In which I endeavor to collect, catalogue, and contemplate One Million Splotz of Glue.
Deacon tells me, “Do not fit the project to the tool.” And he is right. We are going to try again. The Splotz thing is close but not what I need.
I am meeting with a group of programmers tomorrow night and hopefully we can get this community todo list application built.
I was […]
Posted on April 4th, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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I wanted to build a community todo list so that we could array the results of the silly workshops. No such application existed, and according to my friend Mike, all the cool programmers already have dates to the prom. Who knew? But, I will accept that as the answer as to why […]
Posted on March 28th, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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Week two has been very exciting, but not because we are hitting all of our projections. We are not. It is exciting because at least two people have read about the silly workshops and do not think they suck.
No new bounces, but several people engaged to give critical feedback. I appreciate their […]
Posted on March 16th, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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In which I am interviewed at Noveltown and am convinced to try MySpace. Thank you to N.L. Belardes for the great conversation. Here is the intro. A link to the entire conversation follows. N.L. writes:
The civic-minded philosophers of the world. One such thinker, Lloyd Y Asato, has sat in coffee houses […]
Posted on March 7th, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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In which I attempt to respond to Siel’s comment by sharing a story about nurses in a small rural hospital. Siel writes:
On a sidenote, do we really need a million different ideas to get going? I say find a few good ones, then start working on those.
My story about nurses in small rural hospitals.
I […]
Posted on March 5th, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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I got a full ride and apprenticeship to graduate school. One of only two the department gives out each year. I felt very lucky and validated. My research area was public policy, in particular public/private collaborations. My work was on community benchmarking and I was working out what would eventually become […]
Posted on March 3rd, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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A dear friend responded to this effort with a “why” and a “it seems as if there is something missing”.
I realize that I may have launched too soon with an incomplete idea, but it has been an incomplete idea for six years. I have taken it as far as I can by […]
Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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We did this before to spectacular non-success and it has been preserved thanks to George Nemeth(post dated 30 January 2003) at Brewed Fresh Daily and the folks at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. We never made it to Columbus, Ohio and we never launched the One Million Splotz of Glue Campaign until today.
This does […]
Posted on March 1st, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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Here is why I am collecting, cataloging, and contemplating One Million Splotz of Glue. Because community building is a team sport.
I want to know what you are doing to build community in your neighborhood so that I can do it in mine. I believe that One Million Splotz of Glue will make a […]
Posted on March 1st, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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What do you do to build community?
This is the organizing question that drives the One Million Splotz of Glue Campaign.
What do you do to build community?
I want people to reflect on this question and then act. I am convinced by the research that shows that communities where citizens are knowledgeable […]
Posted on March 1st, 2007 by Lloyd Y. Asato
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