Hopefully I’m not the only one who drops in at the trib and catches a brief glimpse of this or that happening… while mostly not having any idea at all of what it is about. Probably there are others with even less of an idea than I have (please, say it’s so!), because they have less time to peruse the site.
Anyway, I mentioned this in an earlier Alito diary… what do you guys think of having a diary just about goings on? Action projects, special events (boobooks and art fairs) and so on. A running calendar/action items type diary, under a multiple user login with people adding their events (even offsite one’s that they may want to coordinate with the trib) in comments and so on? It can just be updated daily (or however often needed) and rerun from time to time. Informational only, with links to the diaries that give details about whatever project, and that contains the discussions.
I thought of naming it the froggyhotaction center… but that may have been because I had read anna’s toy diary not too long before… (wowee!). Add your thoughts and stop me before I embarrass us all!
What do you think… good idea? (I would do a poll but I always mess those up).
Great idea. Frog Action Calendar? Froggy Pond Calendar? Frogs In Action?…Ribbits & Fun Caledar? Frog Pond Fun?.. Lily Pad Listings…well best I could do on short notice.
Frog action calendar sounds good. And maybe we could even make (or link to) a real calendar… I think I saw that someone had started a bootrib related google(yahoo?) group… those usually come with calendars and the ability to upload files and such… which would come in handy for the alito handouts and so on.
Then again, all the other names you mention sound good too ;).
Hmmm. Gread idea. How about “Hop to it”?
Oh, I love that one, lol. Definitely will need a poll on the name, for both the continuous diary and the sign in name, which will be shared by whoever, community wise.
Hey, I’ll second that..that sounds perfect.
Love that, and love your idea, Nanette.
So let it be written,
so let it be done.
Great idea, Nanette!
And I second “Hop to it!”
One or two of the cafe hosts were trying to get a running bulletin board going at the top of each cafe not long ago — maybe the action center could tie in with the cafe. There are already so many diaries to try to keep up with.
I think “Hop To It” it is… it seems to have that certain appeal.
I think also it needs to be separate from the FBC (but there can be cross links) because not everyone visits there. I was thinking of something that people can hotlist (cuz it would just be updated all the time, not new diaries each day or anything) or that could just be reposted from time to time, especially when something active is going on. A one stop click to find all the happening things and so on.
ah good idea.
I like your idea too, Nanette, but I’m having a hard time imagining how the site would handle it from a construction standpoint. I’m not a software guy so I don’t really know, but it seems like this kind of thing would require changes to the template of the site, so it could, for example, be linked up top with the regional threads or something, right? Because it couldn’t be a regular diary without falling off the list every couple of days, even with recommends; recommends, as I understand them, decay over time and there comes a time when the ability to give them expires.
But maybe I don’t understand the software, or precisely what you’re proposing. My head’s been a little fuzzy all day, sorry if I’m not making any sense.
Recommends may fade away, but hotlists are forever — so far anyway. I think it would work.
D’oh! I didn’t even see that she said hotlists. Like I said, fuzzy today, sorry for that. I’d blame the xanax but it’s always more fun to blame the patriarchy so I usually do.
LOL! <whispers> I blame Republicans for everything.
Me too!
psssssst……that’s because somehow it’s usually their fault.
Sounds like a fine idea.
Will we have lily-memo-pads?
Patriarchy, Republicans. . .kind of the same thing.
Ding, ding, ding! You win a xanax, kansas! 😉
We’ll be having consolation rounds for more xanaxesses, won’t we?
I have answers here, somewhere.
Guffaw. Just for a change of pace.
Heh, in my head your comment sounded like Gollum. “Tricksy xanaxesses…”
Sorry for the frivolous tangent in your brainstorming diary, Nanette, I’ll stop now.
frivolous tangents have a useful purpose ;). They release the endorphins and relax the braincells and thus… produce more brainstorming!
Okay, I made that up, but it sounds good to me. Frivol away ;).
Well… um… (I am not sure either, shhh).
Over at eurotrib, they have a section called “debates” where selected diaries seem to stay up until removed. No clue how they did that, or if we could do that here or not.
Probably tho, the way it will be done is to create the original diary, (with various users being able to sign in with the related user name, for updating), and the diary will just be reposted from time to time. It would be nice if it was just a constant presence, so people could just sign on and click, but if not, people can hotlist it, so that its’ always accessible, and also it can be reposted.. probably not daily, but a few times a week or something.
With the FBC, a new diary is posted daily… which is a good thing, considering how many comments it gets. But this would be just an informational diary, with comments just providing details about whichever event/action project is coming up (unless the person just updated the diary themselves), so it won’t have a lot of discussion or anything and be slow to load. The discussions themselves would go on in the linked diaries having to do with whichever topic.
Ignore me, I’m a drugged moron today, lol. I should’ve stopped at “I like your idea.”
lol no worries. It’s good to have to think out how things are going to work… I’m afraid I’m always shocked that people expect me to know, even if I did suggest something ;).
Okay, I’ve created the user name Hoppining Things (y’all should have stopped me). Anyone who wants the password, just let me know. It’ll necessarily have to be a community run thing. Should I just put the password out for all?
Will put up the initial diary tomorrow, unless someone else wants to, or has something going on. Also, if people want to start leaving their upcoming/ongoing events in comments here, they can be transferred over to Hop To It! center later.
also, i have created a blog specifically for action alerts. i can add anybody with a blogger.com account as a member so they can post action items. if you’d like an invite, drop your email address in a reply.