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Mar6

Books on technology not by Seth Godin (slides)

Godin is a marketing expert, but since he has been talking about online marketing so much lately, he often gets lumped into the technology category. If this is the only technology book in your reading diet, I need to get you excited about some other selections.

Here are five great books on technology if you need to diversify. Enjoy!

Books on technology not by Seth Godin

I presented this at Ignite Nashville.

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Feb16

Books on technology not by Seth Godin

Confession: I bash Seth Godin on Google Wave.

Now I’m going to tell you what I think of him in public at PodCamp’s after party, Ingnite Saturday March 6th.

In 5 minutes and 20 slides I’ll cover a few selections of fiction, non-fiction, comics, and other gems that serve as great alternatives and supplements to your reading list on technology.

In all fairness, I’m trying to finish The Complete Works Of Seth Godin in time for PodCamp. You can’t fully refute anything unless you’ve fully immersed yourself in the content.

Which reminds me, Tom Cheredar, have you finished reading the Twilight series I let you borrow? (Actually all his Twilight-bashing points are valid, but I still like the movies—er I mean… I probably just lost all my credibility.)

Back to establishing my ethos…

Godin is a marketing expert, but since he has been talking about online marketing so much lately, he often gets lumped into the technology category. If this is the only technology book in your reading diet, we need to invent a new dietary word and start using it and then of course start marketing it to our friends: Tribeans?

A taste of what can be in your mouth right now:

A Logic Named Joe

One neat way to dissect how the Internet is affecting our society is to read books that foreshadow the Internet before it was invented. It makes it easy to pick up on universal trends when authors envision technology as utopia or dystopia. When things come to pass, we can see how far off they were.

An example in science fiction is a short story written in 1946: A Logic Named Joe. Basically “logics” are computers and the story explores society after the “logics” start talking to each other and making information widely available.

There are early radio adaptations too!

1950 NBC radio adaptation of A Logic Name Joe

29:23 | mp3

You may defend Seth Godin or Twilight by commenting below:

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Jan4

Visual Artists and Social Media

I first doodled Robo Bird in church.

After posting a sketch on twitter, my friend Nicole wanted to commission more.

Here are all the paintings, including Robo Dog, and Robo Caterpillar.

It took four hours. I sketched in pencil, painted, then added marker.

I would totally do it again. I can see how painting would be a sweet profession or side gig. There’s nothing like raw creation.

I suspect there’s an untapped market for commissioned artwork for the technology crowd (at least in Nashville). For instance, an artist could incorporate tweets from a region or person into a work.

Visual Art complements Social Media

Musicians are all up on twitter, but I can see how visual art complements twitter to even a greater magnitude.

You can twitpic for a critique as a visual artist, whereas, exporting an mp3 takes more effort. Yes, Imogen Heap is a great example of how a musician can use twitter well.

My argument is this: if Imogen was a visual artist, her twitter account would be even more engaging because her medium would translate more powerfully.

How this could be taken further

If I wanted to make it as a full-time visual artist, here would be my game plan:

Look for untapped markets.
Start having work commissioned to build recurring revenue.
Always paint something extra when painting on commission using the 20 percent time concept.
Find a niche during my 20 percent time and create a group of themed paintings to exhibit in a venue, such as a coffee shop.
Build relationships on twitter around my work. Rather than post everything I do, I’d become a thought leader in my craft and blog about social media and visual art.

The community likely won’t be interested in simply looking at an artist’s art on twitter, especially if they are up and coming. This is why I’ve unfollowed many folks on twitter who simply post what they are selling on etsy.

In order to engage others, artists can place their work within a story or within a larger theme.

Which visual artists are using social media well?

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Nov23

Nashville Technology Networking Guide

Here’s an overview of the networking opportunities I’ve stumbled upon in my less than two years as a full-time IT professional in Nashville.

Some friends have asked where to get started. It’s a small town, but it still can be overwhelming. Here’s where I’ll now send them.

If you’re just getting started in a technology, interactive, web, or internet marketing field; are just now focusing on networking; or are wanting to simply meet some folks with like interests, here’s an immersion strategy and links for the following in Nashville:

Tech-Infused Events
Mixers
Groups and Clubs
Nashville Technology Beat Blogs
Twitter Recommendations
Creative Ways to Network in Nashville

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Nov16

Localizing Google Wave to Nashville

We’re having Nashville’s first Wave-Up this Saturday. Come on out if you want to go ice skating or meet some Nashville Google Wave users!

