http://francisshanahan.com/index.php/2005/amazon-product-data/ Thoughts on technology from a citizen scientist Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:18:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://francisshanahan.com/index.php/2005/amazon-product-data/comment-page-1/#comment-107 paul fosselman Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:14:00 +0000 http://francisshanahan.com/www/index.php/2005/amazon-product-data/#comment-107 This would make a great front end to a Local Resource finder. Have it search core community databases such as a local enterprise faciliation center, shared-stuff datatbase, etc. It would search outward from where you are currently in concentric rings. Starting with your own skills/stuff (sometimes we forget what we already have.) Then it searches your nearest neighbors, your local community, bio-region, nearest connecting bio-regions etc. Of course it only searches information that has been freely volunteered. I would like to explore possibilities with you on this sometime. This would make a great front end to a Local Resource finder. Have it search core community databases such as a local enterprise faciliation center, shared-stuff datatbase, etc. It would search outward from where you are currently in concentric rings. Starting with your own skills/stuff (sometimes we forget what we already have.) Then it searches your nearest neighbors, your local community, bio-region, nearest connecting bio-regions etc. Of course it only searches information that has been freely volunteered. I would like to explore possibilities with you on this sometime.

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