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workingforfree
Raise the Dead of WintertimeA sighing wind brings heavy snowEvery good woodcutter knowsIt fills the road and blocks the doorIt lays and stays and waits for more
The Jeffery boys are strong and leanThe best damn workers you’ve ever seenThey’ll cut more wood than a horse can haulNear six chords before nightfall
We’ll get up at the break of dayAnd hitch the morgan to the sleighAnd as we work we’ll sing a rhymeAnd raise the dead of wintertime
Deep in the woods our fuel is bornIt meets the axe to keep us warmWe trim the branches, pile it highAnd leave it for the wind to dry
The yellow birch, the spruce so redAnd juniper to bake good breadHard maple when the flame’s in doubtAnd cedar if the fire dies out
And when at night we’re by the stoveOur bellies full and our stories toldThe winds of winter might blow coldBut none of us will feel it
Allan Rankin“New Branches”Wild Garden Music1995
workingforfree
is not...
notcharity
not volunteering
not interning
not bartering
not businesslike
notaltruistic
and
(perhaps)
notrational
workingforfree
involves no...
noselling
noadvertising
noestimates
noinvoices
nopayroll
notaxes
noboss
nomeetings
nofear of
losing a job
and
nomoney
workingforfree
provides...
creativelicense
influence
access
equality
power
risk
respite
opportunity
and
freedom
working
is likeprostitution
workingforfree
is likehome-based sex
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huh?
procrastination
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happy
satisfied
nothing moreneeded
workingforfree
selfishaltruism
targeted injections of free labour to enhance
local sustainability
workingforfree
• Find some “visioning” money to get hired as a consultant.
• Negotiate contracts for services.• Hold meetings with potential
stakeholders and users.• Prepare a report of findings,
with suggestions for next steps.• Find additional funding to move
to the practical planning stage.• Hold meetings with involved
parties, negotiate responsibilities, reporting structure.
• Develop action plan.• Proceed with project.
called a meeting
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happy
satisfied
nothing moreneeded
cross-domain scripting
leveraging contacts and
personal curiousity to
build business-academic
partnerships
workingforfree
how to make it work
trust each other
or
ignoreeach other
not “almost free”
not “a good deal”
be clear about the basics
passion is good
small is good
local is good
be prepared for suspicion
be prepared for rejection
workingforfree
why I love it...
feeds my curiousity
try outnew ideas
access to cool people
access to “backstage”
creativecontrol
influence my
community
and
it’s fun
workingforfree
thoughts?