seeding conversations
A PLATFORM INSPIRED BY :VOCALO
Conversations matter
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Conversations matter
People commonly use blogs among other technology channels as a platform for conversational discourse. Source: Sifry, Dave. 2007. The State of the Live Web, April 2007. http://technorati.com/weblog/2007/04/328. html (accessed February 26, 2008). 3
Conversations have changed
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vocalo strives to be:
A GATHERING SPACE CELEBRATING THE POWER OF LOCAL SELF EXPRESSION
A CONVERSATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES
AN EVOLVING NARRATIVE BUILT FROM REAL STORIES & REAL PEOPLE
AN INVITATION TO LISTEN.PARTICIPATE.SHARE 5
future system Conversation
Topic Generation
The Street
Topic Curation
The Green Room
Content Generation
Story-telling
The Project space
Content delivery
The Story
topic Celebration
The Gathering
The Library
The Archive
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
The Street
Gathering critical mass Developing perspectives Sharing Sourcing Posting
Reacting Supporting Disagreeing Following topic, post, person, criteria Annotating, Building (graffiti tags) 7
Topic Generation The Street
Bill gets a sms from a friend: “are you going to the 10 year renunion?”
The Green Room
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
Bill sends out a thought to the community: “I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion, and I’m worried.”
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
He gets an immediate message back that shows him how much activity there is around the topic.
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
At home he checks his computer to see how much activity his seed has gotten.
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
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Topic Generation At home he checks his computer to see how much activity his seed has gotten.
1 day
1 week
1 month
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
1 day The Project space
1 week
1 month The Story
The Gathering
Gathering Post critical I just gotmass invited to my 10 year high Developing perspectives school reunion... Sharing Date & Time Sourcing 3/10/08, 12:45 PM Posting
Reacting Supporting Disagreeing Following topic, post, person, criteria Annotating, Building (graffiti tags) 13
Topic Generation The Street
Marc J.
Why are high school reunions more difficult than family reunions?
The Green Room
3/10/08, 2:44 PM agree
disagree
reply
1 day The Project space
1 week
1 month The Story
Post
The Gathering
Date & Time
I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion... 3/10/08, 12:45 PM
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Topic Generation The Street
Kathy S.
I don’t feel successful enough to go to my high school reunion.
The Green Room
3/3/08, 1:29 PM
agree
1 day The Project space
1 week
disagree
reply
Kathy don’t be silly. Who cares what other people think. You’re just there to have fun, catch up with old friends, and drink the night away ;)
post
1 month The Story
Post
The Gathering
Date & Time
I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion... 3/10/08, 12:45 PM
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
1 day The Project space
1 week
1 month The Story
Post
The Gathering
Date & Time
I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion... 3/10/08, 12:45 PM
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
1 day The Project space
1 week
1 month The Story
Post
The Gathering
Date & Time
I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion... 3/10/08, 12:45 PM
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
1 day The Project space
1 week
1 month The Story
Post
The Gathering
Date & Time
I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion... 3/10/08, 12:45 PM
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
1 day The Project space
1 week
1 month The Story
Post
The Gathering
Date & Time
I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion... 3/10/08, 12:45 PM
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Topic Generation The Street
The Green Room
1 day The Project space
1 week
1 month The Story
Post
The Gathering
Date & Time
I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion... 3/10/08, 12:45 PM
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Topic Generation The Street
Reunion
Dating
Career
Family Milestones
High School
The Green Room
Jocks
Home
Relationships Old Friends Kids Balding
Married
1 day The Project space
1 week
1 month The Story
Post
The Gathering
Date & Time
I just got invited to my 10 year high school reunion... 3/10/08, 12:45 PM
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Topic curation The Street
The Green Room
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
The Green Room
Filtering critical mass Gathering Developing perspectives Selecting Sharing Tabling Sourcing Screening Posting Sorting
Saving Reacting Supporting Planning Disagreeing Championing FollowingPerspective Building topic, post, person, criteria Annotating, Building (graffiti tags) 22
Topic curation The Street
Reunion
The Green Room
Dating
Career Family Milestones
High School
Jocks Home Relationships Old Friends
Kids Balding Married
What if Turnabout Family
Plan B Beliefs Nevermind
Milestones
Second Thoughts Assumptions Leeway
Recovery submit
Persona Dating
Naughty Exaggerated
Fun
Gross
Fearless
Friends Social Photos Videos
Digital Me
The Project space
The Story
42 respondents
32 respondents
45 respondents
The Gathering
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Topic curation The Street
The Green Room
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
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Content Generation The Street
The Green Room
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
The Project Space
Refining Adding to, Subtracting from Layering Reusing Creating
Collaborating Displaying Supporting, Amping Prepping Practicing, Learning 25
Content Generation The Street
The Green Room
The Project space
Google Docs The Story
The Gathering
Forscene 26
Content Generation The Street
The Green Room
36 Postings
The Project space
High School Reunion
Tuesday March 11
17 Postings
Plan ‘B’ The Story
Thursday March 13
4 Postings
Digital Me
Sunday March 16
Video
The Gathering
Audio Images Text
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Content Generation Mark J.
