1. Barcamp
Cedar Falls 2014
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2. Anyone got a story?
 Flood Remembrance Event
 Marion Marathon
 Central City Development of Trail
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3. Where can I find these stories?
Often the answer is:
Only in people’s heads.
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4. Are there options? Yes!
 Libraries
 Media companies
 Blogs
 Social media
 Word documents
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5. Works to a degree…
But platforms change. Remember …
 MySpace
 Geocities?
 Others (including Eastern Iowa News) (Try going to
EasternIowaNews.com today!)
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6. Online content disappears
Web consultant Terry Kuny puts it this way: “There are new
barbarians at the gate. … We are moving into an era where
much of what we know today, much of what is coded and
written electronically, will be lost forever. We are … living
in the midst of Digital Dark Ages.”(Pole)
From: Mary Sharp via
http://rebeccasnotepad.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/theresa-hungry-digital-tiger-waiting-for-us-all/
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7. People’s behavior
 Most content goes unused after 72 hours.
 Who has the time to share stories?
 Some new skills are needed
 Recording a Podcast
 Writing a summary of an event
 The willingness and interest to share publicly - besides
what we had for lunch. (Power users on social media.)
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8. Problem summary…
 Where does our history go where it’s accessible?
 Technology (fractured)
 Behavior (Power users share much. Others not so
much.)
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9. Potential solution…
Power users
Feedback
Stories Power users
Stories
Feedback
Stories
Feedback
Public space Power users
Stories
Owned by the community
Stories
Power users
People can share stories … no format
Power users
requirements. (Audio, video, text all Power users
accepted)
Stories
Feedback
Stories
Power users
Feedback
Feedback
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10. Questions and other thoughts…
 Isn’t that Wikipedia?
 Wikipedia doesn’t accept all kinds of stories.
 Different, more national level?
 Need to define:
 What’s in it for me (the end user?)

Connections, history for future generations? Is that enough?
 Thoughts? Ideas? Help!
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