[kDev] Apology and Appreciation...

[Daniel Harris <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

    I'm really sorry... I'm really sorry that I persist in keeping 
these lists publicly open. I'm sorry because I know how difficult it is 
for us to say what we really think in public. I know it seems like 
anyone could be listening and those anyones could take what we say and 
use it for their own gain (or even against us) and we'd loose out 
because there's never enough to go around and we all have to get to the 
top of the pile and so it's not easy being open and having to compete 
for the not-enough-stuff at the same time.

    And I'm sorry for berating people that post 
really-good-and-useful-stuff to me off list. I wont do that any more. 
It's just that I see the power of sharing ideas and want to maximise on 
any idea by sharing them. I just can't see any other way of doing this 
but to keep it all open and public.

    I know I'm not the easiest guy to get along with. I'm making a lot 
of big demands. Heck, Kendra is one big demand, aint it?! ;-) The 
creation of Kendra could bring lots of change to the way we do things. 
Perhaps it's not possible to create Kendra *until* we've changed the 
way we do things. Perhaps it's not possible to create something *until* 
we've created the conditions for it to exist. Work that one out! 
Perhaps that's what we're doing here.

   Thanks! Thanks for being here. Thanks for listening and for posting 
to this list. Even in just listening we have taken a huge step and 
listed ourselves on the Kendra website and said "I am (at least) 
listening". Even that is such a courageous move in this day and age. 
This is incredible. Kendra is such a huge vision. And we've got 
hundreds of people on the website putting their name to it. Incredible. 
Kendra would be nothing without all these people. Nothing without us. 
Incredible. We all deserve a huge round of applause. Massive 
congratulations for getting this far. Well done everyone!

    Well, can't stop, just rushing out the door for the University of 
Westminster. Richard Barbrook has invited me to talk to his Hypermedia 
Studies MA students about Kendra. Will be fun! ;-)

Cheers Daniel

Test: http://www.kendra.org.uk/tools1/
Plan: 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/documents/kendra_tools_project_plan_1.html