http://www.communitiesofthefuture.org/

My sister Peggy heard Rick Smyre of this group speak at the Fayette County (GA) Chamber of Commerce retreat recently, and reading the stuff on this site is really thought provoking. Anyone else know these guys?

Here is the story of the week up here in the back of beyond: A man killed his girlfriend, wrapped her in plastic, and left her taped up in it for several days. I didn't know anything about it, because I don't get a paper or watch local news ( Read more... )

I found this on SCAToday --

A group of gentles in the Kingdom of Calontir is holding an online auction of donated items of interest to reenactors to aid a citizen of the Kingdom injured in an automobile accident ( Read more... )

Several of you said that you felt online journals/blogs facilitated communities rather than forming them. (I hope I'm paraphrasing this correctly.) Several of you mentioned that you make friendship/reading decisions based on knowing the person in "meatspace" (as it were ( Read more... )

In my previous post, I asked some general questions about why people write in blogs, etc. The discussion there, on communities, is interesting ( Read more... )

After getting my updated mind-map, I started thinking about a serious topic, which is online relationships and blogs in general. I think I will write about it in my next article in the online journal. After all, the purpose is to discuss how the Internet shapes relations....

So, a small quiz, and then discussion, please?
UPDATE: Some discussion of ( Read more... )