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1 year ago
in Community Contest 2007: Sharing is Participation on Community Guy
Hey Jake, Picnik is a cool program, I had never used it before, and enjoyed the process.
I used the Kennedy Space Center picture, and wanted to make it a bit more hard core. After seriously greying it down, kicking up some heavy contrast, going for a tight close up, and giving everything hard edges I added one of my favourite quotes about space research and exploration. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1796986...
"The penetration of humankind into the universe, into its study and mastery, is not an expression of the inability of human beings to grapple with earthly difficulties and problems, not flight from them, but a qualitatively new and often even unique, irreplaceable means of solving many of the most important tasks of science, technology and the economy."
A. D. Ursul, "The Human Being and the Universe"
JaneyRedBrick@gmail.com
I used the Kennedy Space Center picture, and wanted to make it a bit more hard core. After seriously greying it down, kicking up some heavy contrast, going for a tight close up, and giving everything hard edges I added one of my favourite quotes about space research and exploration. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1796986...
"The penetration of humankind into the universe, into its study and mastery, is not an expression of the inability of human beings to grapple with earthly difficulties and problems, not flight from them, but a qualitatively new and often even unique, irreplaceable means of solving many of the most important tasks of science, technology and the economy."
A. D. Ursul, "The Human Being and the Universe"
JaneyRedBrick@gmail.com
1 year ago
in Community Contest 2007: Putting Others First on Community Guy
Im pretty sure this is the farthest from what you are requesting, but I don't read many "cutting edge" blogs so for me...
The blogger that I have found of most interest is Anthony (Tony) from Toronto, Ontario. Most bizarrely he has never seen the Internet, has never touched a computer, nor has had the any of the luxuries most of us take for granted on a daily basis. His blogging will not profit us nor will it entertain us, but it will open our eyes.
Tony is one of many homeless we see, he lives on the street, and he is the face (and now voice) behind what most of try to ignore or are ignorant or fearful of.
His words are brought to us, in blogger format, by Phil. Phil doesn't edit Tony's words, nor does he try to make Tony look innocent nor appear as a victim.
We live in a society of irrational fears of strangers and serious phobias of scams and con-artists as well as overwhelming stats, which makes it much too easily overt our eyes from making contact with the homelessness of our cities.
Phil gives Tony a voice, and while Tony's story is far from complete, and surely will not end with a happy ending, we are better educated and informed by the knowledge he bestows on us. Most poignantly he describes why getting a job is not nearly as simple as we want to believe, and how family is not always about blood and genes and why things like shelters are not always the answer. His words can be found here... http://homelessmanspeaks.wordpress.com/
JaneyRedBrick@gmail.com
The blogger that I have found of most interest is Anthony (Tony) from Toronto, Ontario. Most bizarrely he has never seen the Internet, has never touched a computer, nor has had the any of the luxuries most of us take for granted on a daily basis. His blogging will not profit us nor will it entertain us, but it will open our eyes.
Tony is one of many homeless we see, he lives on the street, and he is the face (and now voice) behind what most of try to ignore or are ignorant or fearful of.
His words are brought to us, in blogger format, by Phil. Phil doesn't edit Tony's words, nor does he try to make Tony look innocent nor appear as a victim.
We live in a society of irrational fears of strangers and serious phobias of scams and con-artists as well as overwhelming stats, which makes it much too easily overt our eyes from making contact with the homelessness of our cities.
Phil gives Tony a voice, and while Tony's story is far from complete, and surely will not end with a happy ending, we are better educated and informed by the knowledge he bestows on us. Most poignantly he describes why getting a job is not nearly as simple as we want to believe, and how family is not always about blood and genes and why things like shelters are not always the answer. His words can be found here... http://homelessmanspeaks.wordpress.com/
JaneyRedBrick@gmail.com
1 year ago
in The Fourth Wall and Character Blogs on Community Guy
Hmmm, I started to think about this, and at first I was sold, hook, line and sinker. In fact, there is a new show that does a character blog that is so horrible that I wish they would be forced to read this article.
