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Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

tenant screening — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:09:11 -0000

I do not need to bring people from Craigslist to use it - I actually have tons of music teachers and current students, as I already work with who will be happy test the MVP.

Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

Steve Brogan — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:05:33 -0000

Justin makes a good point. In a lot of QA sessions that I have experienced the idea is to not look to find fault with a person, instead look at the process and what the person was trying to accomplish. If there is slacking, then the process is failing, not the person. This can help make it easier with all involved. Just my 2 cents.

Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

Justin Kownacki — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:40:52 -0000

Devil's advocate: sometimes working with friends creates its own brand of complications. Make sure there are clear boundaries set, so the working relationship and the friendship don't become entangled. That way, if one person starts slacking on the work end, it can be dealt with in a way that won't disrupt the friend end.

Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

drew olanoff — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:40:04 -0000

count me in for some new media schoolage. i think setting it up like an actual school with classes people can sign up for would be neat. new media professors can manage a small group of people for a designated period.

Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

Connie Reece — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:31:28 -0000

Friendsourcing definitely resonates, and because of social networking my circle of friends and professional colleagues has enlarged and goes way beyond geographical boundaries.

I'd like to know more about the New Media School, and since I follow you around on Twitter, I'm sure I'll be hearing more about it.

Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

Jim Long — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:14:13 -0000

chris I'd love to be involved in your new media school. Let me know if there's any way i could contribute.

Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

Steve Garfield — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:06:58 -0000

I've been thinking about this too and it resulted in a question to people I don't know that well, who I might want to work with:

"What's your Blog URL and flickr name?"

For me, I'll be quick to work with someone I've gotten to know online. It's like online nepotism. I'll hire friends before strangers. Makes sense.

Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

Whitney — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:57:49 -0000

Thank you! I am sincerely flattered! And I think it is all about friendsourcing. We get to the point where there is so much to do, and time is becoming our most valuable resource. So learning (and trusting) to be able to outsource to friends becomes a necessity and a strategy to keep sane.
I took a lesson from some other podcasters and I am going to have an intern this summer to help me with the "I really should's" like filing and dealing with show archives, that I never seem to get to. This teenager will learn a bit about podcasting, web site management, and other things she wouldn't learn in school, and I get the free help I need for a few weeks this summer. I can't wait!

Re: Friendsourcing and FriendHelp

Debs — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:11:58 -0000

New media school - YES!
Friendsource - all the time ( more on this on my blog later)