“In summer 2000, it seemed that the whole conversation on com-prac was going to die off. So what I did was post some ridiculous message about CoPs and toilets -- a message aimed at irritating readers and provoking strong reactions. And it worked: I got several messages back telling me how stupid the analogy was – and I knew that com-prac was alive! These days when com-prac goes silent for a week, I never worry because something will eventually come up to keep the conversation going.”

Celebrating 1000 mailings last week from the Yahoo! Com-Prac community 'on communities of practice', Christina Merl had an interview for efios with John Smith. The interview is published here.