Comments on: Thesis Focus: Resilient Communities http://www.ckundo.com/2010/02/resilient-communities-thesis/ Cameron Cundiff @ NYU ITP and beyond Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:49:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: cameron http://www.ckundo.com/2010/02/resilient-communities-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-66 cameron Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:41:15 +0000 http://www.ckundo.com/?p=512#comment-66 Hi Mark: Thanks for the pointer. Ning and other off-the-shelf tools like wordpress are great, most notably for ease of setup and use due in large part to stellar documentation and support community. Also, the ease of adding extensions is very appealing. The downside seems to be less flexibility and scalability, which is why I had considered building a custom platform. However, the type of application I am talking about doesn't need to scale beyond small groups, and unless I can identify specific feature bottlenecks with an off-the-shelf content management system, I may go the route you're describing. Regardless of approach, any work I do will be open-sourced and well documented. Hi Mark: Thanks for the pointer. Ning and other off-the-shelf tools like wordpress are great, most notably for ease of setup and use due in large part to stellar documentation and support community. Also, the ease of adding extensions is very appealing. The downside seems to be less flexibility and scalability, which is why I had considered building a custom platform. However, the type of application I am talking about doesn’t need to scale beyond small groups, and unless I can identify specific feature bottlenecks with an off-the-shelf content management system, I may go the route you’re describing. Regardless of approach, any work I do will be open-sourced and well documented.

]]> By: Openworld http://www.ckundo.com/2010/02/resilient-communities-thesis/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Openworld Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:14:45 +0000 http://www.ckundo.com/?p=512#comment-65 Can you design your mashup/website in a templated way, so that other Resilient Community initiatives can apply it as well? Ning.com offers a good free starting framework and a number of off-the-shelf apps (for member surveys, online fundraising, polling, etc) that look to be useful. The main problem is the amount of time it takes to test drive and choose the best widgets. It would be wonderful if your initiative could become the example in terms of vetting and integrating the best apps in a replicable way. Best, Mark Frazier Openworld.com @openworld Can you design your mashup/website in a templated way, so that other Resilient Community initiatives can apply it as well?

Ning.com offers a good free starting framework and a number of off-the-shelf apps (for member surveys, online fundraising, polling, etc) that look to be useful.

The main problem is the amount of time it takes to test drive and choose the best widgets. It would be wonderful if your initiative could become the example in terms of vetting and integrating the best apps in a replicable way.

Best,

Mark Frazier
Openworld.com
@openworld

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