Work for the Robot Co-op

I love the 43things design and think it has enormous potential. As Digital Media Manager for a UK charity called Teacher Support Network, I could see setting up a version of 43things that targets teachers and what they’re working on, letting them match with other projects other teachers are working on.

Ning, Buddypress and other white label or open source social platforms are heading into a realm that is the future of networking sites. And the open-ended tool that is Facebook is taking things in an entirely different direction, making its tools more widely ported, available and easily tailored for niched uses.

43things, places, etc., could get this platform more widely used and improved through something I’d call 43open. Using 43open, a white label version of 43things, people could create their own 43 sites under GPL or Creative Commons use licenses. Being that it would be in the open source realm, users would be responsible for supporting one another via support forums. Much like other models, if 43things wanted to pursue it, they could offer a paid version that would be installed and supported for an organization. Otherwise, support on behalf of 43things would remain limited and easily managed.

...they’ll get back to me…

What I do, is the shirts.

43things has had one simple shirt design for years, how about something different? I seem to remember the ladies looking for something other than pink.

This is the one idea that I took through the final design, and I have a few others still in gestation, if the robots are interested…

(maybe if everybody comments on this, saying they would buy one, someone will contract me to do some designin’? maybe a small payout per shirt sold? maybe something other than pink?)

I just started this week. I haven’t done much exciting yet, just set up my computer and started poking around the code…

For a couple of weeks now. I’m in Seattle today to meet the members of the Robot Coop. It’s been great so far, and I’ve met two of the coop members today. Daniel Spils and Ivan Opalka have been very friendly and welcoming.

Until then I give up.

Your concept is really appealing, and I would love to work with the Robot Co-Op

I have an idea that would have been a bit like 43 things but breaking one of the “three lessons learned from Amazon.com” from http://www.robotcoop.com/articles/2004/11/09/some-thoughts-concerning-work-and-innovation would have been a much more specific niche offering.

My first thought on seeing 43 things was “oh shoot, they did my idea”. My second thought was “I want to work here, I could dail in my idea so fast into this platform”.

to have a summer job at Robot Co-op.
Are you guys looking for interns?

I love the Web and I’d like to work for a young brilliant Internet Company involved in new projects!