All Blog Posts Tagged 'EVOKE' (54)

My EVOKE inbox has 79 messages. All of these go to my regular email address too (I know, I can change that setting, but then I'll miss the ones I DO want to see). I understand, and patiently tolerate, people's need to drive others to their posts by sending out messages to their entire friends network, or worse, to the the wh*** community -- I know I get messages from people not on my friends list. Continue

In the Episode 3 discussion ( http://www.urgentevoke.com/forum/topics/episode-3-story-did-the-evoke ), there seems to be a majority of people that want to take the term 'fail' out of our vocabulary; many arguments against EVOKE having failed thus far are generalizable to all instances of what would otherwise be called failure - eg: there cannot have been a failure in light of the fact that something can be… Continue

We are working all around the World. We need people that have a lot of local connections. We need people that know everyone in their community. They have tons of connections, friends, acquaintances,
they know everyone and everyone knows them, they always know a friend
of a friend that can do_________ or knows ____________. Is this you?

Let´s create the EVOKE Local Knowledge Network!!!

We live in a reality where celebrities and media shape the way so many people view the World. This is far from ideal, but that´s contemporary life. I think we should use the existing media and celebrity structures and bring some attention to the issues the EVOKE Network is working on and we will be working on after the 10 weeks.



I am sure because I´ve seen it that there is a lot of talented people with highly developed social and networking skills. We need a group of people that are… Continue

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Accusations, attempts to game the system, and name calling have been finding their way into my EVOKE email box via mass mailings. I really thought that my fellow EVOKE agents would be above this sort of thing. In a game designed to bring people together to solve problems I find the idea of petty clique creation repulsive. Don't we have enough factions and cliques in the real world preventing the creation of solid, sustainable solutions to critical problems? The relationships we are building… Continue

In follow up to my last post on African participation in Evoke, I came across an article on the BBC - Nigerian web first-timers long to be 'part of the world'. In the story, the journalist Komla Dumor travels to rural Nigeria, asks people about the internet, and doc**ents the experience of 2 men as they interact with the WWW for the first time. It is… Continue

Hi Everyone,



Been a lot of e-mails on EVOKE going round to be honest not fair on why

I suggested facebook group, which then following a good suggestion;

Panamericana helped and set up this network.



As in my initial blog, I sincerely hope, will work and want this to

become a network similar to EVOKE, but more structured and well

possible to make real life changes, create local groups of evokers and

be able to collaborate and support one another to… Continue

This is a response to agent Ed Dragar's challenge. I'd like to add to what he and others have already said.



Something that is key, I think, is engaging with one another -- reading (or viewing) each… Continue

Kauai is an island in the state of Hawaii susceptible to hurricanes and tidal waves. In 1992 before I arrived here there was a category 5 (really big) hurricane called Iniki that devastated the island with sustained 150 mile per hour winds for several days. The hurricane basically hovered over Kauai island for a long time. Crops were destroyed, chicken coops were upended, and homes were roofless. It took years to rebuild. There was some issue with food shortage in the aftermath of the…

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My older brother sent me an email about Zimbabwe's financial situation last year. I don't know the latest on this, but I saw a video that really affected me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubJp6rmUYM

What our quest in areas of food shortage doesn't emphasize is the relationship between agriculture and economics in Zimbabwe.

Can you imagine spending ten hours a day with a hand-sized hoe or a small basket searching…

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I wonder if all the 10 weeks of EVOKE will be green-centric. Be 10 stories about food, eco-village, plants, harvests, corn types, food, flowers, seeds, and - did I mention food? Continue

I've been looking at the leader board the past few days - watching new names climb and other names fall. This is a game, right? The points tell us when people have read our thoughts and seen our videos and pictures. At the same time, this isn't a game. This is a social networking platform in cyberspace. A place where global distances and time zones cease to exist, but people and relationships and the knowledge we share could really matter… Continue

I made a new friend tonight. She sent me a message that I wish I could give her a SPARK vote for. She asked me the question "Can a game like this really change the world?" This got me thinking...here was my response to her:



All it takes to change the world is to change the thinking of one person. Each and every person on here has heard the call to participate

and in doing so, each person involved is changing. These… Continue