Understanding walled gardens and freedom, including walled gardens including freedom forming comfortable spaces in walled gardens that need permeable walls to share

1. Freely Seeping Through
the Walls of the Garden
Thomas Vander Wal
Presented to: Reboot 10
Copenhagen, Denmark :: 26 June 2008

2. Organizations love hierarchy
President
VP VP
Director Director Director Director Director

3. Hierarchy leads to
compartmentalization
President
VP VP
Director Director
Director Director Director

4. or walled gardens

5. Walled gardens
inhibit creativity sharing...

6. by limiting
cross-pollination

7. But...

8. Walled gardens create
comfortable
environments