A recent discussion within the TiddlyWiki community has made me reexamine the community’s role in shaping open-source projects.
Many people believe that the open-source principle equals grassroots democracy.
However, I don’t think that’s a fair assessment.
While community involvement is generally important and valuable, it is also a double-edged sword.
For certain issues, opening the debate to the community […]

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This will make for a good first edition of the “suggested reading” series:

After his initial probing draft, Phil has published the Ten Commandments of Twitter. Definitely a must-read for any Twitter user!
In a similar vein, Paul has come up with the distinction of Twits and Twerps. (I’m definitely a Twit — I hope… )
Finally, JP […]

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