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Sunday, November 9, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans
As stolen from Humid Haney's blog:
Mission
SENO's mission is to support the people with the ideas and the ventures that will tackle and solve the most pressing social problems in New Orleans.
Vision
Now is the time. Just as Silicon Valley is known for technological innovation and Berlin for design, New Orleans is rapidly becoming known as the hotbed of social entrepreneurship. We believe in harnessing the power of local diversity and the new participatory mentality to launch the problem-solver into action. Since Katrina, New Orleans has seen an unbelievable surge in citizen activism, and SENO is poised to capitalize and nurture this creative energy. Our belief is that individuals and communities who are resilient and ready to take action on the problems around them lead to significantly improved communities and can end the social problems that exist. Our solution is to empower individuals and communities through social entrepreneurship.
What is a social entrepreneur?
We realize that definitions abound as to what a social entrepreneur is; intentionally, we are keeping our definition broad. A social entrepreneur is someone who has identified a social challenge and has stepped up to find innovative, immediate, small-scale and large-scale solutions that produce sweeping and long-term change. We understand that social entrepreneurs are not only crucial to New Orleans' redevelopment but are also unique members of the professional community. They are driven to produce social impact while employing a selfless, entrepreneurial intelligence and innovative drive.
You can check out their site
http://www.seno-nola.org/index.php
And see for yourself.
Wow!
Ok, so I feel like such an idiot. SENO, known only to me before as a project my boss has been working on through the web development and design branch of one of his companies, the studio formerly known as Whence.
Now known as CANARY.
thecanarycollective.com
I've seen the all caps in many areas of our shared interwebs but since it didn't involve me, I never bothered to look at what SENO stood for. Now that I see it I am even more amazed at the endeavors taken on by the guy who continues to blow my mind with his ideas.
I told him once that he was a human computer with feelings.
A human computer with a cause & feelings.
I mean it just makes sense. I have been under the magnetic pull of New Orleans for 8 years now. I have always felt that there were more people here who did ACTUALLY mean what they say and said what they mean. Oh, there are the "select" others born and bred under the philosophies of our politically correct corruption. But we are seeing a mobilization of those who would say what they mean and do what they say. An honest people working for the greater good of community and society drawing on the cultures and "neighborly" energies to effect change in their surroundings.
And I am one of those people.
And I work for an awesome Humid Being!
Mission
SENO's mission is to support the people with the ideas and the ventures that will tackle and solve the most pressing social problems in New Orleans.
Vision
Now is the time. Just as Silicon Valley is known for technological innovation and Berlin for design, New Orleans is rapidly becoming known as the hotbed of social entrepreneurship. We believe in harnessing the power of local diversity and the new participatory mentality to launch the problem-solver into action. Since Katrina, New Orleans has seen an unbelievable surge in citizen activism, and SENO is poised to capitalize and nurture this creative energy. Our belief is that individuals and communities who are resilient and ready to take action on the problems around them lead to significantly improved communities and can end the social problems that exist. Our solution is to empower individuals and communities through social entrepreneurship.
What is a social entrepreneur?
We realize that definitions abound as to what a social entrepreneur is; intentionally, we are keeping our definition broad. A social entrepreneur is someone who has identified a social challenge and has stepped up to find innovative, immediate, small-scale and large-scale solutions that produce sweeping and long-term change. We understand that social entrepreneurs are not only crucial to New Orleans' redevelopment but are also unique members of the professional community. They are driven to produce social impact while employing a selfless, entrepreneurial intelligence and innovative drive.
You can check out their site
http://www.seno-nola.org/index.php
And see for yourself.
Wow!
Ok, so I feel like such an idiot. SENO, known only to me before as a project my boss has been working on through the web development and design branch of one of his companies, the studio formerly known as Whence.
Now known as CANARY.
thecanarycollective.com
I've seen the all caps in many areas of our shared interwebs but since it didn't involve me, I never bothered to look at what SENO stood for. Now that I see it I am even more amazed at the endeavors taken on by the guy who continues to blow my mind with his ideas.
I told him once that he was a human computer with feelings.
A human computer with a cause & feelings.
I mean it just makes sense. I have been under the magnetic pull of New Orleans for 8 years now. I have always felt that there were more people here who did ACTUALLY mean what they say and said what they mean. Oh, there are the "select" others born and bred under the philosophies of our politically correct corruption. But we are seeing a mobilization of those who would say what they mean and do what they say. An honest people working for the greater good of community and society drawing on the cultures and "neighborly" energies to effect change in their surroundings.
And I am one of those people.
And I work for an awesome Humid Being!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Mardi Gras 2008 re-cap
As usual, it was a time of magic and wonder. Thanks go to Vydra for allowing everyone (even friends of friends of friends) access to her VIP parade watching spot and use of her bathroom and fridge and basically the run of her apartment.
I didn't however catch a single go-cup but that is probably because I gave up after the first parade.
I did however receive a blinky hope diamond and buttons from the Skeleton Krewe as well as there paper.
Muses was amazing and the Camel Toe Lady Steppers stole the show!
