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MAX to MAXUP - Cathedral to Bazaar

DIGG IT!     1 Comments Published Friday, October 20, 2006 at 11:30 AM .

I read "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" in 2000 and it really changed the way I think about software and community. "Scratching an itch", "Release Early, Release Often", and "Many eyes, shallow bugs" have become really important to me. In many ways MAXUP adds these patterns MAX. The sessions are 100% community driven adding what developers want to see thus "Scratching an Itch". The tight 15 Minute presentations make for very dense and focused sessions, "Release Early, Release Often". Also with exposure, community speakers rise to deliver higher quality, "Many eyes equals shallow bugs". I think you will see that MAXUP is a different approach that embraces the Bazaar.

I really do have faith in the Bazaar in that the community will rise to make MAXUP great. 38 Speakers signed up for sessions over the past few weeks and I did not exclude anyone. No filtering, no management of the content, anyone that posted a session (now closed) is listed as a speaker. The fact that I had to do very little to manage this process is a testament to the quality of the community. I cannot wait to see MAXUP it will be fun, a bit chaotic, and very alive just like a real bazaar.

MAXUP - TUES and WED at Adobe MAX!

Ted :)

1 Responses to “MAX to MAXUP - Cathedral to Bazaar”

  1. # Anonymous Anonymous October 21, 2006 3:06 AM

    for anyone who needs a link to catbaz, here goes: http://karmak.org/archive/2001/catbaz/

    -- eokyere :)  

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