Comments on: Plaxo Tries Internal Unconference

By: şebnem ferah

şebnem ferah — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:02:08 +0000

My guess is that it is “Meat” as in “Meatspace”. According to Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatspace …. yes i believe that it is great ..thx .

By: Unconference 2.0 - the next generation. Synergy. « Access All Areas

Unconference 2.0 - the next generation. Synergy. « Access All Areas — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:36:56 +0000

[...] Think about how much more valuable an internal meeting would be for everyone if employees could invite executives into their worlds for a session or two, instead of the other way around. Here’s an example of an un-agenda from Plaxo, who apparently have a knack of affixing “axo” onto everything they do. Their weekly unconferences for tech teams are called Meataxo: [...]

By: JosephSmarr.com » Mashup University Talk

JosephSmarr.com » Mashup University Talk — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:36:00 +0000

[...] everyone’s calendar, we just reserve Tuesday afternoons for an internal unconference we call Meataxo (yes, the spelling is intentional–we had to do something to make the idea of a meeting [...]

By: businessgolf

businessgolf — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:49:38 +0000

Glad to see that another business as adopted something I have been suggesting to my clients for a few months now. The all day meeting day is one of the most productive methods of keeping the entire week from being clogged with momentum breaking gathers to discuss something that needed to be talked abut weeks before.
I also promote the use of golf as a bi-weekly activity for a business’ complete staff where the round of golf can be used as a way for different groups to intermingle and get to know each other and then the after golf activity would be a full staff meeting or discussion of a topic that needs to be planned for or worked on by the group…I call this Business Golf.

By: Shannon Seery, EXCELER8ion.com

Shannon Seery, EXCELER8ion.com — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:06:17 +0000

Hi Liz,

My guess is that it is “Meat” as in “Meatspace”. According to Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meatspace – Meatspace is synonymous with the physical world and conceived as the opposite of cyberspace or virtual reality. The term originated in science fiction, especially cyberpunk, but it has become increasingly common in general usage, as a reference to transactions or interactions which physically occur, rather than online or electronically.

The term may be used in a derogatory manner as a conscious rejection of the connotations of the term “real life” and the implication that interactions in cyberspace are less real or important than physical interactions.

I only found this recently after clicking on the term ‘IRL’ (in real life) to see what a friend who is WAY cooler than me was talking about. :-)

Shannon

By: jaggai

jaggai — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:56:59 +0000

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alexking.org: Blog > Around the web — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:10:40 +0000

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alexking.org: Blog > Around the web — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:10:37 +0000

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