mundanenarnia

There’s a large green out the front of our house, a place for kids to play, dogs to run, neighbours to chat.

It has now also become home to several new residents, as the first snowmen of the year appear. Over the last day, since the snow arrived, I’ve noticed how communal an activity snowman building can be.

People come together to make one, of course. But I’ve also noticed people leaving a large snowball behind, which others finish off when they arrive a few hours later.

#snow

All I did was try and pop a few things in the wardrobe… now this Lion is trying to tell me he’s Jesus or something.
A pleasingly decent cracker joke

It feels like I might be spending much of the holidays tweaking and tinkering with the set of emergent systems and practices on information.

Have a Tana invite I want to make more use of, a Readwise Reader beta invite I love and seem to be using daily, and some older things to retire as well. Could just do with a Readwise plugin for Tana… (cc @robhaisfield)

There’s also the lingering dread of whatever the Dropbox / Apple thing was a couple of weeks ago I need to look into properly.

“The cone graphic is deceptively simple. That becomes a liability if people believe they're out of harm's way when they aren't.”

Referring to the ‘cone of uncertainty’ in hurricane maps, but also very applicable for the futures cone too…

#FuturesThinking

https://www.maproomblog.com/2019/09/the-dangers-of-hurricane-maps-cone-of-uncertainty/

The Dangers of Hurricane Maps’ Cone of Uncertainty

The cone of uncertainty is a core feature of hurricane maps: it shows the potential routes a hurricane is likely to take (the path grows over time, as we’re less certain where the storm goes next).…

The Map Room
Cleaning out the bird box and bird feeder. The great tit nest from the spring in all its glory. First time we’ve had birds nesting in this house after six years. Tried a different spot this year, with success.