Wine for the Masses

Forgetting Johannes Gutenberg

Herr Gutenberg had some good ideas for getting stuff around, but it may be time to move on. The printed media does a good job at what it's meant to do, but there are so many ways to change it and update it for electronic media. I am simply worried that by focusing too much on the Preface and its model, we limit ourselves and don't brainstorm far enough from the cloud. Let's get a bit of momentum and mix it up a bit. The categories are great and we can get inspiration from many newspapers out there, but we also need to embrace the blog, the forum, the pseudo-permanence of the net and really get our feelers out there. Even by getting people to work with trackbacks we can get readers from areas that normally we wouldn't think of. It just allows our community to grow and develop without any conscious effort.

<steps down from soapbox>

I would like to work on everything in the group project. But I cannot. That's just too hard and leads to poor focus on many things instead of slightly better focus on one thing. I think that I would either like to look at a Offbeat/Misc section occasionally with a regular beat pertaining to College 101. What hints to IUSB can be garnered from upperclassmen and faculty. What deals exist on campus, what orgs can help out the student. Well, that might be a little too vague. It seems like the topic for the whole project again.

Perhaps I'll work with organizations. Poli-Sci, Student Gov't, ACM, misc clubs, organizations, etc. Sort of a spotlight for the campus on the smaller coalitions that thrive in the underbelly of academia. What they do, who does it, and why they want to do it. That sort of thing. Plus, it might help get some backing if we write nicely about them and they recommend us to others...

Posted by Ben at 9/18/2005 10:07:00 PM