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> On Sep 24, 2015, at 4:59 AM, William A Rowe Jr <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >> >> >> Wonder is not being able to fork a project, make some patches, >> submit a bunch of pull requests and then get a handful of them >> committed upstream... That is so.... solitary. The wonder is >> working *with* and collaborating *with* and reaching consensus >> *with* a group of similarly-minded individuals towards a >> common goal. The wonder is the community. And I think that >> that is something which is at risk. >> > > There is some good psych theory that would be helpful in > understanding the dichotomy you describe, and I think it's > existed before the OSS revolution and continues through today. > You just did a great job of describing your approach, and mine > and many others at the foundation who are extroverts. We enjoy > the interaction, and when a community is healthy, enjoy providing > positive feedback loops, encouragement and praise, and the > ultimate praise (to have ones code committed to the project). > > Spending a weekend with my kids, who are both introverts, helps > remind me of the needs of those who are not 'public people'. We > have many successful examples, I'm thinking especially of Sam > or even Rich who are actually much quieter and reserved and > generally 'go off into their own space' to accomplish things, and > thrive in the solitary spaces where they can assemble something > they are happy with. All of our many introverts then bring back > Cool Things(TM) and interact with the community to get them > accepted, but the "fun" for them is the detached-creative process, > while the "fun" for the extroverts is the communal nature of the > whole collaborative development effort. > > You might enjoy taking your own Meyers Briggs assessment and > compare notes with friends or collaborators on different projects > and social groups. It goes a long way in bridging the understanding > gaps between these very different approaches to contributions, > collaboration and assembling a collective work :) Plenty of free > tests to pick from on the web. > > >> To me, Open Source provided an avenue that allowed coders >> (and other contributors) to finally work together, openly >> and honestly, transparently and meritocractically (if you get >> my meaning); it fostered sharing, but not by letting someone >> share our toys by playing with them by themselves in some corner >> of the sandbox. It was about us all sharing the toys to build >> a great sand castle all together in that sandbox, when before >> we couldn't. >> >> Are people doing it for fun? Are people seeing the joy and >> wonder in our eyes? Or are people doing it just because "that's >> what I get paid to do"? >> > > I expect both, just as I hope we have room for introverts and > extroverts to accomplish exactly what you describe, sharing the > toys to ultimately build the biggest collaborative sand castle that > we can be proud of together, but with very different motivations > and senses of reward :)
