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From: Craig Ragland (craigraglandgmail.com) | |
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:22:51 -0700 (PDT) |
Re: Email vs. Web What I prefer is a hybrid (and I drive one too). One form of web/email hybrid is when a website "knows" what I care about - because I told it. These websites can send me emails when those topics change or something I care about happens - even if it is weeks or months later. For this to work well, I need to have some control over what the website knows and sends (i.e., some type of user console). This type of functionality also requires that I be authenticated (i.e. registered), rather than just remaining anonymous. The Coho-L archive is another type of hybrid, where all of our emails all posted to that web-based space. As a part of the Cohousing Website team, I am one of a handful of folks that use the Cohousing Website as Authenticated Users - except when we test it as Anonymous Users. Today, almost everybody sees it as Anonymous Users. I have configured my own profile to automatically send me emails when changes happen on some pages - those to which I have "subscribed." And whenever I personally edit a page, I am automatically subscribed to that page. Later this year, we hope to extend this type of email subscription to others as we open up the Cohousing Website to better support the broad community of cohousers. At this point, there value to subscribing to many parts of the website, is of questionable value - but this will increase as the site becomes more interactive with frequent postings by many, including some experts. In way of example, you might be able to subscribe to a particular Classified Ad Category you care about - or an Online Forum you find interesting - or somebody's Cohousing Blog. For the Classified Ad example, you might be able to "say" - send me an email alert when a new Cohousing Unit for Sale is posted. These examples are forward-looking and are not a promise about specific features (yet). The vast majority of the Cohousing Website users will continue to use it anonymously - and this must always be possible as it serves our mission to introduce Cohousing to newcomers - and we now get many thousands of first-time visitors every month, some of which may become our future neighbors! Craig On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Rob Sandelin <floriferous [at] msn.com> wrote: > > In my own world, I find email to > be a much more effective mechanism for changing information than a > website. > I personally rarely look at the Cohousing website but read at least half > the > emails on this list. > > Rob Sandelin > Sharingwood, Snohomish County, WA > > -- Craig Ragland Coho/US executive director http://www.cohousing.org craig [at] cohousing.org New Earth Song project manager http://www.NewEarthSong.com craig [at] newearthsong.com Songaia Cohousing member http://www.Songaia.com craig [at] songaia.com Please try email first, include your phone number (w/time zone) - or give me a call: 425-487-3550 (Pacific)... communicate!
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Free Ads for Free Stuff Joani Blank, March 31 2008
- Re: Free Ads for Free Stuff Michael Barrett, April 1 2008
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Re: Free Ads for Free Stuff Rob Sandelin, April 1 2008
- Re: Free Ads for Free Stuff Alan Bleier, April 1 2008
- Re: Free Ads for Free Stuff Craig Ragland, April 1 2008
- Re: Free ads for free stuff Joani Blank, April 5 2008
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