I’ve had fun exploring uses for Google Wave. For instance, you’ll be able to play the next city crossword in Wave. Follow City Crossword on twitter to get updates.

Part of the fun is meeting early adopters and their innovation. Waves tagged with Nashville are starting to pop up, including a wave from the Nashville Scooter Enthusiasts—trendsetters in more. than. one. way.

Read on for strategies on getting an invite, search techniques, and why Wave is different.

Epic Artwork made in a Google Wave wavelet by Christy Frink

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Oct26

Tech Fasting: Don’t Let Technolgoy Use You

I shared the concept of tech fasting at Ignite, which was during the after-party for BarCamp Nashville 2009. The idea is if we take breaks from technologies that are hurting us, we’ll learn how to best use them, and not allow them to use us. Here are the slides. What do you think? Do I have a career in telling jokes in bars?

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Setup a Community Photo Email Address with Twitter & Flickr

Here are 4 steps on how to set up an email address a group can use to email and text photos to a community pool.

Photos can automagicly be sent to a Twitter account, Flickr, and your website.

This is free as long as you don’t need a custom email address like pic@yoursite.com or you won’t be collecting more than around 500 photos a month.

Here are some good uses for this crowdsourcing method:

Weddings: Put an email address at tables and capture moments not caught by the photographer.
Twitter Groups: Enhance groups using retweetbots such as the PredsFans and give your photos a central location.
Promote Events: Plan an epic Halloween party and ask users to submit how their costume is coming, or award a Twitter follower a prize for a specific photo during a social media campaign.
Tech Events and Mixers: Make it easy for people to upload to your photo pool by giving them an email address at events like BarCamp, CS Mixer, and Geek Breakfast. Configure Flickr to add your hashtag to uploads.
Concert: Engage concert goers by allowing them to upload photos of the show and give them a reason to visit your website.

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Oct14

Hear Nate speak Saturday at BarCamp and Ignite

Nate Baker at barcamp nashville 2009 Come stalk me Saturday at BarCamp Nashville, a free “un”-conference for the digital and technical community.

It’ll feel like I’m stalking you with my new, creepy presentation beard—I like to ease tensions.

You can catch me speaking at two times…

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Jun5

Nashville’s tech community spawns gpsAssassin mobile game

Kill your neighbor.

That’s the motto of gpsAssassin, the iPhone application which became available on iTunes yesterday.

Players scan for targets and launch mafia-style attacks on nearby friends.

“What has been great is the huge community support that we have received,” developer and co-founder Jackson Miller said in an email.

For the over 50 beta testers and numerous contributors to the game, killing neighbors cultivated a community which fed the game’s development.

Nashville companies including Griffin Technology, Sitening and Firefly Logic have released iphone applications, but not necessarily with the same degree of community input.

Nashville’s growing technology scene may indicate a shift in the readiness of Nashville to be known not only for its music and healthcare industries, but also for technology, according to co-founder Nicholas Holland.

“Many feel we haven’t had a major success - something that is so innovative and/or cool that [it] garners world-wide attention,” Holland said in an email.

“We’re hoping that gpsAssassins can solve that problem due to its Startup Weekend roots and the innovative combination of GPS gameplay with social interaction.”

Co-founder Nicholas Holland grabs lunch at Nashville Startup Weekend
last October, where he pitched the idea for new iphone game, gpsAssassin.

Last October Holland presented the idea of gpsAssassin at Nashville’s first Startup Weekend.

Startup Weekends are gatherings of community members which work to launch various companies in a weekend.

In less than a year, and after co-founders Holland and Miller put in an estimated 500 hours each, the project went live.

“We thought this would be much simpler when we started,” Miller said.

“We have had a really incredible group of beta testers working with us for several months. They deserve a lot of credit for the high quality of the gameplay and mechanics,” Miller said.

Co-founder and lead developer Jackson Miller discusses new iphone
game, gpsAssassin, at Nashville Startup Weekend last October.

Players can create custom weapons, so they can kill their friends in as many morbid or cute ways they can imagine.

Health, armor and money are tracked during gameplay.

“I can easily say that gpsAssassins wouldn’t be half as fun (or feature rich) if it wasn’t for the excellent feedback of the local players,” Holland said.

