whereyouare, an invitation

Dear friends,

I'd like to invite you to participate in a new project of mine.

Whereyouare ( http://whereyouare.org ) is an experiment in the
collective documentation of neighborhoods. It harnesses the power of
folksonomy tags from a range of sites that host and organize content
of different kinds (flickr for photos, vimeo for video, delicious for
links, etc.). To contribute, you simply tag your content with a tag
that is unique to your neighborhood and the project, and everyone's
material is brought together on whereyouare.org.

I began this project with the idea of documenting my own neighborhood
of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, whose quirky and ephemeral beauties are
currently endangered by a wave of new development. Walking my
familiar streets I realized that I couldn't possibly be the only
person who had this idea - many others must be simultaneously
working to capture the flavor of this place, this moment in time.
Why not invite collaboration and share our perceptions of place with
each other?

As with most people, recent events have radically altered my idea of
what an endangered or lost neighborhood is, and it seemed right to
open the project up for wider use. Everyone is invited to participate
by documenting any neighborhood they love. Those with material from
neighborhoods which have now been damaged or destroyed by Katrina are
especially warmly encouraged to contribute.

http://whereyouare.org

all the best,

Sal
http://salrandolph.com



:: Whereyoure was created for the new issue of glowlab ( http://
glowlab.com ) ::