<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 6:13 PM, David Farning <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dfarning@activitycentral.com">dfarning@activitycentral.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Brilliant anti-pattern :)<br>
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Cookie licker - Picture a child who has had enough cookies, but wants to save<br>
the last one for later. So they take it off the plate and lick it, to ensure<br>
no-one else will eat it. The same phenomenon exists for community projects -<br>
prominent community members reserve key features on the roadmap for themselves,<br>
potentially depriving others of good opportunities to contribute. Beware of<br>
over-committing, and leave space for community contributions in project<br>
roadmaps. Be clear on what you will and will not do. [1]<br>
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How many of us have given into the temptation of licking a cookie or two :(<br>
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David<br>
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<a href="http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2011/01/open-source-community-building-a-guide-
to-getting-it-right/" target="_blank">http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2011/01/open-source-community-building-a-guide-<br>
to-getting-it-right/</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Very interesting article, in combination with some of the resources it links to this definitely provides a lot of food for thought.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks a lot for sharing,</div>
<div>Christoph</div><div>P.S. I call dibs on the "Cookie Lickers Anonymous" project I can see coming up on the roadmap! ;-P</div></div><br>-- <br>Christoph Derndorfer<br>co-editor, olpcnews<br>url: <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com">www.olpcnews.com</a><br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:christoph@olpcnews.com">christoph@olpcnews.com</a><br>