The game is currently $4.99 and available from the iTunes store for the iPhone. Planning has begun to support other mobile devices.

Holland and Miller formed Side Hobby LLC to launch gpsAssassin.

Buy it now to support the launch party, according to an online message from Holland, who mentions a free version will eventually be available.

More Online

Official gpsAssassin website
Tom Cheredar reports on Nashville iphone development, including gpsAssassin
Mar 8th, 2009 Nate News Review of beta game:

1:32 | mp3

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Apr8

When Bloggers Converged on Nashville: BlogNashville 2005

Some of the best advice on reading I’ve received came from Kevin Twit: Read old things along with the new, so you see what is culture and what is constant.

Before Twitter was founded, in May of 2005, I was a freshman at Belmont University. The tech buzzword was blogs-blogs-blogs, and bloggers were beginning to meet and have “unconferences” like BloggerCon to help figure out this new medium.

The first such event to hit Nashville was organized as “BlogNashville” and was hosted in my college’s student life center. I attended and it blew my mind.

I officially became fascinated with the intersection between technology and social interaction.

Below is my coverage of BlogNashville in its original form.

PHOTO CREDIT: jdlasica

Voices of the Internet—meet in the flesh

By Nathan T. Baker, 5/10/05

A blogger is someone who regularly posts information and/or thoughts on a website. Bloggers often reference other blogs and exchange comments allowing for online communities to form.

Now bloggers are experiencing more opportunities to interact physically—not just through dialogue on the Internet.

The following is an instance of this trend during the three-day blogging conference, BlogNashville. This article is organized with timestamps, which are a characteristic of blogs.

Friday, May 6, 2005—Bloggers Travel to Nashville:

3:57 pm—“In Nashville now…It was an odd drive; the blog documentary producers put a producer in the back seat…and a cameraman in the passenger seat and interviewed me while I drove,” Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit.com posted.

Glenn Reynolds, a well-established political blogger, has many names: The “American Idol” of Bloggers, The Professor, The Sysco Router—fellow bloggers seem to take enjoyment in thinking up new names.

5:33 pm—“I haven’t a clue what it will be like tonight. IDanphillips.blogspot.com don’t think I have ever met but one blogger before. I have no idea whether I will feel out of place or feel I have discovered a lost tribe of brother and sister bloggers,” Dan Phillips of Danphillips.blogspot.com posted.

The conference is totally free. People are coming for many reasons:

To meet other bloggers
To learn about the new trends such as video and audio blogging
To learn how to make money with blogs
To learn how to improve public discourse on the Internet
To discuss global issues
To discuss citizen journalism
Or to discuss religious, military, or other types of blogging

7:57 pm—“I’m just off the plane sitting in the Courtyard Marriott enjoying free wi-fi [internet access] and on my way to the opening party for BlogNashville. It’s a gorgeous evening…I’m excited by the breadth of issues to be covered here,” Henry Copeland of Blogads.com posted.

There have been a handful of similar conferences across the nation. This is the first in Nashville.

9:47 pm—“And the truth is I know nothing [except that] Glenn Reynolds and his [website] are given credit for starting the blogging revolution. Everyone speaks of him in soft tones, punctuated by whispers of envy,” Dan Phillips of Danphillips.blogspot.com posted.

Glenn has been appointed to open and close the conference on Saturday

Saturday, May 7, 2005—The Gathering at BlogNashville:

6:00 am—Belmont University’s student life center opens.

The New Century Journalism program at Belmont University is hosting the event and the Media Bloggers Association is the chief sponsor.

7:43 am—A middle-aged man buys coffee in the corner of the student life center. Tables and chairs are set up under the high roof of the main lobby.

The lady behind the register asks, “So what are you guys doing today?”

“Just a little meeting,” the man replies.

“How long will it go for?”

“All day,” the man says—and then he exits with his coffee.

7:45 am—Registration begins. Participants get a folder with a schedule and write their name on a lanyard.

7:51 am—Glenn Reynolds walks into the main lobby. A man sticks a cell phone in front of Glenn’s face and a picture is taken. This is a normal practice among bloggers.

The room is soon filled with the sound of computers booting up. People mingle with coffee. The room is saturated with technology and excitement.

8:02 am— Andrew Marcus and his independent documentary crew arrive. Equipment is rolled in and a tripod is unfolded in the back.

