[Imc-alternatives] suggested times and navigation ideas

Danyl Strype strypey at riseup.net
Fri Jul 27 15:51:56 UTC 2007 

Kia ora koutou

Option 1) is 2am for me which isn't ideal.
Option 2) works out as 10am Sunday for me, which I can do. Not this  
weekend though as I have a volunteer shift ushering at the film  
festival starting at about half 10.

I will also attempt to login to irc and sit in the alternatives  
channel during Linux Play at Oblong, 3-7pm my time (3-7am TUC).

About navigation and design, I've been thinking again about what the  
next step beyond open-publishing is. I think it might be open design.  
Check out www.zoho.com. Especially Zoho Creator. This web application  
enables people to build their own web application by drag-n-drop. This  
rocks!

What I really need is an open source, non-profit, web application I  
can customize to log me into my text, voice and email account, join  
pre-determined rooms in irc, provide links to forums I'm following,  
check the headlines of any blogs or newswires I want to follow (eg the  
AotearoaIMC and indy.org newswires and features, maybe slashdot etc).  
I need an interface I can build out of virtual lego blocks with no  
prior knowledge of the internet, a sorting tool I can use to manage my  
involvement in alternatives projects while avoiding information  
overload and reducing the amount of time I need to spend online to  
contribute to globally effective local action.

So what we - as a group - need to design, is the tool that welcomes  
people and teaches them how to build the infospace that will be useful  
to them. Of course all this customization will require login accounts.  
Being an Indymedia site, we also need to provide both content and  
services which can be used anonymously, to protect users in  
politically compromising situations. So the welcoming and teaching  
tool also needs to provide these.

It's late and I need to get some sleep but I hope to see some of you  
in the IRC sometime. I'm probably the outlier in time zones but  
luckily I keep some whacky hours, just got to remember to login to irc  
;)

RnB
Strypes



Quoting Josef Davies-Coates <josef at uniteddiversity.com>:

> 2) works best for me. I'm usually asleep at 10am on a Sunday :)
>
> Saying that, I can't really commit to either, although I can promise to be
> around in the channel pretty often because I'm often on IRC and
> automatically join alternatives channel whenever I boot up chatzilla :)
>
> Josef.
>
> On 27/07/07, Jay <jay at fundamentalchange.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Here are some suggested times for weekly check-ins about the Alternatives
>> project using http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html.  Please
>> indicate which would be best for you.  Since the world is round nowadays,
>> there is no good time for everyone.  We could come up with other suggestoins
>> or alternate between these suggestions every so often.
>>
>> 1) Sunday -- 14:00 UTC
>> -- Sydney: midnight Sunday/Monday night
>> -- Amsterdam: 4pm Sunday afternoon
>> -- London: 3pm Sunday afternoon
>> -- Philadelphia: 10am Sunday morning
>> -- Seattle/Portland: 7am Sunday morning
>>
>> 2) Sunday/Monday -- 22:00 GMT
>> -- Sydney: 8am Monday morning
>> -- Amsterdam: midnight Sunday/Monday
>> -- London: 11pm Sunday
>> -- Philadelphia: 6pm Sunday
>> -- Seattle/Portland: 3pm Sunday
>>
>> Please let me know if either of these works for you.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>> At 7/21/2007, you wrote:
>>
>> These tools may be handy to help organise a suitable time:
>>
>>  http://www.meetomatic.com/calendar.php
>> http://doodle.ch/
>>  http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html
>>
>> Josef.
>>
>> On 21/07/07, *Jay* <jay at fundamentalchange.net > wrote:
>>  Hi alternatives,
>>
>> At the PhillyIMC web meeting on Thursday we talked about the need to
>> add some structure to our communication and really get down to
>> business on developing the alternatives site.
>>
>> I proposed that we (the alternatives IMC team) come up with a time
>> each week that we would use for a regular check-in via IRC, and may
>> by conference call if the need arises.  These wouldn't be weekly
>> "meetings," per se, but we'd have an established time each week when
>> anyone who is around could meet be in the #imc-alternatives chat room
>> and talk about the week's progress.  We'll then post a short update
>> to the imc-alternatives list.
>>
>> With such an international crowd, finding a time for this regular
>> check-in may be tough.  Strypey, maybe you and I could throw around
>> some potential times and suggest them to this group?
>>
>> Jay
>>
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>>
>> --
>> Josef Davies-Coates
>> 07974 88 88 95
>> http://uniteddiversity.com
>> Together We Have Everything
>>
>> Have you watched Money as Debt yet?
>>  http://uniteddiversity.com/money-as-debt/
>>
>> Other must-see movies:
>>  http://uniteddiversity.com/crude-impact/
>>  http://uniteddiversity.com/the-corporation/
>>  http://uniteddiversity.com/the-future-of-food/
>>  http://uniteddiversity.com/the-end-of-suburbia/
>>  http://uniteddiversity.com/the-power-of-community/
>>  http://uniteddiversity.com/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised/
>>
>> What are the most world changing links?
>>  http://del.icio.us/tag/100links
>>
>> More:
>> http://del.icio.us/qopi
>>  http://youtube.com/jdaviescoates
>>  http://myspace.com/jdaviescoates
>>  http://people.tribe.net/jdaviescoates
>>  http://jdaviescoates.stumbleupon.com/
>>  http://www.linkedin.com/in/jdaviescoates
>>  http://www.nm-x.com/person/josef-davies-coates
>>  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=649756717
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>
>
> --
> Josef Davies-Coates
> 07974 88 88 95
> http://uniteddiversity.com
> Together We Have Everything
>
> Haven't you seen Money as Debt yet?
> http://uniteddiversity.com/money-as-debt/
>
> Other must-see movies:
> http://uniteddiversity.com/crude-impact/
> http://uniteddiversity.com/the-corporation/
> http://uniteddiversity.com/the-future-of-food/
> http://uniteddiversity.com/the-end-of-suburbia/
> http://uniteddiversity.com/the-power-of-community/
> http://uniteddiversity.com/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised/
>
> What are the most world changing links?
> http://del.icio.us/tag/100links
>
> More:
> http://del.icio.us/qopi
> http://youtube.com/jdaviescoates
> http://myspace.com/jdaviescoates
> http://people.tribe.net/jdaviescoates
> http://jdaviescoates.stumbleupon.com/
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/jdaviescoates
> http://www.nm-x.com/person/josef-davies-coates
> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=649756717
>



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