While we have a 'strategies' project in the wonderful Basecamp, I'd also like to open things up a little more here. The advantage of this space is of course that it's open to all. There's a part of me that would really like to open source the thinking, the strategies, and the business models (such as they are). To that end, I'll be doing some thinking aloud here, and would like to hear from others about what makes sense, what doesn't, what they'd like to do/make/acheive and ways that futurilla might be a vehicle for those aspirations. So far Futurilla has been driven by a few specific things:
- My long-standing (and slow-burning) desire to find a vehicle for some of the exciting things which I've discussed with colleagues and friends, but which simply aren't going to happen through institutional channels. These include software, events, publishing projects, and stuff that just seems like it would be fun.
- My initial foray into experimental podcasting; I've done some tests under the Usergland name and have started investing the time (and some cash) into the fairly small resources needed to expand this. Work has started on planning things like server space and bandwidth (the first parts are in place), and a couple of very interesting partnerships to capture and publish content are, at least verbally, agreed. This little micro-network switches to operating under the Futurilla brand as 'Futurilla Sound'.
- The initial success that Mike P and I have had with writing future-oriented technology/education papers (Cyberworlds 2005 Prague, League of Worlds 2005 Melbourne, Cyberworlds 2005 Book chapter) and our desire to both expand on that in some controlled way and to develop it into other forms and areas (eg. wtdw, a personal hyperspace, and Charlotte Carey's creative enterprise.
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