Lots to write about and more to come. I will be sending out a massive update to my contacts via email - if you are reading this and don’t get it from me in a few days, please leave a comment or email me and I’ll make sure you have a copy (though much of it will be referenced below as well - but some specifics will be email only).

I moved from Berkeley to Noe Valley after returning to the Bay Area from Seattle. My new place is working out very well, still need lots of furniture (including lots of office furniture - if you know anyone who is selling some contact me). It is technically a one bedroom (albeit a nearly 1000 sq. ft. one bedroom upstairs) but it is a the “extra” 700 sq. ft. downstairs which make it a truly amazing place. That downstairs room, nearly 30′ x 25′ with hardwood floors is what I am going to turn into an office / media room / event space and guest bedroom. For people in San Francisco I am looking at sharing this space in some form of co-working space - contact me if you might be interested - it is a large, open space with lots of character (and a separate entrance) and could work really well for either shared desks work spaces, small group event space, or as a shared studio space for video or audio production. And there may be space for a workshop and in the future the landlord may add a downstairs bathroom!)

Over the summer I’ll be slowly furnishing my new apartment. While I put my offline world in order, I will soon be doing the same to my online world. In the upcoming weeks I plan on doing the following online updates/upgrades:

1. A total rewrite of the JigZaw website to bring the site in line with what I actually do, what JigZaw has available for sale (in terms of IP), and to add hooks and links to all the projects and activities I am working on through JigZaw (or at least link to those not through JigZaw)

2. Clean up/update the MeshForum.org website including highlighting the recent MeshWalk in Seattle and preparing the site to accommodate and highlight future MeshWalk events as well as gear up for MeshForum 2007. Also, link in the Haystack, Wiki, and Podcasts - both on IT Conversations and any other future podcasts from MeshWalk events or from MeshForum’s that don’t make it onto IT Conversations.

Other parts of the MeshForum update will include adding space for a future MeshForum Journal and/or data sandbox/exchange for Network data sets and visualization exploration.

3. Cross link and update ALL of my blogs, including this one, and fix various problems with each (broken titles in this blog, unsearchable archives on blogger.com, non-feedburner RSS feeds, poor design/tracking/monetization options, any incorrect data in the sites etc)

4. Build new sites/subdomains for my assorted projects, including some primary site for me as my launching point/CV on the web. From this site (possible draft of the site - my googlepages site though that is missing a number of links) add links to my Flickr photos, CV online, events I organize/promote, web projects, new media projects, writings, press coverage, businesses etc)

5. Consolidate and update my presence on the many online social networks which I have joined at some point in the past - at a minimum make sure my profiles are up to date, in many cases I should also consolidate contact data from contacts across the networks and/or gracefully migrate out of networks I no longer actively use, concentrating on the ones that may offer me real value for a time investment into them (I’m on and at least semi-active on Ryze, Ecademy, LinkedIn, omidyar.net, Vox.com and much less active on sites such as Tribe.com, friendster, myspace.com and probably another couple of dozen sites)

6. Simplify and clarify which mailing list(s) I manage and make sure that everyone who is on each wants to be on them - and also extend invitations to many of them to many more people, currently there are two MeshForum related mailing lists (one for announcements that is lightly used, one for discussions that is a bit more heavily used but not very large yet). I should probably have an announcement only mailing list for my personal contacts, a “real” one for my various events announcements, and a newer one for my “trusted advisers” as I move forward with many new ventures (and/or old ventures revamped).

7. Emphasize and make more visible the Events for Geeks calendar I have started on Google Calendar (and invite others to help me manage it and maintain it)

8. Launch NELA (Never Eat Lunch Alone) perhaps with a spiffier name - and get some working code up for people to see and use

9. Put back online at least working demos of ALL JigZaw software from the past and make it possible to find it and contact me if you are interested in buying either a license, a custom version, or perhaps full IP rights to the code (or pay us to make some/all of it Open Source)

10. highlight services I can offer via partners, including offshore and nearshore development, very high level consulting both technical and business, and much much more.

11. Promote events I am organizing and/or ones friends are working on that I am helping with.

12. Create a rallying point and central hub for planning for the OneWebDay San Francisco event which I may be working on (may be organizing in fact - it should happen and it should be a great event - so I want to work towards making it happen)

13. Promote groups, such as Hope Street Group, which I have worked with for a long time

14. Build a website and presence as I write my book on Economics (first as I sell it, then as I write it)

So not too much…. okay quite a lot actually. I am going to start with bitesized chunks and first and foremost is rethinking/updating my server(s) and hosting agreements to pull everything together into a more manageable configuration and arrangement.

Suggestions/help welcome! (and of course paying work considered as well!)

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