On 12 Feb , at 02:19:51, Steven Clift wrote: > Two related items: > > 1. We've had two hackathons on a related concept: > http://e-democracy.org/Neighborly > > The volunteer developers are Python/Django-oriented. Join us. It is > early. The key innovation is a design based on each individuals > neighborliness (or exposure) preference and connecting people > dynamically versus leaving them in virtual ghost towns. >
http://www.plasticbag.org/files/misc/etech.ppt 7 years ago, we solved this problem. If your default view is 'X nearest conversations), then you naturally scale to any density of users in an intuitive way, ignore arbitrary administrative boundaries etc. stef > The "problem" with most hyperlocal sites and our own Issues Forum > model is that we can't serve areas without leaders making broad > recruitment difficult. On the other hand, nothing replaces the > block/community leader willing to go door to door or sign people up at > community events: > http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/639 > > 2. Lessons and experiences are not being shared widely. So join the > Locals Online revolution: > http://e-democracy.org/locals > > Did you know 8 million Americans are on neighborhood e-mail lists? Who > knew! None of the hosts are connected. Well we connect 25 of the > 40,000 or so. :-) > > > Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com > Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org > Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy > New Tel: +1.612.234.7072 > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Etienne Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: >> I recently came across (yet another) hyper-local website which might >> be of interest to some people on this list: >> >> http://www.streetclub.co.uk/ >> >> Nice and easy to sign up / create your own local group, seems pretty >> stable and has lots of features that should be useful, but right now >> it seems to suffer from "empty room" syndrome. >> >> I guess the only way to find out if it is really useful would be to >> flyer the area and get some people in my neighbourhood signed up - or >> can anyone suggest another way to get this type of site to critical >> mass? >> >> -- >> Etienne Pollard >> [email protected] >> Want to make politics more transparent? Donate £5/month to TheyWorkForYou.com >> Find out more at http://www.pledgebank.com/twfypatrons >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list [email protected] >> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public -- /* Stefan Magdalinski +27 82 0431230 (phone) smagdali (IM/twitter/flickr/dopplr/skype/etc) */ _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
