Jim Willis

[I originally gave this talk at the Red Bank, NJ borough council meeting on 1/13/09] My name is Jim Willis. I’m going to give some bio background here to provide some context to my comments. I grew up in Monmouth County, moved away after college and recently moved back after living in several other cities…

Keep your Web 2.0 community happy – .net magazine So how do you keep your community a happy place, without unleashing your own supervillains? My experience, and that of friends and colleagues, suggests that the permanent boot should be your nuclear…

Consumed – Talk Is Cheap – NYTimes.com But so far, nobody has quite reconciled the vision of a sober and repentant new shopper with the substantial government efforts to reignite consumer spending. This year’s Black Friday big-box mobs…

red bank green has coverage of the boro council talk I gave last night on open source municipal software: http://tinyurl.com/6trevt

Giants vs. Eagles: a visit to New Jersey football fandom epicenter donohue. holy sh*t. dude needs two mics something fierce.

RT another media request: Know of any good Eagles/Giants bets (e.g. @briandonohue had to wear NY undies outside his pants.) dm/email me.

weirdness. this is the second time in a month that firefox gets stuck mid-maximizing.

media request : if you’ve used FB or other social site to get product recommendation, live in NJ & would speak with a journalist, email me.

Community Psychology: Psychological Sense of Community “Sense of Community is a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members’ needs will be met through their…