Contact Information

Email:
claude[at]futureu[dot]com

Phone:
415.648.2667 (Vox)
415.902.2548 (Cel)
415.520.5416 (Fax)

Mail:
FutureU™
601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite E433
San Francisco, CA 94102

Web Sites:
Main Business Site:
www.futureu.com

Community of Practice:
www.futureu.net

Online Store:
www.futureustore.com

2009 Marketing Test 1:
www.buildyourcourseonline.com

Open Source Test Site:
www.betatestlab.net

Career Guidance Site:
www.meaningfulwork.com

Social/Business Network History:
www.briarpatch.net

Social/Business Network Community:
briarpatch.ning.com

Selected Writings

Paper Books

Running A One-Person Business.
(With Salli Rasberry). Ten Speed Press, 1989, 1994 (2nd ed. ).
Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood.
Parallax Press, 1994.
In the Company of Others: Making Community in the Modern World.
J.P. Tarcher, 1993.

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Electronic Books

Bargain Hunter's Guide to Building Your Course Web Site, with Gail Terry Grimes. FutureU, 2000-2006.
Make the Most of Learning Online, with Gail Terry Grimes. FutureU, 1998-2004.
Make the Most of Teaching Online, with Gail Terry Grimes. FutureU, 1997-2006.
Choosing Collaboration Software. FutureU, 2000-2004
Choosing Course Management Software: A Decision Maker's E-Tool, with Gail Terry Grimes. FutureU, 1999.
Choosing Course Management Software: The Report. FutureU, 2000.
Planning and Managing Online Library Access. FutureU, 1998-1999.

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Selected Articles

"Herding Cats Through the Gates of Cyberspace: The Process of Introducing Virtual Collaboration and Learning Technology As a Tool For Large-Group Interventions," with Gail Terry Grimes. FutureU, 2005 (49kb-PDF).
"Comparative Features Analysis of Leading Virtual Collaboration Software." FutureU, 2004-2005.
"Overcoming the Social and Technical Challenges to Virtual Scientific Collaboration: The Birth of the NASA Astrobiology Institute as a Community of Practice (50K PDF)," with Gail Terry Grimes. Buletinul Stiintific al Universitatii "Politehnica" din Timisoara, ROMANIA Seria AUTOMATICA si CALCULATOARE PERIODICA POLITECHNICA, Transactions on AUTOMATIC CONTROL and COMPUTER SCIENCE Vol.49 (63), 2004, ISSN 1224-600X.
"Identifying the Social and Technical Requirements for NAI as a Successful Virtual Organization," with Lisa Faithorn. Astrobiology, Vol 2, No. 4, Winter 2004, p. 643.
"Comparative Features Analysis of Leading Course Management Software." FutureU, 2000.
"Revisiting the Briarpatch," Real Goods Trading Catalog, Fall, 1994.
"Doing Well By Doing Good," in Whitmyer, Claude F. (ed.) Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood. Parallax Press, 1994.
"Using Mindfulness to Find Meaningful Work," in Whitmyer, Claude F. (ed.) Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood. Parallax Press, 1994.
"Waking Up to the Company of Others," in Whitmyer, Claude F. (ed.) In the Company of Others: Making Community in the Modern World. Tarcher/Putnam, 1993.
"Community: Lost, Saved, Liberated," in Whitmyer, Claude F. (ed.) In the Company of Others: Making Community in the Modern World. Tarcher/Putnam, 1993.
"Fun and the One-Person Business," Open Exchange, October/November/December, 1990.
"Building Support for Right Livelihood," Common Ground, Summer 1990.
"Working With Independent Contractors Can Be a Good Idea," Skonie Corporation Newsletter, September 1989.
"Getting the Tools to Make the Office Hum," Working Woman, January 1989.
"Measuring Productivity," Macintosh Business Review, September 1988 (cover/feature story).

Selected Reviews

"22 Keys to a Meaningful Workplace," by Tom Terez. AHP Perspective (Association of Humanistic Psychology Newsletter).

"In My Own Way: An autobiography 1915-1965" by Alan Watts, AHP Perspective (Association of Humanistic Psychology Newsletter).

"Success Without College: Why Your Child May Not Have to Go to College Right Now--and May Not Have to Go at All," AHP Perspective (Association of Humanistic Psychology Newsletter), October/November 2001.
"The Warrior: Living the Fourfold Way" written and narrated by Angeles Arrien (Wisdom Circles CD series)" AHP Perspective (Association of Humanistic Psychology Newsletter), June/July 2000.
"Job Shift by William Bridges," Journal of Management Consulting, Vol. 9, No. 3, May 1997.
"Merchants of Vision" by James Liebig," Journal of Management Consulting, Vol. 9, No. 2, Nov. 1996.
"Instructions to the Cook" by Bernard Glassman & Rick Fields," Shambhala Sun, April, 1996.
"Skillful Means by Tarthang Tulku," The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, 1994.
"Home Office Computing," The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, 1994.
"Small Business Accounting Programs," The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, 1994.
"Sideline Business," The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, 1994.
"The Republic of Tea" by Bill Rosensweig, Mel & Patricia Ziegler, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Vol. II, No. 2, Spring 1993.

Selected Columns

"Focus On Software," The Office, April 1987 to November 1993 (monthly software reviews).

Article/Book Referee

Learning and Work: An exploration in industrial ethnography, Garland Publishing, 1995.
Human Organization, Society for Applied Anthropology, Temple Terrace, Florida, 1993-1994.
Journal of Business Ethics, Kluwer Academic Publications, 1992.

Work In Progress

The Entrenaut's Handbook: A Guide for Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Free Agents and other Small Enterprise Builders.
Why E-Learning Isn't Working in Higher Ed and What Can Be Done About It.
Working for Yourself: The Ultimate Security.
Making Peace With Business: Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century.

With Gail Terry Grimes

Planning to Stay Together: How Spouses Can Work Together as Entreprenuers while Building a Stronger Marriage.
The Path to Meaningful Work: Using Mindfulness and Creativity to Manage Your Career.