the final FYI video
This is what I’m showing tomorrow to Chancellor Fingerhut. This is what I did on my summer vacation.
End of August 2010 blogging
Getting lots of things done. We have a killer book from our Futuristic Young Ideas STEM student summer internship program. The Civic Commons is rocking - running towards an end of Sept ship date.
There are a lot of really basic person->many communication tools which Facebook doesn’t have - let alone how shitty their messages tool is. Looks like Orkut sees this as a hole - and they’re right. Now all they (Orkut) need are the 500M people.
Now that Orkut is pitching multiple personae, how long until we need Persona Editors?
Hmmmm - I wonder if I could help invalidate these Paul Allen patent claims from Interval research. I knew a lot of people who worked there - and I specifically recall showing similar interfaces to Brenda Laurel when she visited my MediaBar in 1996. Hmmmmm - I’d just LOVE to fuck Paul Allen and ALL those interval people!
SCVNGR rocks - I love this stuff
the Activity Streams standard is growing
Congrats to Rohit Khare and Adam Rifkin!
How gardens stitch together communities
FYI book v3
All the chapters have been reordered - it’s much more comprehensible now!
We’re doing a dress rehearsal tonight at the WOW (Wade Oval Weds) at 7:15
Instead of calling it blogging, think of it as…..
Here’s a reprint of a post I just put up over at Ingenuity net - the network we’ve started here in NEO to connect artists to technologists. It actually is a message to my Civic Commons cohorts - as we finalize the first release of our Civic Commons platform.
Instead of calling it blogging, think of it as:
- a way to start a conversation
- a way to share your photos and videos
- a way to update your status and let everyone know what you’re doing or where you are
- a way to reblog a link (annotate or comment on the link)
- a way post a review of something
- a funnel thru which all your other web based activities, expression and status are being flowed
FYI book - v2
Here it is.
Mid-August ‘10 blogging
I submitted a full Product Requirements Document for our Civic Commons platform on 08/09/10. Nice start.
Many people are perplexed by the Google-Verizon announcement. Understand that this is about the iPhone - which brings in the majority of Apple’s profits. Google is truly branching out - beyond search. Next up - the social network battle with Facebook. Notice that Microsoft is completely out of this discussion.
This Pew report supports my assertion that the digital divide is not economic - its about apathy, fear and apprehension.
Bill Gates: forget university - the web is the future of education
VMware shows how to do it - and integrates Zimbra into their suite. See! Digital Lifestyle Aggregation ain’t too hard!
Moving Forward in the Efficient Management and Use of Core facilities - an issue I’m sure is burning on all of your minds
Beginning of Aug ‘10 blogging
Between RET3, the FYI summer internship program and the Collaborative Campus projects - things are starting to rock here.
Next up - the Civic Commons.
There will be many social graphs
VRM+CRM 2010 conference at Harvard Aug. 26-27
Collaborative Campus project
I attended an inspirational presentation yesterday - which was the culmination of a summer’s work of designers, interns, students and community members in a district they call the Campus District - near downtown Cleveland.
Bordered by the Lake to the north and Woodland to the south, the Campus District is a slice of Cleveland from 22nd to 30th street that encompassed CSU, The Cedar Estates public housing complex, Asiatown and the Tri-C campus.
The Collaborative Campus effort is a joint-venture between St. Vincent’s Hospital, CSU and Tri-C. Its goal is to come up with a comprehensive urband design that connects the disparate parts of teh community together. I was skeptical as I entered, and totally jazzed when I left.
Not only are they taking over the old Juvi Hall and have plans to put in an incubator, coworking space and room for companies like Digital City Mechanics, but they also plan on establishing “walks” that connect the community together and a branding ’swagg’ effort.
Banners would line the ‘Green Walk‘, ‘Culture Walk‘ and ‘Green Walk‘ and kiosks and live events would help develop the community feel and brand. My friend Mackenzie King worked on this project, as did someone named Mari Hulick from the C.I.A. I’m hoping to get DCM (Digital City Mechanics) involved somehow.
RET3
George Nemeth and myself went over to a place called RET3 yesterday. It’s a computer refurbishing and recycling center - setup by Pat Holland (who also happens to be one of the major landlords on Hessler St) and a father-son team of Ken and Kenny Kovatch.
These 3 guys are donating computers to schools, rec centers, community organizations and other places where the PCs can be put to use! Needless to say - we’ll be using them for our “digital bureaus!”
I’ve been to centers like this in London, SF and LA - but it was great to see one in Cleveland. They’re trying to set one up in Akron! I’m a geek - so seeing piles of equipment really gets me off.
Here are some images from yesterday:
FYI video #1
Here’s our first video
