Comments on: Idea of the Week 3 http://www.sicamp.org/idea-of-the-week-3/ Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: ste101 http://www.sicamp.org/idea-of-the-week-3/comment-page-1/#comment-59 ste101 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:09:53 +0000 http://www.sicamp.org/?p=74#comment-59 Firstly, thanks for selecting us as idea of the week3 and good luck to everyone who's submitted ideas. There's some really good ones. I agree it seems like a natural progression towards building relationships between neighbours. I recall that there was a documentary on TV just recently on this topic. Creating new, and reinforcing existing friendships can only lead to good things. I think one of the key things is to look at a neighbourhood as an entity in itself, over time it will change and evolve with each being unique to to it's residents, so the maybe a good opportunity to look at supporting 3rd party apps (google gadgets?), created by the residents of a neighbourhood, specific to their needs. There's a great opportunity to make a real difference within the real world through the online world, but I think that's where the challenge lies, in bringing them together. One thing to consider is how to get as many residents within a neighbourhood involved bearing in mind that possibly not everyone will have access to the Internet through a computer for example. Mobile technologies, access through a TV, or community resources like libraries may hold an answer, or at least is something to think about. Research suggests that a closer community actually has a positive impact on reducing crime rates. If a neighbourhood resident experiences a breakin, being able to communicate that info to others in order to make other people in the neighbour aware is greatly beneficial. Planning permission for an extension can sometime lead to objections from neighbours, if you've already got good relationships with them, these sorts of things may be avoidable, or at least if you know your neighbours views they can be taken into account in the early stages. finding a babysitter, searching for a plumber.. again, all possibly easier tasks if you know your neighbours. and of course friendship. I recently came across a relatively new social network targeted at neighbours or at least people within the same area. I think that this is a good start, but I believe that there's further to go and possibilities are vast. The site is still very much orientated around individual people rather than the neighbourhoods. thanks, steve. Firstly, thanks for selecting us as idea of the week3 and good luck to everyone who’s submitted ideas. There’s some really good ones.

I agree it seems like a natural progression towards building relationships between neighbours. I recall that there was a documentary on TV just recently on this topic.

Creating new, and reinforcing existing friendships can only lead to good things. I think one of the key things is to look at a neighbourhood as an entity in itself, over time it will change and evolve with each being unique to to it’s residents, so the maybe a good opportunity to look at supporting 3rd party apps (google gadgets?), created by the residents of a neighbourhood, specific to their needs.

There’s a great opportunity to make a real difference within the real world through the online world, but I think that’s where the challenge lies, in bringing them together. One thing to consider is how to get as many residents within a neighbourhood involved bearing in mind that possibly not everyone will have access to the Internet through a computer for example. Mobile technologies, access through a TV, or community resources like libraries may hold an answer, or at least is something to think about.

Research suggests that a closer community actually has a positive impact on reducing crime rates. If a neighbourhood resident experiences a breakin, being able to communicate that info to others in order to make other people in the neighbour aware is greatly beneficial.

Planning permission for an extension can sometime lead to objections from neighbours, if you’ve already got good relationships with them, these sorts of things may be avoidable, or at least if you know your neighbours views they can be taken into account in the early stages.

finding a babysitter, searching for a plumber.. again, all possibly easier tasks if you know your neighbours.

and of course friendship.

I recently came across a relatively new social network targeted at neighbours or at least people within the same area. I think that this is a good start, but I believe that there’s further to go and possibilities are vast. The site is still very much orientated around individual people rather than the neighbourhoods.

thanks,
steve.

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