Check it out here.

I still need to figure out what I’m going to migrate to, that is, if I’m going to migrate! I’m definately going to start with a new design soon. I feel guilty – the HTML here is terrible.

This is a duplicate of what I posted at PF this morning

Jay Rosen calls for a new crew to shake up discussions on citizen’s journalism and includes yours truely. I’m blown away and very flattered. After all, I’m not sure I could go to these panels – unless I could take you all with me 🙂

To repeat a point I made in his discussion thread:

We are seeing the onset of a real tipping point: the technological barriers to trying out efforts along these lines have come down to where hobbyists, those that want to experiment, and those with a passion they need to satisfy, can do so with little expense or expertise.

Bryght, for example, can make available to anyone with $39.95 a month the very same communication/publishing capabilities as Philly Future. Bryght provides you with a version of Drupal that is similar to what Philly Future runs (CivicSpace). Roland Tanglao, their “Chief Blogging Officer” calls these sites Web 2.0 sites.

I’d duplicate Jay Rosen’s linkage to the other great sites and people he mentioned here, but I need to be off to work! (I will do so later)

Until then read his article and browse those sites! The discussion is important. Those other sites are trailblazers that you should know about. I’m honored that we are mentioned among them.

Milestone: We have our first press passed empowered writer covering this year’s film festival at Philly Future.

This is one of those sites that I love the Web for: “3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.” Check it out.

Jeremy Zawodny commented on something I’ve felt for a long time – client side web development is hard work and doesn’t get the respect it deserves.

The work I do mostly focuses on things behind the scenes. Like Rafe, early on I made the decision that it is where I could be most successful and apply my talents. While I have a familiarity with the basics of client side development, and do it when called for, I have extreme respect for those on our staff that wrestle with its complexity everyday.

Read about it here.

Thanks again to everyone that’s helped!

Turns out the number one recommendation from folks is to change the name of the site and move to a new domain name. Losing “Philly Future” all over again. As Dan Hartung said in the Ask Metafilter thread – “what you are doing with the site is many times more important than the name itself”. He’s right.

This is sad. But holding onto a name is stupid if it’s keeping us back. I am going to move updates on the situation over to Philly Future since a name change would a community impacting decision.

I’m not sure where that phrase came from, but the software engineers that believe in it set their egos aside and work together to achieve awesome things. It’s one of the reasons why open source development can be so powerful.

Dan Gillmor just posted about our Google problem. Thanks Dan 🙂