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		<title>Community Platforms &amp; Community Harmonization</title>
		<link>http://www.digitalspace.ca/2008/04/02/community-platforms-community-harmonization</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This morning I read a post from David Crow on &#8220;Community Platforms&#8220;.  It got me thinking about our local community, that being Victoria and Vancouver.  I have always been a supporter of community platforms and open source, but I&#8217;d like to see that go further into the real world.  Vancouver has quite [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This morning I read a post from <a href="http://davidcrow.ca">David Crow</a> on &#8220;<a href="http://davidcrow.ca/article/6699/community-platforms">Community Platforms</a>&#8220;.  It got me thinking about our local community, that being Victoria and Vancouver.  I have always been a supporter of community platforms and open source, but I&#8217;d like to see that go further into the real world.  Vancouver has quite a buzz w.r.t. technology and so does Victoria, however here in Victoria you have to go searching for it to find it.</p>
<p>There are lots of user groups here in Vic, but there are little silos here and there and there&#8217;s no cohesion or merging of the groups happening.  This is where I think <a href="http://barcamp.org/DemoCampVictoria">DemoCampVictoria</a> can help change.  Lets see what happens when we try to bring some of those people together to create new relationships, learn about what others are doing and maybe help contribute to the direction of technology development in Victoria.</p>
<p>Now you&#8217;re probably wondering at this point why I mentioned Vancouver as a &#8220;local&#8221; town.  It&#8217;s only a 30km trip North of Victoria (that can come with a wide selection of hot and cold entrees), and there are so many human-links between the two cities.  Why not try to feed these connections?  If you think of it as a platform, it only makes sense if you&#8217;re living in Victoria to add the &#8220;Vancouver plugin&#8221; your ecosystem.</p>
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