Thursday's headline, "Bald eagle coming off endangered list today," had "Eagle-Eyes" flapping his wings for joy. At long last, one of the nation's major symbols has made an astounding recovery from possible extinction as a species. Ever since strict protection was sanctioned by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a [...]
"Eagle-Eyes" has been asking me if I've read "this or that" blog, or checked on those "e-newsletters" dealing with the future of newspapers in our society. Then "Hammerhead" wants to know when I'll post a blog about something that will really "hit the nail on the head" for our [...]
The deadline for citizens to apply for serving on the various boards, advisory committees and commissions that serve the City of Petaluma is next Thursday, June 21st - AND there are vacancies on the T&T Advisory Committee. Here is an opportunity to guide the future of our cyberspace right here [...]
As the "King" said, "It's a puzzlement!" My last blog, just 24 hour ago, mentioned some strange letters showing up on many of my posts ... both new and old. They are not there, now. What happened? Was I seeing things? (No, because a fellow blogger reported that he saw [...]
The sky is pink and it looks like another "scorcher" is in the works.. I better get this blog written before the "tuning fork" gets too hot to handle. I wonder what "community networking" tidbit will resonate today. While I was waiting for my mind to vibrate with another tuning [...]
I woke up this morning with thoughts generated by "tuning fork" #2. One of PetalumaNet's guiding principles that has been quoted often in these blogs - The greatest resource of any community is the collective wisdom, intellect, and creativity of its citizens. Well, what do you know? The community network [...]
This weekend was supposed to be spent catching up with the "To Do" list; but, guess what? A longtime community network enthusiast, Judy Hallman of RTPnet in North Carolina posted historical archives dating back to 1984, and traced their involvement with a movement that was to capture my interest in [...]
Yesterday was spent walking the walk with our "Community Emergency Response Team" classes (CERT). I also did a lot of talking the talk, but it was face-to-face with committed community volunteers interested in making their neighborhoods safer and better prepared in the case of an extreme disaster such as a [...]
Bill's Blog #9, brought back memories of John Eger and his earlier initiative called Smart Communities. In 1997, John authored a piece for the San Diego Union-Tribune, titled, "Cyberspace and Cyberplace: Building the Smart Communities of Tomorrow" in which he articulated his vision for Cyber Cities of the future if [...]
When I was growing up, I don't remember ever being told that I was "smart." I was called by a few other names (censored), including Hammerhead, but not smart. (If you check the dictionary, there's over a dozen different ways to use the word "smart.")One of PetalumaNet's earlier projects promoted [...]