We want to build tender.garden as a platform that supports our process of learning in public. Instead of showing just the result, we want to share our journey and the mistakes we make along the way. By focusing on taking responsibility for ourselves, by reflecting in the open, we strive to move away from pointing fingers and rather invite anyone interested to join us at eye level.
For this, we try to be more transparent in two ways:
- Transparent Updates: Being open to changing our minds and updating our content accordingly
- Transparent Credit: Acknowledging and sharing who we learned from
Transparent Updates
How do we deal with the situation when we learn something new, maybe even that we made a mistake? How can we change our content, take responsibility, while also making sure that this learning process isn't erased?
As a first step, we added an Update History section that can be opened by clicking/tapping the Last updated date on a page. Here is an example how it looks like on the Countdown Meditation page:
For bigger changes, we can also link to blog posts explaining the thoughts behind them.
Transparent Credit
We are very grateful for so many hearts and minds that are offering their perspectives in conversations and resources.
To show more transparently who we learned from, we just added an Acknowledgments section that can be opened by clicking/tapping the heart icon next to the other authors of a page. Here is an example:
Thank you Alex for your ideas and feedback on these interface elements!