Tim Berners-Lee, WWW founder is recognized and rewarded — how nice is that? And he’s a nice guy who says

“Building the Web, I didn’t do it all myself. The really exciting thing about it is that it was done by lots and lots of people, connected with this tremendous spirit”

In that spirit, I’ll remind visitors that the interaction and community that is possible through the web is really what drew me to it back in 1995. I was making my first web pages about the time that the first web browsers were coming out. Amazing times.

So, when you see the “add your comments” link after this post – it means I hope you will participate in this site. Tell me you dropped by and what you thought about what you saw. Otherwise it’s just the sound of the counter clicking as you come and go. Make a statement – be a part of the community that is the world wide web.

Beautiful June day in the shadow of the Berkshires. Crisp dry air. Blue blue sky. Wispy clouds. Warm warm sun. The smell of new mown grass and even some haying going on. Signs promising the first of the month’s strawberries, a season almost as precious as the sweet corn season later in the summer. And tonight:

something worth looking up for.

Meanwhile, inside another glowing thing was happening.

Helpful hint for the day:

If you want quilting to seem really easy, heavily quilt a fairly large quilt and then immediately start quilting another smaller quilt. It will seem like a piece o’cake. The quilt will fly around on the table as if under its own power. Stop laughing. It WILL.

In other news, I’m quilting Red Sky Red Sky with a most luscious yellow orange thread. Whooooooooosh. And the mighty Bernina 1260 is purring like a top, having recently had a little tuneup at Gloversville Sewing Center.

code name: shine

Remember when I used to be a community manager for an online web hosting company? The concept was great but the goal (making money) was not very reachable. All the ideas we had about bringing people to places online where they could share ideas and information and meet other people with the same interests — all valid. And the need for people to connect that way is great. Harder and harder to do in these days of commuting workers and families always on the run. People barely know their neighbors let alone go to meetings.

People like myself who pursue something other than the thing which puts bread on the table are a little outside the norm of many workplaces. You know the conversations: what did you do last night – mowed the lawn (or worked out), ate some dinner, had a beer, watched TV, went to bed.

OK, this isn’t about that, but rather about what may be the next generation of internet use. It could be said to harken back to the day of bulletin boards. Oh my. Brewed Fresh Daily that bastion of entrepreneurial wifi community development, posts an interesting report about

The question … whether it’s possible to build an online community oriented to a town or neighborhood — one where citizens share information and make connections that aren’t being fostered by metropolitan newspapers or local TV.

So – if we don’t always meet face to face, do enough people have internet access in your neighborhood to make information sharing on the web the way to go? OK, could I have couple volunteers please?