If I didn’t read Business Logs I’d have completely missed this story. Just haven’t really noticed anyone I read actually talk about it. It would seem that the story of the week is the launch some blogging/advertising/network company called Open Source Media, no scratch that, it’s actually called Pajamas Media. Whatever not terribly interested in shoddy businesses, however what made me stop and truely think was the difference between my online collaborative efforts and that of Dennis.

I guess I’ve been truely fortunate in the online collaborations and the quality of people I’ve chosen to jump with head first into these collaborations. While people still fear anyone on the internet, blogging has effectively given people a new medium to both collaborate and help each other, while at the same time truely shaft each other in a spectacular fashion.

I think the only reason I’m enjoying using the internet as much as I am right now can be attributed to the collaborations on projects with various people from around the world. The internet has put me in touch with people that share the same passions and ideas that I would otherwise have not had the chance to experience and by extension been that much poorer.

Would things not go as smoothly if money was involved? I’d really like to think that would not be the case. However I’ve been burnt several times in the past to shoddy characters (wish I did blog back in University because that would have made a terribly interesting read right about now) that I can justify people/myself for being jadded about the whole thing; and yet I’m ALWAYS looking for the next collaboration.

1. Rin and Manji were both collaborative efforts and have both done me proud.
2. Inksmith was announced last week, and things are going at a completely unexpected pace.
3. WordPress Version 2.0 Beta was released with many elements from the work we did in the Shuttle collaboration. More news on this will come I promise.
4. Codename: Sharq with Bryan isn't flowing as we'd both like it to, but we'll be giving it a great deal of thought in the months to come.
5. Codename: BORG with Jonathan Snook is another fantastic example of two people clicking and getting on with things. Much more to come on this in the coming months.

I couldn’t have done any of these projects on my own and neither would I ever want to. I evolved greatly as a designer/coder with each project and more importantly I gained several friends along the way.