Nomadlife Genesis part 1

From Dody:

What is nomadlife?

• In essence, AIESEC weblog community version 2.0, run by AIESEC - The People, not the organization. This project is not supported or affiliated with www.aiesec.ws in any way.

Why are you doing nomadlife?

• Right now this effort is pretty much as rescue operation. aiesec.ws has become notoriously unstable in the past couple of months and it pisses a lot of people that come to rely it for their weblog place.
• It seems that people in AIESEC US is no longer invested in the weblog community, so an alternative must be found.
• That's fine. They have a lot of other things to worry about. We can raise our own barn.
• I am a blog addict. I am always inspired and entertained of when I read people's drunk stories, original thoughts, traveling anectdotes, and wild AIESEC parties. aiesec.ws is how I get my 'AIESEC fix'. This is how I keep in touch with my friends and make new friends.
• So it's personal (or selfish). Many people and I also see a lot of potential of a well run AIESEC Weblog Community.
• Another thing, right now I have the means to really do this. SilverKey, the company Adam and I founded, will be supporting and funding this effort in building all the technical infrastructure needed to grow a vibrant community. SilverKey itself has about 6 AIESEC people (alumni/trainees) working in it(and it's number are growing), so this project is dear to our heart.
• And it must be said, Digidy nagging me like a desperate wife have a significant impact in pushing me to do this now. And he owns the domain name, nomadlife, which I think is fuckin' brilliant name.

Why can't you just fix aiesec.ws?

• I can, but there is a limit to what extent I can do because the bottom line is, I'm no longer with AIESEC US. There's only so much an alumni can do. And I think having it run independently from AIESEC will allow us a leeway in doing thing that may or may not 'approvable' by AIESEC.

What is the difference between aiesec.ws and nomadlife?

• nomadlife is what aiesec.ws has the potential to be. You can say it is aiesec.ws version 2.0.

How are we going to work together?

• SilverKey will be providing the infrastructure (we will be your tech angels).
• You fill in the blank. (me too)
• We are giving you the sandbox, you make the castle.

What kind of features do NomadLife have?

• We will start simple. This is what nomadlife provides starting from today.
• Migration
• You can migrate your old weblog entries from aiesec.ws to nomadlife.org.
• Weblog Hosting
• You will get yourweblog.nomadlife.org address.
• You will be using blogger.com as your weblog management system. There will be an instruction on how to set up you blogger to post to nomadlife.
• Why blogger.com ?
• Because it's simple, free and used by gazillion of people. And Google is behind it, so it won't keel over tomorrow and die.
• It's not as sophisticated as other weblog system (like manila, mt, etc) but that's fine. Blogger provides the majority of features that people need in a writing a weblog (20/80 rules). NomadLife will augment blogger.com will cool add-ins. .
• Email alias (and gmail account giveaway)
• You can have yourname@nomadlife email address. Any email to this address will go to your existing email account. I however recommend gmail.com (and I have 6 accounts to giveaway)
• Sympathy. Fun. Happiness. Virtual Hugs every morning. Lotsa love.
• For anything else, write to nomadlife wiki.
• I will write about additional features in Genesis 3.0.

Censorship?

• No, we are not going to censor your posting. As long as you are not posting anything illegal under the law of the United States of America, you are clear.

How reliable is nomadlife.org?

• I can say 99% up time and around the clock support without bullshitting you. Is that good enough?

How many people can nomadlife.org host?

• 1000, 10K, 20K ? The number of people hosted in nomadlife is not a problem.

How much will it cost?

• It's free.

What's the catch?

• You weblog will sport a tiny tag line "powered by SilverKey" at the bottom of the page. Oh, and you agree to sell your soul to me. Nothing significant really.

Are you making money out of this?

• Sure, in two months I'll be buying LearJet out of your hardwork. Bwahahaha. Sucker. Seriously, being able to read aiesec weblogs again will cut down my need for depression drugs, chocolate binge and fatty foods. So I save money that way. And that's good enough.

Will this remain free?

• As long as SilverKey exists, nomadlife.org will stay supported. Beyond that, there are plenty of ways to keep it supported.

Who comes up with the name?

• Digidy.

Is this a commercial enterprise?

• Nope.

Can I migrate my old weblog?

• Yes you can. Just write to the IT people of aiesec us to export your weblog content and then send it to me (dody@nomadlife.org)

Is this designed to replace aiesec.ws?

• This is a hard question to answer. NomadLife is run independently from AIESEC, the organization, but staffed and supported by AIESEC, the people.

Who are going to pay for the hosting fees?

• SilverKey.

How can I set up a new account at nomadlife.org?

• Right now I will be doing it manually. Soon we will have an account management system created for nomadlife (in the works)

Are you providing email service?

• No, but we will be providing an email redirection service. So you can have yourname@nomadlife.org account and have the email sent to your existing email account. I recommend you create a gmail account (1 GB ..wohoo - I LOVE GOOGLE).

Can I host my photographs?

• Yes.

What is the long term plan for NomadLife?

• It's evolving. I will write this on Nomadlife - Genesis part 2, but what are your thoughts?

What is the requirement to join NomadLife?

• You need to be a member, a trainee or an alumni of Aiesec.
• If you never been a member of Aiesec, you need to be vouched by people that belong to number one.