8:21 am—“Can everyone hear me in the back?” Bob Cox, a key planner of the event, says into the microphone at the front.

Bob introduces Glenn Reynolds and Glenn steps to the microphone. Glenn is convinced that interaction is better than listening to speeches, so he opens it up for a discussion on what everyone wants to get out of the conference.

Throughout the conference, the bloggers not only interact with each other, but also with the Blogosphere—or all the connected bloggers on the Internet.

8:39 am—“The Saturday fun and games start in less than a half hour. Imagine, if you can, this space filled with over 300 participants from around the world—luckily I’m here early and have a good seat.”

“And the free wi-fi [internet access] that Belmont University set up for the occasion is smoking, so there’ll be updates throughout the day,” Doug Petch of dougpetch.com posted.

The room is full and people crowd to the sides of the walls. People are taking turns discussing their hopes for the day.

8:47 am—A woman speaks up during the opening discussion. She just got an email from a blogger who wants to know where to chat online during BlogNashville.

The Blogosphere is always an email or post away.

8:59 am—It has become a tradition to open these types of conferences in song. After some dialogue, a song is decided upon and the bloggers sing:

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain;
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!…

9:44 am—“BlogNashville is in progress. And here is someone’s post—as it happens. It might not seem like such a cutting edge event. We’ve been able to turn to CNN and other stations for news from around the world, instantly. But, now this technology is in the hands of the individual, at a very low cost. Now that’s a force to be reckoned with,” Kevin Barbieux of Nashvilleis.blogspot.com posted.

10:08 am—Jason Clarke posts chatting information on the conference website.

“If you’re in the rooms, please post summaries so people who are watching at home can participate,” Jason posted.

10:21 am—A local reporter approaches an attendee and asks for an interview between the first and second discussion sessions.

“I am pretty clueless to know what all this is about really. Just to be honest…” the reporter said as he walked to his camera.

Bloggers often don’t agree, but most agree that at its core, blogging has something to do with free speech and dialogue.

Also, most of these bloggers are simply having fun being bloggers.

10:48 am—“There are so many nerds in this room…”

“I’m in a session about money…the discussion is raging. Henry touched on the uniqueness of blogging…the kind that will attract advertisers,” La Shawn Barber of Lashawnbarber.com posted.

10:50 am—A young attendee checks different blogs for updates. Like many other participants, he sits with his computer during sessions.

On Glenn’s website, he spots himself among some pictures taken earlier in the morning.

Throughout the day, there was a recurring joke that there should be an alter call for all those who haven’t started a blog—those who haven’t joined the Blogosphere.

4:52 pm—“I started a blog this morning” one man says during the closing session.

The room erupts in applause.

9:06 pm—“BlogNashville…was the first blogger conference I have attended. Hopefully, it won’t be the last. It was great to meet in person so many of the bloggers whose work I have come to know and respect…” Donald Sensing of Donaldsensing.com posted.

Sunday, May 8, 2005—The Dialogue Continues

3:45 pm—“Again, it looks like another blogging conference is selling out… remarks from the likes of no less than J.D. Lassica indicate that the conference seemed a bit too centered on one topic: how to make money from your blog… Adam Shostack’s seminar looks like it was popular, but not enough to warrant hanging out like a good conference usually does (in my experience as a lecturer)… It seems to me that Northern Voice was the last great blogging conference,” Markus Sandy of Apperceive.blogs.com posted.

Bloggers often don’t agree, but they agree to continue the dialogue.

Links:

The conference homepage:

HYPERLINK “http://blognashville.org/” http://blognashville.org/

Video interviews by Glenn Reynolds:

HYPERLINK “http://instapundit.com/vids/blognash.mov” http://instapundit.com/vids/blognash.mov

What people are posting about the conference:
HYPERLINK “http://www.technorati.com/tag/BlogNashville” http://www.technorati.com/tag/BlogNashville

Images of the event:

HYPERLINK “http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/blognashville/” http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/blognashville/

We are more connected. We are empowered. Things move quickly. Those are some of the things we’ve known for a long time.

Makes me value strong writers of the past so much more, and makes me dislike bloggers that overuse the words “new” and “revolution.”

Funny how we often learn the same things with each wave of new technology.

Also funny how the things we learn, we really already learned years ago.