The Street
My friends never were the dancing types. I figure I could have easily blackmailed Gary with this video in the future, but it’s too hilarious not to share here!
The Green Room
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36 Postings
The Project space
High School Reunion
Tuesday March 11
17 Postings
Plan ‘B’ The Story
Thursday March 13
4 Postings
Digital Me
Sunday March 16
Video
The Gathering
Audio Images Text
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Content Generation Margo B.
The Street
I felt so strange around my friends who have kids now! I remember going to parties together and getting into so much trouble. Now they’re mommies!
The Green Room
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reply
36 Postings
The Project space
High School Reunion
Tuesday March 11
17 Postings
Plan ‘B’ The Story
Thursday March 13
4 Postings
Digital Me
Sunday March 16
Video
The Gathering
Audio Images Text
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Content Generation Margo B.
The Street
Believe it or not, ‘little balding me’ used to be homecoming king. This was the my song back in the day.
The Green Room
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36 Postings
The Project space
High School Reunion
Tuesday March 11
17 Postings
Plan ‘B’ The Story
Thursday March 13
4 Postings
Digital Me
Sunday March 16
Video
The Gathering
Audio Images Text
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Content delivery The Street
The Green Room
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
the story
Storytelling Delivering Synthesizing Distributing Communicating
Amplifying voices Re-telling Cross perspectives
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Content delivery The Street
The Green Room
Monday, March 17 3:30pm
Road Trips
4:00pm
Digital Me ...the new real me
4:30pm
Breakups
5:00pm 5:30pm
Margo B.
I felt so strange around my friends who have kids now! I remember going to parties together and getting into so much trouble. Now they’re mommies! vote up
Moving On High School Reunion
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Save in my archive
The Project space 5:47pm
We’ve probably been to one or have at least been in the position to choose whether or not to go. Why is it that even as adults, so many of us still dread high school reunions?
The Story
6:00pm
heaven in the 21st Century
6:30pm
restaurant disasters
Video Audio Images Text
The Gathering
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topic Celebration The Street
The Green Room
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
the gathering
Congregating Culminating Meeting up Interacting physically Networking
Physical Representation Distribution Linking to physical spaces, contexts
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topic Celebration The Street
The Green Room
The Project space
The Story
The Gathering
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The Archive
The library
the library Storing Exploring Indexing Re-Mixing Re-Purposing
Organizing Sharing
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The Archive
2006
2008
2007
Reunion
Election
Love
Addiction
Family
Music
School
Wedding
Success
Global Warming
Home
“I met my wife at my reunion...” The library
JANUARY
MARCH
FEBRUARY
ALL
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The Archive
Unrequited Love
Love at First Sight
Fairytale Love
Unconditional Love Soulmate
Moving On
Marriage Falling in Love
First Love Breaking Up
dec nov oct sep aug jul jun may apr MAR feb JAN
2008 2007 2006
The archive library
Love
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