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Crowdsourcing

By Chase Snyder • Oct 22nd, 2009 • Category: maple log

Crowdsourcing, a portmanteau of "crowd" and "outsourcing," is what happens when an undefined group takes on responsibilities that would normally be delegated to a few experts, trained workers or even computers. It is a method of collaboratively handling a task whereby...

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A Restatement of Purpose…and some nifty links

By Chase Snyder • Oct 15th, 2009 • Category: maple log

This blog has been out of commission for several weeks now, and to celebrate the return of regular postings to The Maple Log, I thought I would reintroduce it, and then share some thoughts, and some links to other people’s thoughts, on the way that we, as people, process...

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Obama wins Nobel Prize

By Chase Snyder • Oct 9th, 2009 • Category: maple log

Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize this morning, Friday Oct. 9. Here are some links about...

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(B)logging a few more events

By Sheldon Good • Apr 16th, 2009 • Category: maple log

The final issue of the print Record, which came out today, was too full to give voice to everything happening at Goshen College. Here are a few other events and celebrations to be aware of between now and the end of the academic year in May: April 17: Advocates awareness...

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College announces 2009 PAS performers

By Sheldon Good • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: maple log

At 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Goshen College announced the performers in the 2009-2010 Performing Arts Series. Visit the Goshen College Music Center for the complete...

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Facebook: Narcissism or community?

By Sheldon Good • Apr 13th, 2009 • Category: maple log

I've had the conversation many times: do social-networking Web sites such as Facebook invite malignant narcissism of our selves or do they build community among users? Or maybe neither or both. Visit Third Way Cafe for a short article on the topic. How does this notion...

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Sociological Images: Seeing is believing

By Sheldon Good • Apr 11th, 2009 • Category: maple log

This Web site is worth a daily visit: http://contexts.org/socimages/ The blog often features uniquely descriptive images and articles on current events care of a variety of...

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The Elkhart Project

By Sheldon Good • Apr 7th, 2009 • Category: maple log

MSNBC, a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC, released a website today -- "The Elkhart Project," which is "focusing long-term coverage on Elkhart, Ind." Visit the links below: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29883955 Who needs Google Street View? Visit this interactive...

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Parkside Elementary students walk to Goshen College

By Sheldon Good • Apr 5th, 2009 • Category: lead, maple log

On Friday, 450 students and staff from Parkside Elementary walked four blocks down 8th St. to Goshen College and back to celebrate All Children Exercising Simultaneously Day. The celebration was part of an overall Health Awareness Week for Goshen Community Schools. All...

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Radio Glenn to air on Friday

By Sheldon Good • Mar 27th, 2009 • Category: maple log, news

On Friday, a radio show for Glenn Schumacher will air on from 91.1 the Globe from 7-9 p.m. Music has always been important to Schumacher, and is currently an integral part in his healing process following a recent canoe accident (read about it here). One of the first...

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Huckabee hits home: how to save Elkhart

By Sheldon Good • Mar 23rd, 2009 • Category: maple log

Mike Huckabee began a five city tour of Elkhart County on Friday for his FOX TV show the "Huckabee Report." The series on the county is titled "Save This Town: Live from Elkhart, Ind." Huckabee is a former governor and presidential candidate. The show taping was done at...

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Huckabee begins five day Elkhart tour

By Sheldon Good • Mar 21st, 2009 • Category: maple log

Mike Huckabee began a five city tour of Elkhart County on Friday for his FOX TV show the "Huckabee Report." The series on the county is titled "Save This Town: Live from Elkhart, Ind." Huckabee is a former governor and presidential candidate. The show taping will be...

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Goshen College alumni in canoeing accident

By Sheldon Good • Mar 18th, 2009 • Category: maple log

Two Goshen College alumni were in a canoeing accident on the Elkhart River on Tuesday. Nick Loewen and Glenn Schumacher, both 2005 Goshen College graduates, upset their canoe near the Goshen dam. Both of them were rushed to the Goshen General Hosptial. For more...

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Elkhart on PBS

By Sheldon Good • Mar 14th, 2009 • Category: maple log

Elkhart was again the talk of the nation. On the March 6 edition of "The Newshour" with Jim Lehrer, the unemployment rate in Elkhart was once again the topic of conversation and consternation. View the video...

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Aggregating the news cycle

By Sheldon Good • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: maple log

Want a news source that's not hegemonic and dominated by advertising? Visit BuzzChurn.com, a map that shows where discrete events (i.e., a riot, a rebellion, a bombing, etc.) are happening around the world. The map shows, in real time, changing patterns of news coming...

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