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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

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Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: Web Technology and Programming]
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:45:33 -0500
From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
Reply-To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: Permaculture ibiblio <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>

This fellow Matt wrote me the following but, not being a technical geeky
person, I could not suggest any functional application of his skills to
the needs of the magazine. Perhaps someone else out there could utilize,
or at least suggest an application for, his talents.
Keith

Greetings Keith!

I have been enjoying Permaculture Activist magazine for the past 2 years 
and checking up on the website frequently - it's a great resource and has
 provided me many useful links and new ideas.  I wanted to get in touch 
with you because I thought you might be interested in an idea I have, or at
 least be able to offer a bit of insight.  Basically, I am a computer 
scientist in the process of becoming an ecologist.  Though I have been a 
successful
 freelance programmer for about 10 years, with projects including 
computer modeling, information systems, and content management, I have found
 that my interests truly lie with the hard science of the natural 
world.  However I have developed a lot of expertise over the years and 
before I, at least
 in part, leave computer programming behind I want to explore arenas 
for bridging these two fields, and especially sharing with those working 
on the
 more radical or unsung levels of the ecological struggle, for instance 
permaculture.

With all this in mind my question to you then would be - what kinds of 
information systems needs can the permaculture movement specifically 
benefit from?
A good deal of my more recent experience has been with the web, so that 
could be a place to start.  For instance I am involved in the development
of open source web-based content management software that seeks to focus 
on ease of use for managing web content.  I'm also involved in a similar 
project
for managing magazine subscriptions.  Of course, PcA must already have 
systems in place for these things, but I'm interested in any additional 
challenges may
be from your perspective, especially for managing any information that 
is permaculture specific.

Let me know if you are interested in dialogging about any of this!  If 
there is some synergy perhaps something mutually beneficial could come 
from this, otherwise
it's just a pleasure to make your acquaintance and keep up the good work.

matt  <deepwinter@winterroot.net>