Houston Bloom
Community Legibility Spec
Your people and your work, kept as plain files on your own computer, with a record of what you share and with whom.
- 01Make your thinking legible to others.
- 02Keep a tight pulse on what your system is doing, sending or needing.
- 03Cancel your subscriptions.
What you end up with
Your folder, on your own computer
The packet is a folder you copy. One prompt to your agent, or eleven steps by hand, turn it into your contacts, your card and your manifest, all on your own machine.
Your contacts
What a contact is
One folder per person or organization.
Read moreHow sure we are
Every person and organization gets one of three levels: verified, confident or unsure.
Read moreHow someone likes to be reached
A few lines on a person's file: how they like to be reached and talked to, and how things made for them should look.
Read moreProjects
One list of every project, each with an id that never changes.
Read moreWants and offers
A want is something still open between you and someone: they need something from you.
Read moreYour manifest
What the manifest is
One file on your computer.
Read moreSharing something
Something you make to send gets a row in your manifest.
Read moreWhat a person gets
A redacted copy of your manifest for one person: when you were active together, and the rows that name them.
Read moreImpact report
A report on what someone's information did to your work after it reached you.
Read moreOne prompt does steps 1 to 9
At the end you have your own folder with your contacts in it, your contact card, a dashboard, and a manifest that starts with this packet and logs what you share.