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While I was out

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Wow. My poor neglected blog has one post from the month of April. If you’ve been wondering where I was, wonder no more. I’ve been launching Columbia Tomorrow, a context-rich website on growth and development in Columbia, Mo.

I’ve recorded a 15-minute introduction to Columbia Tomorrow for those of you who’ve been following the argument I’ve been making on Newsless.

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Written by Matt

May 1st, 2009 at 7:15 pm

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  1. It's good to see you back. The site looks fascinating. Will carve out some time to explore.

    Just to get on your radar, Consider the results of outputting topics in Print for the local high school teachers. Teachers go to the site, choose the topics they want for their class. Three days later they get 30 paperbacks to give the kids. The kids use highlighters for the interesting and confusing stuff. The teacher collects the books to base instruction and as evidence that the kids did what they were supposed to do.

    Trust me. The print tech is well defined and pretty easy to implement. I would be very happy to volunteer with a some online PM and mentoring. The potential upside is that the newspaper might find a new market in a weekly reader on steroids that is focused on local economic development. Supported by ads from non profits, health organizations and government public service announcements.

  2. Just had a little time to click through the site. Brilliant. If you have some time to keep us posted on how it works out re engagement, that would be much appreciated.

    FYI
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