Tandy had her first "accident" along the river mainly due to some assholes who refused to heed the warnings and get out of the way. But, thankfully it was Niki and I riding and since we have the tandem synchronicity, all we have are some bruises and the tandem suffered no damage. The fog rolling in was just magnificent. Dykini grandpa was flashing his boner under his lingerie @ Molly's and we had to high tail it ut of there quick! Go Kee-o Go Kee-o Go! Quintron & Miss Pussycat rocked it and rocked it and rocked it around!
I went to a seriously underground (Ivan, Seanspinachcan, Colin...this was ALT) Freak party in the Bywater dressed in Beka's beautiful Flamingo bustle and discovered a late 70's Alice Cooperish guy masturbating on my leg under the patio table. I also discovered a new breed of Mullet, the rat tail Mullet. I definitely entered one of the "portals of Nola" that night!
Who new gutter-punks had I-Mac's?
The Nola Ninja's came out on Mardi-Gras day and rode bikes along the parade route making every child scream with excitement at spotting a Ninja!
Then to Molly's on the Market to redevouz with our Samurai and other Ninja's.... of course Dykini Grandpa was there again only this time in pink lingerie instead of white...still had a boner no-one wanted to see!
We started our journey to meet our magnificent Dragon Bicycle Float (amazing job Will, next year you will have all ninja's assistance in construction!) for the St. Anthony Parade and found the float having technical difficulties. Luckily, the Ninja's and McGuyver saw to it that it get mobile again......and off we marched...... handing out eggs with the chinese symbol for AWESOME (Stevie B. & Will's design) ....protecting babies in their strollers and wagons....kicking pirate ass all over the quarter...climbing poles (Go Kee-o!)....doing katas (Niki & I )... & dancing to the beats of the Panorama Brass Band (Thanks guys!) Ran into the Metry dancer's and the elephant man back at Molly's. more dancing in the streets!!!!
Then we found our Flock of Birds, the Peacock, the Blue-bird, and the Pigeon with their Bird Wrangler on the corner of Frenchmen.
After that, I became the lone ninja. Never leave your ninja's! Besides hanging with Buddah and the Gladiator on a couch outside Cafe Brazil, the lone Ninja ran into all kinds of trouble resulting in a Ninja toe to an assholes gut and a disappearance from the scene.
Video shot by Humble Haney for Humid Beings:
Fat Tuesday 2008 from Humid Beings on Vimeo.
I didn't however catch a single go-cup but that is probably because I gave up after the first parade.
I did however receive a blinky hope diamond and buttons from the Skeleton Krewe as well as there paper.
Muses was amazing and the Camel Toe Lady Steppers stole the show!
Tandy had her first "accident" along the river mainly due to some assholes who refused to heed the warnings and get out of the way. But, thankfully it was Niki and I riding and since we have the tandem synchronicity, all we have are some bruises and the tandem suffered no damage. The fog rolling in was just magnificent. Dykini grandpa was flashing his boner under his lingerie @ Molly's and we had to high tail it ut of there quick! Go Kee-o Go Kee-o Go! Quintron & Miss Pussycat rocked it and rocked it and rocked it around!
I went to a seriously underground (Ivan, Seanspinachcan, Colin...this was ALT) Freak party in the Bywater dressed in Beka's beautiful Flamingo bustle and discovered a late 70's Alice Cooperish guy masturbating on my leg under the patio table. I also discovered a new breed of Mullet, the rat tail Mullet. I definitely entered one of the "portals of Nola" that night!
Who new gutter-punks had I-Mac's?
The Nola Ninja's came out on Mardi-Gras day and rode bikes along the parade route making every child scream with excitement at spotting a Ninja!
Then to Molly's on the Market to redevouz with our Samurai and other Ninja's.... of course Dykini Grandpa was there again only this time in pink lingerie instead of white...still had a boner no-one wanted to see!
We started our journey to meet our magnificent Dragon Bicycle Float (amazing job Will, next year you will have all ninja's assistance in construction!) for the St. Anthony Parade and found the float having technical difficulties. Luckily, the Ninja's and McGuyver saw to it that it get mobile again......and off we marched...... handing out eggs with the chinese symbol for AWESOME (Stevie B. & Will's design) ....protecting babies in their strollers and wagons....kicking pirate ass all over the quarter...climbing poles (Go Kee-o!)....doing katas (Niki & I )... & dancing to the beats of the Panorama Brass Band (Thanks guys!) Ran into the Metry dancer's and the elephant man back at Molly's. more dancing in the streets!!!!
Then we found our Flock of Birds, the Peacock, the Blue-bird, and the Pigeon with their Bird Wrangler on the corner of Frenchmen.
After that, I became the lone ninja. Never leave your ninja's! Besides hanging with Buddah and the Gladiator on a couch outside Cafe Brazil, the lone Ninja ran into all kinds of trouble resulting in a Ninja toe to an assholes gut and a disappearance from the scene.
Video shot by Humble Haney for Humid Beings:
Fat Tuesday 2008 from Humid Beings on Vimeo.
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