Rosieland Roundup 246 — new towns, Melodrama, collectives

👋 Welcome to another week in Rosieland! Happy learning! 🌈 What I've written and shared this week: 🌊 Two recent examples

Third Things

We often struggle to find ways to connect and start conversations, but perhaps sometimes we need to explore everyday activities

Spaced Repetition

Are we too quick to move on to sharing the latest happenings within our communities?

The freedom to experiment so we can expand

The tool market tends to expand and retract. For a while we had tools focusing on just one thing, many

Two recent examples of exiting to community

As a founder, leading a company, and being responsible to employees and our community, I often find myself contemplating wtf

Community Experiments

Experimenting in community is essential for survival.

Closing down a community

I recently saw someone mention how the community they've been working on was shutting down after many years

5 ways AI is causing problems with community

I'm all for AI, but also there are real problems that it brings to our communities. I'

Why should the social networks have all the fun?

Architecture designed with community in mind

The Community Channel Creation Funnel

My last post was about how community channels can be prototypes of other work we end up producing.

Community channels as prototypes

Looking at channels with an action focused mindset can help us move our communities forward with greater clarity.

Do we really know best? Learning from community centered journalism.

One of the things I've been striving to do is learn from how others do community. Often the

Never has it ever been so important to...

...get out there and do the work locally.

Community flywheels build upon what complement each other

Distractions and short-term thinking are red flags when we build communities.

Fandom is wonderful. Fandom is ugly.

We often fall into the trap of believing that the one thing is the answer. And often this turns into

Lost connection

Making every interaction count

In a world that is constantly interacting. Where we are measured, obsessed, and judged based on engagement. Where we need

Networks that support communities

Data-Driven Community Quilting

I love this idea of Data-Driven Community Quilting so much.

The future of AI is (potentially) about clever connection

Community growing pains

A space of sustainable permanence

Let's have a quick look at a local creative community space.

Community needs good communication