Figuring Good Out - Launch Thread
post by Bitton · 2014-12-01T22:57:04.307Z · score: 6 (6 votes) · EA · GW · Legacy · 14 commentsCross-posted from A Nice Place To Live.
Recently, I've been pitching the idea of an EA blogging carnival where each month, somebody picks a topic and then everybody blogs about it.
As today is the first of the month, I'm going to announce the December topic for Figuring Good Out*, the new EA blogging carnival. If you'd like to participate, just write a post on the topic and mention that you'd like to include it in the carnival for this month.
The topic for December is "Blind spots." You can take that in any direction that you like. For example, what is something altruistically important that you know about that you think most EAs don't know about? Is there a cause, organization, insight, or productivity tip that EAs are ignoring?
On December 31, I'll write a post linking to all the submissions. If you'd like to volunteer to host the January carnival, then let me know below. We can start a queue. As host, you can choose any topic you like but keep in mind that some topics will get more responses than others. If you intend to contribute to this month's carnival, I recommend commenting below.
*The title "Figuring Good Out" is negotiable if everybody really hates it but it works for me.
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The title "Figuring Good Out" is negotiable if everybody really hates it but it works for me.
I'd prefer the slightly similar "Figuring Out Good". I don't know which one is more grammatical.
I prefer Bitton's, because otherwise it seems like "good" is modifying "figuring out".
Cool topic, but I'm still trying to figure out what EA is about! I have a feeling that I'll be able to articulate a blind spot eventually.
My contribution is here: http://www.ruthiebyers.com/2014/12/24/an-hours-impact.html
While I don't think I would actually write a whole post for this, I might have a couple quick ideas to throw in a comments section. I'd suggest explicitly asking for comments and half-formed ideas in the summary post, and see if it produces anything interesting.
I think it's probably worth creating a Google Group for the EA blogging carnival and adding each person listed under the 'individuals' heading in the list of EA blogs. Then the topic of each month's carnival can be announced there (in addition to here, assuming that's the plan), which would ensure that every potential contributor is notified. Anyone who wants to opt out of these notifications can easily do so by leaving the group.
I'm not much of a blogger, but I'll give it a go.
I love what you're doing so far, Giles. I'm excited to read what you come up with!
So my post is up: Investing in Yourself
If you write a post, link to it in this thread so it gets noticed.
Also, let me know if you want to choose next month's topic.
When should we aim to have these written by?