Ten minutes ago I finished my last project for the good people at Search Development Center here in Chicago. I was doing some freelance work for them, writing teaching modules they could use to run classes for disabled adults. This is good because I can now turn my attention to getting started and fully committed to Assignment Zero!
I was thrilled when I found AZ here on the 'ole Internets. Pro-Am journalism has the ability to truly involve so many voices from so many different ideas and cultures its staggering. The more I think about the potential reach of crowd-sourcing journalism, the more excited I get.
As I mulled the potential of what we are starting here together, I let my thoughts drift and try to see its direction.... with so many voices representing so many different viewpoints, surely we are soon going to cross troubled waters. I wonder what the first story will be where two vastly differing opinions and/or cultures see the same story from opposite sides of the bridge and both attempt to report on it as best they can. Surely this is going to cause people on both sides of the issue to get riled, get excited, and to debate. Feelings will be hurt, eyes will be opened and passions will flare. In the best of scenarios, we will all walk a virtual mile in someone else's shoes. Within that debate we are going to see the story of humanity play out and see the world through real people's eyes instead of those the main-stream media feeds us. We are going to get underneath the skin of the sotry, to its heart. We are going to see it all, I think, and it will be sooner than later.
I cannot wait.
For now, though, I will be doing my part telling the story of threadless. I am looking forward to it, and will be reporting on my involvement with Assignment Zero here on this blog and at my personal blog I am getting set up at www.EdwardDomain.com Feel free to drop by there, or contact me through here. I am looking forward to being a part of the community, and to working with so many people worldwide that are as excited by the possibilties as I am.
