Avoid silos; federate data - don't try to own data. Be transparent.
Focus on aggregating content and encouraging point source emitters
Foster an ecosystem where all participants get rewarded, support all attempts at bettering communication
Allow ownership across all parties involved in all projects, monetize collectively, distribute work-load collectively; ownership can be a liability and it is not always an asset
Let team members dictate and establish their own strengths on thier own, allow for flexibility and diversity in work styles
License free or open. BSD Licensing of code Creative Commons Licensing of content
Code sprints and social practice development
Brainstorming, sketching and iterative, agile concept development are encouraged
Provide support for ideation, respect and foster creativity and risk taking by taking smaller steps more often
Reward attempts to change the status quo and shift processes to serve client and user needs in novel ways
Keep lines of communication open, have design sessions once a week where designers can play and try out new ideas
Everything should be a wiki Everything should allow reverting
Deputize participants to help groom the garden
Disambiguate related content; duplicate persons and the like with disambiguation pages
Support rich relationships to associate related materials
Filter, capture, and use existing social networks, online and off
Use Machine Methods to topic cluster – to add and improve human tagging and categorization
Cluster by Location and time, use peers, and personal profiles to filter views
Encourage real time discourse, encourage collaboration and open-ended conversation
Be humane.
Be multi-modal and multi-gateway, multi-ligual and multi-faceted
Abide by agile development practices
Focus on one thing at a time, ship early and often. Be your own most loyal user
Provide feedback mechanisms early on, for team and stakeholders
Iterate quickly and often, take feedback and criticism and turn good projects into great ones
Focus on caring for our own communities first
Then and only then do you grow outwards from our own community
Remember to appreciate those around you, enocourage and validate the work of those around you