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Mar18

I Want to Give Nashville Bloggers Money

Imagine Utopia Nashville.

Dave Delaney’s “geek breakfast” outreach is an example of the movement to put Nashville on the map not just for cowboy boots and Bible belts—but for tech.

I’m on board.

I’ve been immersed in Nashville’s tech scene for a year, and I already know it’s obviously vibrant, talented and welcoming.

Nashville’s tech mass is big enough to be dangerous and small enough to be more efficient than larger cities.

Therefore we have the unique advantage of creating the innovative tech culture we desire, faster than anyone expected.

[Taking a breath. I’m excited.]

On the top of my Utopia Nashville list: We should value local online content by supporting a few blogs financially.

When we invest money in blogs, we are helping advance the values behind them. If our tech community does this, our communal goals approach more quickly. A byproduct is we’re valuing one another.

Some bloggers and podcasters don’t blog for money. Blogging can be therapeutic, a means to network, a outpost to a larger marketing strategy, or a way to advocate ideas.

I get it—But if as a community we support the blogs we find valuable, it allows the bloggers to put more value into the blog, and it increases the likelihood they’ll continue. Now we’re speed walking to Utopia Nashville.

Here are the blogs I want to start supporting:

Nashvillest All you ever wanted to know about the Music City.
The Homeless Guy There is more to homeless people than being homeless.
Tom Cheredar Nashville’s technology beat reporter
Raised on Tech podcast Exploring today’s electronic gear from a younger, less jaded perspective.

Bloggers, call me on it to enjoy your 50 cents a month. If you don’t give me access to a paypal or kachingle link, expect an envelope with two quarters. Or if someone knows how I can easily setup a monthly withdraw for something like this, please comment.

It doesn’t have to be a big commitment. You could put aside five dollars a month and divide it up how you choose. Small things can become big with the Internet, and I’m advocating this practice to create a culture of valuing local online content, not to allow someone to instantly quit their day job.

As we water the plants, Utopia Nashville will emerge.

The discussion

What blog would you consider supporting?
What’s on your Utopia Nashville list?
Why am I an idiot for thinking this is a good idea?

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Mar8

Podcast Stringer for Nashville Needed, Appy Today (GPS Assassin)

PODCAST STRINGING

Based on the 358 attendees of PodCamp Nashville and efforts of NashMash to catalog Nashville podcasts, we have the community to embrace a podcast stringer.

Podcast Stringing is the act of providing a syndicated micro podcast for other podcasters.

Oh, and I just made that up since I didn’t know of a word for it. Comment with what is already out there. I’m fascinated with this idea, but can’t find anything on it.

An example of a micro podcast: Mitch Canter’s WordPulse

There’s a rich tradition of syndication in radio of course, but a venture like this won’t succeed without a rich tech community. I’d love to support an innovation like this in Nashville.

Here’s what it might look like… Oh and feel free to use this.

AN EXAMPLE

“GPS Assassin iPhone Game in Beta”

Episode 1 of 1: Nate News, syndicated tech news for and about Nashville | mp3 | 1:32

Outros

For Leo Laporte | mp3 | :02

For Raised on Tech | mp3 | :05

Fake Dialogue (Add to a podcast for instant success)

Laughing about Pringles | mp3 | :05

“Check out my MySpace” | mp3 | :05

Talking points and references

Google Group
Twitter hashtag: #gpsassassins
Tom Cheredar, one of first to break the beta story
There are plans for to develop beyond the iphone platform
Jackson Miller is one of the lead developers
It was Nick’s idea and he’s heavily involved
Beginning stages at Nashville Startup Weekend

Download the MP3s (Then somebody show me how to mix audio)

“GPS Assassin iPhone Game in Beta” by Nathan T. Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Jingle is all rights reserved unless in this context.

APPLY TODAY

Benefits of the position:

Eventually your content is not just disseminated, but marketed for you.
Less time to produce
You can focus on a niche topic you enjoy
Your concept is innovative and therefore gets short term “new” buzz
Being tied to a niche topic can help you in your long term business goals

Potential Themes:

Nashville tech news
local sports recap
Nashville tech events and meetups calendar
Nashville parenting
Nashville music business news
This would have to be something a number of people are podcasting about in Nashville

Criteria:

The micro podcast probably should be between 15 seconds and 2 minutes.
It’s a topic people must care about
The content must be creative commons and easy to grab
You’ll have to be consistent and patient for a chance for it to catch on
Dont’ expect to make money. Most podcasters don’t. So, do this for the luuuv, to network, or as an outpost to a larger term goal.
Use your sexy voice

I’m not sure if this will happen in Nashville, but I wanted to share my notebook for how I saw this happening if anyone wanted to try! Let us know so we can try it out. Or, maybe talk to the podcasters, because I don’t have one of those thingies.

