well, it's certainly not up to me. I just happened to bring it up. It does seem like the last time this was discussed the idea imploded as larger and larger ideas were discussed. For that reason (and limited time) I had something smaller and more concrete in mind.
We could add something to the ixda site that let non-profits submit projects for consideration for pro-bono work by our members... Michael On Dec 10, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: > They both sound like great ideas, but maybe with different sized > scopes. > The question is: how much time is needed for the Wikipolitics? Is it > a bigger project than what Michael was thinking? If yes, would we > benefit from a small victory on a smaller project before tackling a > bigger project? > > On Dec 10, 2007 10:03 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > On Dec 8, 2007 8:49 AM, Michael Tuminello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all - > > > > I was thinking that the IxDA community has a lot of potential to > > contribute something positive to the world at large, either by > > improving some system that people use for some positive social > > impact, or maybe just making a social issue more visible via better > > information design. > > > > Instead of picking one issue, why not design a generic framework for > solving > social issues across borders, groups, interests - Wikipolitics. > Instead of > voting once in two or four years (or not being able to vote) > create "streaming civil society". The framework should allow to > participate > in solving issues globally, by nation, by town, by group, by > individual. > > Dan Tapscott mentions some more restricted experiments in > wikipolitics here > (by the way, his 'Wikinomics' book is worth reading): > http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2007/01/26/wiki-politics/ > > Perhaps Politicopia.com could be redesigned with the global, more > generic > framework in mind. > Or perhaps the existing social networking sites could be used? > > Oleh > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > -- > Sergiu Sebastian Tauciuc > http://www.sergiutauciuc.ro/en/ ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
