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ACT1: Josh Nesbit's reply
Here I am again, just to say that Josh replied very fast and he kindly agreed for his email to be published.
It's always a big pleasure to find people being as kind privately, as they appear publicly.
Josh' response:
It's always a big pleasure to find people being as kind privately, as they appear publicly.
Josh' response:
Stefano,And this was my email:
Great to hear from you! EVOKE is a terrific idea, and it will be
inspiring to see the resulting collective action.
If you find you or others on missions need introductions or a sounding
board for ideas, don't hesitate to reach out.
Looking forward to keeping in touch,
Josh
Dear Josh Nesbit,
my name is Stefano Cieri and I'm an Italian industrial designer, living and working in Rome. Since 2004 I research on sustainable development and since 2006 I specifically research on sustainable IT, both focusing on its infrastructure and its applications.
A few month ago I began following you on Twitter and published on my blog a couple of articles about Frontline SMS:Medic and Hope Phones, which I found more than brilliant initiatives.
The reason why I've choosen to write you today might sound a bit silly, but I consider it a sort of experiment for "conscious social networking"; please don't take this email for spam.
At the moment I'm a member of an online game, which is called EVOKE and is a "serious alternate reality game"; the aim of it is to stimulate discussion and sensitize people about urgent global issues, by completing several "missions".
The one I'm trying to accomplish right now, is to choose somebody as a social innovation role model, to "shadow" him, and to let people know what he's doing for the social good, by following his updates on the web.
I hope that this could someway help your initiatives, by further spreading more the knowledge of what you do, and I though it would be kind to let you know that.
If it might be of some interest, or you want me to add/correct something, here's the post where I introduced you as my "EVOKE hero":
http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/act1-josh-nesbit
Hope I didn't bother.
All the best,
Stefano
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Comment by Nathaniel Fruchter on March 8, 2010 at 2:05am
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That's seriously pretty awesome! It's also great that you took the initiative in contacting him.
It's to see somebody who truly cares for what they do and it seems that he's one of those people. Also, I love your usage of the phrase "conscious social networking".
Also, for contacting him, Alchemy has decided to give you a few extra courage points for a job well done. Thanks, Stefano—great post! :)
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Comment by MoE on March 9, 2010 at 1:23pm
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Hi Nathaniel, thanks for your positive feedback. I do agree with you: Josh is someway consistent with his principles, caring for what he does as much as for the people shoing interest for his work.
Thanks for the phrase's appreciation :)
I do believe there's an incredibly high potential in the collective intelligence which emerges from the use of social networks, and the web generally speaking. And I think that finding ways to consciously address such phenomena, for the good of many, is a huge stimulating challenge.
I'm looking forward to what EVOKE will be able to do...
P.S.
thanks to Alchemy, Mladenka, Kevin, and Su for appreciation
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