As a newbie to HT, I was surprised to see that the website lacked any punch given that there are so many members who do websites. As a matter of fact, I don't think I've ever gone back to the HT website since I became a member. Has there been any discussions in the past about how best to use the website? I think this Biznik site is great and could serve as a model for Hidden Tech. Fern --- Tom Adams / Reelife <reelifeproductions at mac.com> wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the > member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Mik, > > yeh, really. that Biznik site makes me wanna' get > up and dance the can-can... > > Giannina, please sign me up! Again, not to slight > all the great work that's been gowing on with face > to face networking and meetings and stuff right here > in the happy valley ...but I really think Biznik has > absolutely captured the essence of what is necessary > to make a modern, small business efficient, > profitable and dare I say ...FUN! > > I can't wait to take a closer look... > > Regards, > > Tom Adams > > Director/Owner > Reelife Documentary Productions > using today's technology to educate, entertain and > enlighten > "cool digital audio/video stuff...not boring or > dumb" > 413.575.9707 > reelifeproductions at mac.com, > www.reelifeproductions.com > http://web.mac.com/reelifeproductions > Williamsburg, MA, USA > > > > On Thursday, January 04, 2007, at 04:31PM, "Michael > Muller" <michael at mullertech.com> wrote: > > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > > ** You too can help the group > > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the > member's area. > > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > > >Giannina, > > > >Wow. That site rocks. I'm impressed. From a > software point of view there are several things in > there that I've been thinking of doing to my > directory function for a long time, and many more > things that I now want to do now that I see them. > It's really well done, and I almost think we should > lift what they're doing and use it for HT. I mean... > wow. Definitely, send me an invitation. > > > >And all this conversation is not to say that HT > isn't great and hasn't done good things. It is > great, and it holds many excellent seminars and > networking opportunities. But if we're talking about > making HT better, here's a website model that makes > me sit up and get excited. It seems to drive the > organization, rather than the website being a > glimpse of what the organization is about. This is > natural, of course, since HT started as a group of > people who wanted to network, and not as a website > that wanted to network and promote people. > > > >For a refresher, here's the HT "about" page: > http://hidden-tech.net/about.html > > > >And here's BizNik's "manifesto" page: > http://biznik.com/about/manifesto.html > > > > > >BTW, It looks like there was an HT meeting in > September to vote on a Steering Committee. What was > the outcome of that meeting? > > > >Michael > > > > > > > >At 12:21 PM 1/4/2007, Giannina Granata Silverman > wrote: > >>Michael, > >> > >>Thank you for your excellent insights. > >> > >>My thoughts mirror your own. While Hidden-tech has > been great for me to meet people in a live setting > (the offline events have been great), the site does > not do any heavy lifting in terms of leveraging our > community and our expertise. > >> > >>I am going to send you an example of a community I > belong to in Seattle that is similar to Hidden-tech, > it's made of small solopreneur types and indie > businesses, but it uses a social networking model. I > wish the Hidden-tech site was more like this! It's a > self-promotional killer app!! > >> > >>It is: www.biznik.com > >> > >>The Biznik community is Seattle-based but anyone > can join, and there are members from all over the > world who are starting their own local "chapters". > And non-members can look within the member directory > for people they want to work with. The founders > closely manage the site and the vision of the > community, but anyone can contribute by putting on a > seminar in their area (you get a cut of every > seminar you put on) or hosting a networking > happy-hour in your area. The more you contribute, or > show up, or post on the message board, or bring in > new members, the higher you rank in searches. And, > you can pay $100 a year to be a supporting member, > which buys you a higher search rank and and > revolving ads, but otherwise the site is free. I am > a non-paying member and my profile gets about 50-80 > views a month. > >> > >>What's great about this network is that they've > figured out how to use the internet to it's ultimate > advantage. > >>The site also has links to member blogs so people > can self-promote to their hearts content. > >> > >>BTW, if anyone wants an invitation to Biznik, let > me know via email and I'll invite ya! Or you can > sign up on your own. > >>Thanks! Hope you're all well!! > >>-g > >> > >>-- > >>Giannina Granata Silverman > >>Rocket Ranch Design + Advertising > >>gsilverman at rocketranchdesign.com > >> > >>Seattle: 425.939.6823 > >>Mass: 413.303.9453 > >>Cell: 425.780.1693 > >> > >>www.rocketranchdesign.com > >> > >> > >> > > > >-------- > >Michael Muller > >Muller Technologies > >24 3rd Street > >Turners Falls, MA 01376 > >work: (413) 863-0030 > >cell: (413) 320-5336 > >skype: michaelBmuller > >http://support.MullerTech.com > > > >Eschew Obfuscation > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: > http://www.hidden-tech.net > >Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > > >You are receiving this because you are on the > Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > >If you would like to change your list preferences, > Go to the Members > >page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > >http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: > http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the > Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, > Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > _________________________________________________ Fern Firefly...Entertainment to brighten your event! 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