About half way through Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success and, if he’s thesis and the research it is based on is valid, I think we are in for some exciting times in the online writing world. Gladwell talks about how it takes about 10,000 hours to achieve mastery in area, subject or practice. Referencing [...]
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10,000 hours and The Coming Online Talent Explosion
The Dunbar number in open source
For those interested in open-source systems (everything from public policy to software) should listen to Christopher Allen’s talk (his blog here) on the Dunbar Number. Dunbar’s number, which is 150, represents a theoretical maximum number of individuals with whom a set of people can maintain a social relationship, the kind of relationship that goes with [...]
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