What content would you include in your podcast, if anything?

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Oct18

Why Click Homeless exists, in three acts

Why Click Homeless exists, in three acts

Skim online reading in 2 seconds? Print now ;)

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Act One

I WISHED I HADN’T HAVE GIVEN HIM MONEY

But why the experience helped me see the
need for knowing in what contexts I should.

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In high school, a man walked up to my car, while I waited in a McDonald’s drive-thru. This was the first time someone approached my car at any drive-thru and I was alone. I was jolted. He would ask for money. He tapped on my window and my heart pounded because I tried desperately to figure out what I believed—I didn’t know.

I rolled the window down. Yup, he wanted money. I came up with a thought. I decided I believed it was good for me to give to those less fortunate than me, of course. That was actionable; why not now? I hadn’t processed much about homelessness, so my action was based on these fleeting thoughts.

I nervously got some change and gave it to the man. The man didn’t go away. He asked for more, even while I drove to the next window. His aggressiveness unnerved me. I felt out of control. I rolled the window up and looked away. I drove away with my heart still pounding and my mind spinning, trying to connect random thoughts about what I believed and what I should have done.

If I could do it again, what would I do? I now think it wasn’t wise that I give to the man at the time. I didn’t spend time speaking with him to see what his needs may be. But that experience helped me realized I needed to be better educated, and that education led me to go further in other situations. This education has made me less afraid of eye contact with strangers.

I want to make it clear that Click Homeless is not about supporting homeless bloggers because it makes us feel better, or because it will help us all write the manual that will be some definitive truth. It’s not about blindly supporting all homeless advocacy programs, because that’s our thing—a bumper sticker we can slap on our laptop that shows we are changing the world.

I want “our thing” to be about learning about homelessness, and making sure we are reading the research that often gets pushed to the back of the shelf.

In the limited time I’ve spend learning about homelessness, the sources that have had the greatest impact on me, and the sources I trust most deeply come from homeless speakers and writers, the most accessible of which have been online.

I want Click Homeless to exist because these voices enrich our lives and help us all wrestle with what we believe. Our conclusions will not all be the same, but if we can decide a few things about what we believe, it sure does make us bolder in trying to alleviate some of the issues homelessness can produce.

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Act Two

THE TONE OF OUR SUPPORT

How grandma makes the Internet like home

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I want Click Homeless to support homeless bloggers in the way I try to support my grandmother’s use of the Internet.

My grandmother, who currently uses a slow dial-up Internet connection, says she plays solitaire between waiting for pages to load.

She has great patience and spends time online connecting with family and friends.

I’ve helped her experiment with blogging. It has been great to see her posts shots of her husband tending to goats, and to see posts on here history, Recently she accepted my request to join facebook. She is the best cook in the world, so when she asked when I was visiting next, we scheduled a visit.

Because I send so much time online with my profession and because grandma doesn’t live in the same city as me, the greater her presence online, the more connected I am am with her and the more I learn from her.

This is the online relationship I want to mimic. The more we can support homeless bloggers, the greater we all will be enriched. Through the building of relationships, we can better educate each other, and better move forward with seeking ways we can converge and create nuggets of change.

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Act Three

CLICK HOMELESS IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE

What you can do to help.

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I am not the only voice in this network. I hope to set the tone, but I know there will be disagreements about the best way this all will work. With or without funding from ideablob.com, I hope we will band together and support homeless bloggers in the ways we can.

We may not be web designers, or grant writers, or specialists in blogging, but we all can Click Homeless and make sure our education of homeless issues includes this key source.

We have slipped to number two in the sprint rankings. Please encourage others to vote and learn about our efforts. If we have enough votes by Tuesday at midnight, we will be a finalist and have the opportunity compete against a shortlist of ideas for $10,000 in funding to help support homeless bloggers.

http://clickhomeless.com

facebook group | twitter | digg

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