Monday, November 14, 2005

Calendar feature added.

Finally, all of the links are functional. That doesn't mean that there is great content on the main page of Think Thunk yet. However, the Think Thunk blog now is in pretty good shape. The Google group, and calendar features are in place, greatly improving the site's performance and function.

It has been a bit of coding over the past few days to get it together. But, for being so early in the project I am encouraged. What would really help would be for anyone to send some type of communication acknowledging that they either got an invitation or at least aware that we are here. As you visit this site please contact us and let us know your thoughts. We really want to hear from you - really.

Currently, the email form submission page is not functioning properly. It is most likely a setup issue in the formmail.pl script or a server rights permissions issue. In any event, please email us at WoodStork@Gmail.com or call Steve at (843) 227-9000. We expect the form to be working by Monday 11/14/05 without a specific time as of yet.

Last night I worked on the site until 4:00am and the night before until 3:00am. I will probably post again tomorrow, so it's off to sleep now since I feel that this boat is nearly ready for floating.

Steve

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Think Thunk. Members wanted.


Hello, and welcome !

This Think Thunk blog now has an associated Google group; http://groups.google.com/groups/ThinkThunk. Both of these resources are intended to be a meeting place to exchange ideas, provide resources, comments and support for the many endeavors that Think Thunk will address and be invloved in.

ThinkThunk.com had its genesis in an exercise done in class last week. The coach asked individuals to write down what each person saw as a possibilty of creating. I saw the possibility of caring. We then imagined standing in the future 10 years and looking back. What I saw was illiteracy being addressed on global scale. It began with a website, and expanded into books, TV, radio, satellite broadcasts, etc. It began with a small group of people enrolled in the possibility of education for all, reagrdless of age, education, race, location, social or financial status. I imagined bringing the resources, such as laptops, books, etc in a mobile vehicle, to those who could not get to them. That was the beginning.

I believe that education, beginning with literacy will empower people. Self-esteem, understanding of others, and real possibilites for rewarding and meaningful conrtibution to society can result. My hope is that better understanding leads to peace.

I intend to use ThinkThunk as a starting point, or springboard for my possibility. I am inviting and encouraging everyone to please contribute whatever thoughts, insights, constructive criticism, time and resources here - to allow this group help you accomplish creating you own possibilty. We have the power to create community through enrollment, where people are moved, touched and inspired to do great things.

This is your invitation. Invite your friends too. This is a place for involvement and action. Please visit thinkthunk.com and make suggestions. It is brand new and will develop to respond to the interests and needs of this community.

Welcome! Steve R.

P.S. Today's contributions include: adding email functionality to the website through a custom contact form, the creation and limited invitation to the Google group ThinkThunk, code cleanup for this blog providing a clean and functional template, and testing functionality of all links.