Well, in spite of my skepticism, BarCamp got my juices flowing.
Mass Power
See, the internet is only getting more popular, and no one out there is really doing shit (or going to do shit) with it in the 2006 cycle. It's all lessons learned from three years ago, finally penitrating the establishment. That's nice because there's money to be made. That's also nice because it means there's opportunity in all that unclaimed territory.
Just look at this, this and this and let's do some quick math.
- 27.8 Million Americans between the age of 18 and 24 voted in 2004
- About 17 Million of them voted for Kerry
- Basically all these kids (90%+) are online
- The population wave on its way through is going to peak on voting age in 2008
No one is really doing anything to capture these people. What would it take to build a mass-membership organization with 1.5 million members between the age of 16 and 26? An organization that could get a minumum of $10 from all its members?
Personal Publishing
Well, it's high time I made the move with my own publishing enterprise. This old URL is getting an overhaul. Here's the plan:
- Outlandishjosh.com -- New Front Page which aggregates the latest and greatest from all of my endeavors below; internally maintains my own wiki (which is what the broken sub-sections of this site really want to be).
- Outlandishjosh.com/blog -- personal publishing and gonzo journalism.
- Trellon.org -- Professional blogging for the nerds; open source technology, the internet, campaigns and organizations. The new art and science of participation.
- As-Yet-Unnamed Online Venture -- New center for professional writing on the subject of politics. Not blogging (although a blog may be employed) so much as content creation aimed at Book-type ends.
- I Preach A Dark Future -- Working title for an artistic endeavor to create audio drama for distribution over the internets.
I think all that can be set up in the next few weeks. Especially if I get the internets in my home.
