Random thoughts on the question: "How can we engage our users?"

- how can we get more users to volunteer for postings?
- I'd like to create three postings: resource researcher (Ideafund), workshop assistant (once we get the YMCA deal worked out, with the ambition of getting them to eventually lead, or volunteer to be a "Lab Monitor") and content creator.
- I've lined up some IT professionals from non-IT backgrounds who are willing to be profiled on the site as a "career spotlight" or some such thing; I'd like to get some non-team members to interview them (everyone has such circuitous career paths, and IT is not just the realm of techies)
- I'd like to have a "futures" resource section that deals with ways of meeting your goals: jobs, co-ops, internships, training, professional org/assoc
- career profiles/featured mentors
- every profile should include Jarra's 3 questions (in text boxes), with a check box for "I'd like to be featured"; if they've got a picture, let's put them up there

I picked up my TIG biz cards a few days ago. they look tres cool, and I will take a picture of it, and post it soon! Good work, Jarra!

I had dinner with my best friend from grade 10, Sarah Slean, the other day. Sarah is a musician (www.sarahslean.com), and her music's been on Dawson's Creek, Mystery in Small Town X, the new movie Joyride, and the Women & Songs albums. She's signed with Warner, and has a new album coming out in January.

You must listen to her albums, Universe and Blue Parade. Universe was her first, and it sounded like Tori Amos. It was good, but her stuff's matured since then

Not content to be just the name of my all-time favourite comic book character (The Sandman - pick up the compiled graphic novels); no longer happy with being just the name of one of the lead characters in one of the best movies ever made (The Matrix), now Morpheus has gone and done it again! Morpheus is the name of a peer-to-peer file sharing program that has picked up all of us ex-Napsters. It's awesome.

Jenn and I had an amazing meeting yesterday morning, which (if it all works out) will start a partnership that will open up so many possibilities, and kick-start our community workshop series program! I don't want to get into details, as I worry about jinxing it, but my hopes are totally up, and I ask you all to wish and pray for us!!!!!!!