Rakontu
These posts are about Rakontu, the prototype software I built (and learning/research project I carried out) to help small groups share stories over the internet.
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Rakontu on WWSW Wednesday
I will be talking about Rakontu on the Worldwide Story Work Ning group on Wednesday the 13th of July, 2011. In preparation for that, I thought about what I’d like to say about Rakontu, and that turned into an “elevator pitch” presentation. EDIT: I once included the start of the elevator pitch here, but now… Read more
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Spring and new life for Rakontu
Every year I forget about spring, and it’s such a wonderful surprise to find it all happening again. I can’t get enough of sitting on the ground beside the withdrawing snow and just looking at the dirt. It’s still there, and there are still things growing in it. What are seasons but a story that… Read more
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Steal these ideas
This blog post has been moved to (and revised for) The Working with Stories Miscellany. You can find it as the section called “Supporting online story sharing” in Chapter 6, “More on Conversational and Community Story Sharing.” Read more
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Rakontu lessons learned
Well, I’ve finally done it. I’ve wrapped up the Rakontu project, updated the web site, closed down the beta sites, and written a lessons-learned document. Rakontu is the free, open source software I wrote last year to help small groups share and work with their stories online. I finished version one of Rakontu in the… Read more