Comments on: Facilitating at the National Education Innovation Summit http://www.recessioneering.com/2009/08/31/national-education-innovation-summit/ Dave Lash's blog on repairing, renewing or reinventing your enterprise Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:18:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Bordeaux http://www.recessioneering.com/2009/08/31/national-education-innovation-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-55 John Bordeaux Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:18:21 +0000 http://www.recessioneering.com/?p=641#comment-55 Hiya Dave. Tim O'Reilly agrees with the exploration of the Linux model in his discussion of "government as a platform." The important things to take from that approach is that control is limited to a single kernel. From there users, system administrators, webmasters, and programmers tailor, apply, and republish the code. His design principles for "government as a platform" (relevant but insufficient for our needs) include: * Embrace open standards - they encourage innovation and grow the market * Build a simple system - let it evolve * Set the right defaults * Design for cooperation * Learn from your users, especially ones who do what you don't expect * Lower barriers to experimentation * Build a culture of measurement * Throw open the doors to partners Hiya Dave. Tim O’Reilly agrees with the exploration of the Linux model in his discussion of “government as a platform.” The important things to take from that approach is that control is limited to a single kernel. From there users, system administrators, webmasters, and programmers tailor, apply, and republish the code.

His design principles for “government as a platform” (relevant but insufficient for our needs) include:
* Embrace open standards – they encourage innovation and grow the market
* Build a simple system – let it evolve
* Set the right defaults
* Design for cooperation
* Learn from your users, especially ones who do what you don’t expect
* Lower barriers to experimentation
* Build a culture of measurement
* Throw open the doors to partners

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