Subversive Lifestreaming
Aligning selfish interests for social change.
Basic
CHOOSE A GOAL What do you want to change most about your life? What systems are preventing that change? Are you willing to talk about it?
EXAMPLE You've tried to eliminate high fructose corn syrup from your diet but find it impossible to dodge completely. How can you avoid this poison when the government is subsidizing it?
Instead of feeling helpless against the system, you can subvert it by tracking & managing your diet online. Sharing your information online makes it easier to measure, promotes accountability, & contributes to a growing body of public knowledge that can create system-wide change.
START RIGHT NOW Get a free Posterous.com account so you can easily share the details of your journey on Twitter, Facebook, a free Wordpress.com blog, & more.
NEED HELP? For $47, have Jessica create your Basic Subversive Lifestream for you within three business days.
Advanced
CHOOSE MULTIPLE GOALS The self-discipline you gain from tracking one aspect of your life can lead to more in other areas. With an advanced lifestream, you can track your progress on multiple goals at once by categorizing your updates. Presented in a portfolio format, you create a realtime archive of your passions & accomplishments.
EXAMPLE You want to maintain several blogs: cooking, fashion, & book reviews. These unrelated projects have one thing in common: you as the author. By bringing your publishing efforts under one lifestream umbrella, you can more accurately present your talents as a whole. Your opportunities to generate income from your lifestream (in advertising, patronage, sponsorship, commissions, subscriptions) will grow with your reputation.
START RIGHT NOW The first thing you need is webhosting and a domain name*. Next, install Wordpress on your server to manage your lifestream content. Create a different Posterous account for each of your different goals or projects, and use the FeedWordPress syndication plugin to pull each Posterous RSS feed into your Wordpress site. Assign a different category to each feed so you & readers can sort your new lifestream. Add more data to your categories with RSS feeds from other relevant web services you use.
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Group
CHOOSE CONTRIBUTORS What do you want to accomplish with your students, friends, co-workers, or family this year?
EXAMPLE You are an instructor for an oceanography course. Students will be researching from a ship in the ocean. You want to collect the students' work & experiences to evaluate their performance & aid future classes.
Skip the hassle of working with university administration to get your class website. By implementing a group lifestream for your students, they can send quick updates from their phones & create a simple forum for discussion & discovery. The student develops a classwork portfolio, & you collect a reference archive for your CV.
START RIGHT NOW Very similar to an advanced lifestream, a group lifestream works best when you use a Wordpress blog on your own webhost*. After importing each student's Posterous feed (using FeedWordPress syndication plugin), you can sort the site by student, making evaluation easier.
NEED HELP? For $397, have Jessica create your Group Subversive Lifestream for you within five business days.