Fantastic!!!...

One of the best uses of interactive media I've seen in some time. Glad you liked it.

BTW, added something important to the site welcoming message:

Ned.com is an all volunteer member governed online social network in combination with real world locations made up of social entrepreneurs, activists, artists, social purpose enterprises, grassroots nonprofit, non-governmental, and community based organizations taking action locally, nationally & globally, collaborating and making the world a better place.

Thats Cool.

Ned.com is an all-volunteer, member-governed, online social network (in combination with real-world locations) that is made up of social entrepreneurs, activists, artists, social purpose enterprises, grassroots nonprofit, non-governmental, and community-based organizations, and is collaborating and taking action locally, nationally & globally, in order to make the world a better place.

Does this make it easier to read if you write it this way? The way it is, even if I know what you are saying, I have a hard time understanding it.

and, Hey, thanks for adding artists! I feel all warm and fuzzy. :-)

I could go with that.

PS. Also thought about adding techies to the list.

Man...where to draw the line?

Quite .... I think druids, hoboes, circumlocutors and space cadets will have particular cause for complaint about their omission. :)

Actually, that is a point. Perhaps "artist" is too specific, like why artist and not accountant? Activist is the broad action, artist is the form the activism takes; so maybe you'd leave it as activist. Activists could be artists, accountants, strategic planners, and so on. But, I think it's sweet that you thought of us. :-)

Cynthia, we are all artists it is just that some choose to describe themselves as artists, some have the description thrust upon them and some have to make a living. ;)

If we are all artists, I had the description thrust upon me and then someone realized the error of their ways and is fighting very hard to get the title back!

Ah, but there's still another 9 rounds to go :)

I was thinking about what artists, social entrepreneurs, startup entrepreneurs, techies, grassroot npo/ngo/cbo staff have in common with one another driving to an AM meeting this morning.

They simply love what they do. Risk takers. Love being on the edge. Taking chances. Emracing change. Trying new things. Looking for ways around "the impossible." At the true core, much of this group is very tied together in what makes them tick inside.

Or maybe I just had too much coffee.

Hey, Mr Tambourine Man.... just keep taking the tablets .... in that jingle jangle morning they'll keep following you.

Heh. Long as it's not the Shatner version of Mr Tambourine Man, I'm good.

This is so cool... but I guess it's cliche to call Dylan cool.

I wish I knew how to technically make something like that online!

Wonder if BD of that day would have ever imagined such a manifestation of what he was doing. Ah, the beauty of innovation.

I think they did it with the latest version of Flash. It has templates for data entry and if you can load data into one Flash animation, you should be able to load it into all, even an embedded video. Flash is doing a lot of new stuff with embedded video now. They probably program the spaces where each letter is dropped in to move with the paper and that's what makes it look especially real.

I absolutely must figure this out! Will let you know. But, it will probably be in 2008 some time. :-)

The agency did a cool interactive animated music video years ago that users filled in their name, pet name, city and couple other things that "revealed" themselves in an interesting way during the video. Pretty fun, I've got a copy on my hard drive, don't think it's online anymore.

Cynthia Gentry said:

Ned.com is an all-volunteer, member-governed, online social network (in combination with real-world locations) that is made up of social entrepreneurs, activists, artists, social purpose enterprises, grassroots nonprofit, non-governmental, and community-based organizations, and is collaborating and taking action locally, nationally & globally, in order to make the world a better place.

Does this make it easier to read if you write it this way? The way it is, even if I know what you are saying, I have a hard time understanding it.

and, Hey, thanks for adding artists! I feel all warm and fuzzy. :-)

done, changed, better...thnx

Mark Grimes said:

BTW, added something important to the site welcoming message:

Ned.com is an all volunteer member governed online social network in combination with real world locations made up of social entrepreneurs, activists, artists, social purpose enterprises, grassroots nonprofit, non-governmental, and community based organizations taking action locally, nationally & globally, collaborating and making the world a better place.

"A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places." ~ Paul Gardner

John Firth said:

Quite .... I think druids, hoboes, circumlocutors and space cadets will have particular cause for complaint about their omission. :)

It is not being left out of such lists that is the particular cause for complaint that moves the REST of US; it is OUR impatience, frustration, and amazement that those on the list, like those on ALL the other lists cannot see how much THEY need US.

The vanguard passed some time before, and the druids, hobos and circumlocutors were in the forefront, as THEY are today.

One would think that those WE have helped the most would at least surrender a modicum of recognition and support. Since WE are never scolding, or making the list-makers wrong, WE won't even bring up public praise, private empathy, or loving compassion.

Oh Gawd RicHARD I have missed the lilting tones of your communication.....

Hugs, Lois