Comments on: Social Compost: Liberate Your Peelings! http://dharmafly.com/blog/socialcompost Social Media for Social Change Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: Premasagar http://dharmafly.com/blog/socialcompost#comment-1118 Premasagar Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:27:02 +0000 http://dharmafly.com/blog/social-compost#comment-1118 TouchyPeely. The new name for Social Compost: http://dharmafly.com/projects/touchypeely TouchyPeely. The new name for Social Compost: http://dharmafly.com/projects/touchypeely

]]> By: A-Lex-I-Con » Blog Archive » Social Innovation Camp materials http://dharmafly.com/blog/socialcompost#comment-357 A-Lex-I-Con » Blog Archive » Social Innovation Camp materials Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:47:34 +0000 http://dharmafly.com/blog/social-compost#comment-357 [...] “Social Compost: Liberate Your Peelings!” at Dharmafly blog by Premasagar Rose on 14 March [...] [...] “Social Compost: Liberate Your Peelings!” at Dharmafly blog by Premasagar Rose on 14 March [...]

]]> By: Social Innovation Camp : Dharmafly http://dharmafly.com/blog/socialcompost#comment-318 Social Innovation Camp : Dharmafly Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:39:38 +0000 http://dharmafly.com/blog/social-compost#comment-318 [...] Six projects had been chosen for the weekend, from over 70 submitted ideas (one of which was my dream for “Social Compost)”: [...] [...] Six projects had been chosen for the weekend, from over 70 submitted ideas (one of which was my dream for “Social Compost)”: [...]

]]> By: Premasagar http://dharmafly.com/blog/socialcompost#comment-280 Premasagar Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:05:19 +0000 http://dharmafly.com/blog/social-compost#comment-280 What you are describing, Jon, sounds like it would go something like "enter your postcode and make an announcement". A geo messageboard, where users can search or browser for, say, tagged messages within x kilometres of a location. That would be useful. To what extent do we have that kind of service already? I guess there are messageboard sites for pre-defined areas and regions, such as <a href="http://www.craigslist.org">Craigslist</a> and <a href="http://www.gumtree.com">Gumtree</a>. And there are focussed announcement for predefined areas, such as <a href="http://upcoming.org">Upcoming</a> for events. But that's not quite the same as "x kilometres from me". We can use <a href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a>, with the <a href="http://microformats.org/wiki/twitter-nanoformats">location nanoformat</a> and <a href="http://hashtags.org">hash tags</a>, to say something with a geo-bound location. So, a generic service such as Twitter could accommodate a messageboard. But is it distracting that Twitter has a million other uses too? Is a dedicated service more useful? What you are describing, Jon, sounds like it would go something like “enter your postcode and make an announcement”. A geo messageboard, where users can search or browser for, say, tagged messages within x kilometres of a location.

That would be useful. To what extent do we have that kind of service already? I guess there are messageboard sites for pre-defined areas and regions, such as Craigslist and Gumtree. And there are focussed announcement for predefined areas, such as Upcoming for events. But that’s not quite the same as “x kilometres from me”.

We can use Twitter, with the location nanoformat and hash tags, to say something with a geo-bound location. So, a generic service such as Twitter could accommodate a messageboard. But is it distracting that Twitter has a million other uses too? Is a dedicated service more useful?

]]> By: OrangeJon http://dharmafly.com/blog/socialcompost#comment-271 OrangeJon Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:35:33 +0000 http://dharmafly.com/blog/social-compost#comment-271 Yeah, I'm the same situation right now, but I must admit I've tried as hard to find somebody with a compost bin, it just seems like too much effort. It strikes me that what's needed is just a really generic local message-board system; there's nothing really special about the message "who wants my veg peelings?", but what really matters is whether the person who replies is 100m away or 1km away. In other words, penetration (in your local area) is the key. I dare say people would start using it for all sorts of other applications too, like selling furniture, complaining about noisy neighbours, whatever. Yeah, I’m the same situation right now, but I must admit I’ve tried as hard to find somebody with a compost bin, it just seems like too much effort. It strikes me that what’s needed is just a really generic local message-board system; there’s nothing really special about the message “who wants my veg peelings?”, but what really matters is whether the person who replies is 100m away or 1km away. In other words, penetration (in your local area) is the key. I dare say people would start using it for all sorts of other applications too, like selling furniture, complaining about noisy neighbours, whatever.

]]> By: Premasagar http://dharmafly.com/blog/socialcompost#comment-196 Premasagar Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:27:50 +0000 http://dharmafly.com/blog/social-compost#comment-196 Well, Social Compost didn't make it as one of the six projects to be worked on during the SI Camp weekend. However, Madhava and I have been asked to attend the event, to assist others in their projects. We'll be focussing on <a href="http://give2change.org">Seth Reynold</a>'s idea: <a href="http://www.sicamp.org/?page_id=98">Stuff Share</a>. This is to be a website where people can list items that they are prepared to lend (such as a drill, or a tent), so that others can search for what they need and borrow it... Well, Social Compost didn’t make it as one of the six projects to be worked on during the SI Camp weekend. However, Madhava and I have been asked to attend the event, to assist others in their projects.

We’ll be focussing on Seth Reynold’s idea: Stuff Share. This is to be a website where people can list items that they are prepared to lend (such as a drill, or a tent), so that others can search for what they need and borrow it…

]]> By: Premasagar http://dharmafly.com/blog/socialcompost#comment-154 Premasagar Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:52:17 +0000 http://dharmafly.com/blog/social-compost#comment-154 There has been some conversation around the idea - e.g. the <a href="http://www.brightonnewmedia.org/pipermail/bnmlist/2008-March/15596100.html">original thread</a> on the Brighton New Media mailing list and posts by <a href="http://www.projectbrighton.com/2008/03/12/social-compost-liberate-your-peelings/">Rosie Sherry</a> and <a href="http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk/2008/03/11/brighton-idea-connecting-you-to-compost/">Leif Kendall</a>. There has been some conversation around the idea - e.g. the original thread on the Brighton New Media mailing list and posts by Rosie Sherry and Leif Kendall.

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