But then I had a thought, if the fourth wall is completely hidden, and a character blog is just started on a Blogger page, what is to stop the corruption of anyone just starting one? If it doesn't say NBC, or ABC, ect. right across the top, I can hardly trust that this Blog is really put together to enhance my viewing pleasure by the writers that have invested interest in this shows survival.
It could be written any obsessive fan that is surmising or fantasizing, perhaps with some intellectual insight (best case), but worst case, he has an axe to burn, a prank to pull, or is a few beers short of a case.
So while I think its a great idea, I think loyal readership would be lost over the lack of "proof" or brand identity of it truly being written by the actual writers of the show.
But then I had a thought, if the fourth wall is completely hidden, and a character blog is just started on a Blogger page, what is to stop the corruption of anyone just starting one? If it doesn't say NBC, or ABC, ect. right across the top, I can hardly trust that this Blog is really put together to enhance my viewing pleasure by the writers that have invested interest in this shows survival.
It could be written any obsessive fan that is surmising or fantasizing, perhaps with some intellectual insight (best case), but worst case, he has an axe to burn, a prank to pull, or is a few beers short of a case.
So while I think its a great idea, I think loyal readership would be lost over the lack of "proof" or brand identity of it truly being written by the actual writers of the show.
1 year ago
in Community Contest 2007: Pieces of You on Community Guy
No tear jerker here... sorry to disappoint ya Jake. I think my experience with online communities has proven to me that ...
with numbers, we feel accepted and "normal" or free to let our guard down, even when our interests seem out of line with the direct community that surrounds and serves us.
That can be a powerful thing.
I have actively sought out online communites for various things, hobbies & interests, social networking, work related issues or and parenting concerns.
Although I have met wonderful people and shared more than just common interests with some of these people I met online (and eventually offline) it was the last category "parenting" that changed my life in the most profound ways.
My child has a condition that most people are not familiar with. I have spent countless hours trying to not only learn about this condition, but also educate his teachers, family and extended community all while trying to be his advocate in a system that is not prepared or ready to allow ppl to live outside the alloted box.
This condition is stressful for him, and I divide myself between trying to help him cope and be as educated as I can be in this field so I can help others understand. It was the online community that allowed me to reach beyond medical journals, drugs and cold unfeeling advice and techniques to pair up with and learn from others living through this.
It is their stories and knowledge, their misgivings and frustrations, their accomplishments and successes, and most of all their understanding and compassion they share without asking nor expecting anything in return. Now that takes trust.
with numbers, we feel accepted and "normal" or free to let our guard down, even when our interests seem out of line with the direct community that surrounds and serves us.
That can be a powerful thing.
I have actively sought out online communites for various things, hobbies & interests, social networking, work related issues or and parenting concerns.
Although I have met wonderful people and shared more than just common interests with some of these people I met online (and eventually offline) it was the last category "parenting" that changed my life in the most profound ways.
My child has a condition that most people are not familiar with. I have spent countless hours trying to not only learn about this condition, but also educate his teachers, family and extended community all while trying to be his advocate in a system that is not prepared or ready to allow ppl to live outside the alloted box.
This condition is stressful for him, and I divide myself between trying to help him cope and be as educated as I can be in this field so I can help others understand. It was the online community that allowed me to reach beyond medical journals, drugs and cold unfeeling advice and techniques to pair up with and learn from others living through this.
It is their stories and knowledge, their misgivings and frustrations, their accomplishments and successes, and most of all their understanding and compassion they share without asking nor expecting anything in return. Now that takes trust.
1 year ago
in Community Contest 2007: Learning to Share on Community GuyDay late and a buck fifty short... Im willing to get high on the social glue that bonds... (wow even too many bad puns for me.) Never afraid to trust, and always willing to share.
Janey -[removed] (not really afraid of spam, either)
