Alan Gutierrez

For when I create the lesson plan for Photo Albums with Flickr, this map of the places where a person lived in the Midwest, created by placing notes on an elementary school globe.

The workshops are a success. They are the backbone of Think New Orleans. In essence, they fill the gaps that others attempt to fill with software development. They fill the gaps nicely, since it turns web publishing into a social event familiar to New Orleanians. The Open Door Workshops will futher develop the networking aspect of the workshops. People can come together and collaborate on web publishing projects. Shoulders to look over.

Collaborative authoring is one focus of Think New Orleans.

Bart Everson has been using the New Orleans Wiki to write the Mid-City Recovery Plan. Many hands make light work, and when all residents can write, edit and review the plan, one would hope that it can get written faster, and with broader support for the final draft.

Think New Orleans wants to assist neighborhoods and citizens in planning and reconstruction. When time comes to persuade the City, to influence the process in favor of the will of the citizens, there is a lot to be said for a thick document, written by residents, reviewed by residents, with a lot of signatories.

Collaborative authoring is one way to lend weight to your neighborhood’s proposal. The kind of weight that makes a nice thud when it his mayor’s desk.