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Web
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Listening to the City
MSNBC Dialogues
The
Blurring Test
American Love Stories
NeedCom
VAGUEpolitix
Reality Check
Adoption: A Gathering
Working Stiff
Living With Suicide
P.O.V. Salon
P.O.V.'s The Band
Hong Kong '97
SGD Clients
E.A 9.11
Prototypes & Trials
Utopian Traces
Virtual Nation
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| Listening to the City [Launched July 2002] |
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In this historic dialogue on the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan, over 800 participants in 26 discussion groups spent two weeks reviewing materials, sharing ideas, and voting on their priorities in more than 30 polls. The results of the dialogue were included in a 21-page report to key officials and decision-makers in the redevelopment process. |
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| MSNBC
Dialogues [Launched November 2001] |
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Created
in response to the September 11 attacks, these dialogues gave MSNBC.com
readers the chance to share stories and discuss the political, economic
and personal issues facing the nation and the world. This was also
the first-ever use of the newly-rebuilt SGD software. |
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| The
Blurring Test [Launched April 2001] |
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A
playful take on the Turing Test for Artificial Intelligence, this
site challenges visitors to convince a bot that they are human.
Conceived by artist Peggy Weil, this project received development
funding through the Web Development Fund. |
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| American
Love Stories [Launched September 1999]
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Produced
by Web Lab in partnership with Northwoods Productions and GMD Studios,
this evergreened site examining issues of difference in relationships
was commissioned by Zohe Films to accompany the broadcast of the
PBS mini-series An American Love Story. |
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| NeedCom
[Launched July 1999] |
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Brainchild
of multimedia artist Cathy Davies, and a project of the Web Development
Fund, NeedCom conducts market research for panhandlers. |
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| VAGUEpolitix
[Launched
June 1999] |
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The
irreverent political 'zine VAGUEpolitix, created by a media-savvy
team from New York City and executive produced by Web Lab, launched
by declaring boredom America's greatest menace and tackling the
issue of crime. |
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| Reality
Check
[Launched
November 1998] |
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Produced
and developed by Web Lab and GMD Studios with a team of volunteers
this in-depth dialogue inspired by the presidential impeachment
crisis showcased Web Lab's innovative small group dialogue technique.
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| Adoption:
A Gathering
[Launched
October 1998] |
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This
evergreened project of the Web Development Fund brought together
the often isolated triad of adoption -- birth families, adoptive
families, and adoptees - to explore their common experience. |
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| Working
Stiff
[Launched
June 1998] |
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This
evergreened project of the Web Development Fund offered working
people a place to ask advice, seek support and learn more about
their rights in the workplace (and lack thereof). |
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| Living
with Suicide
[Launched
June 1998] |
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Living
with Suicide: Shared Experiences and Voices of Loss (June 1998)
Created by John Keefe, this active project of the Web Development
Fund broke the silence around a difficult topic and has created
a place for people touched by suicide to share their stories and
find one another. |
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| P.O.V.
Salon
[Launched
September 1998] |
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Developed
by Web Lab and GMD Studios, the P.O.V. Salon hosted small discussion
groups inspired by the weekly PBS broadcasts of the documentary
film series P.O.V. |
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| P.O.V.'s
The Band
[Launched
June 1998] |
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Built
by Original.com, in association
with Web Lab, this P.O.V. site was inspired by David Zeiger's film
The Band and designed to address the gap between parents and the
contemporary teen. |
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| Hong
Kong '97: Live in Transition
[Launched
May 1997] |
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Featuring
diary entries from Hong Kong residents during the transition from
British to Chinese Rule, Hong Kong '97 was Web Lab's first project
(before Web Lab had a name), produced in association with Global
Media Design and Ambrica Productions. |
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No longer active.
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| E.A 9.11 [Launched March 2002] |
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E.A. 9.11, which stands for "Everything After: a 9.11 Youth Circle" was created by Global Kids six months after the September 11 attacks. In the discussions, high-school students aged 14-19 addressed, among other topics, the emotional impact of the attacks, and explored how they continue to affect their lives.
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Prototypes and Trials
| Utopian
Traces [Discontinued] |
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Utopian
Traces is a multi-linear Web documentary focusing on the communes
of Northern New Mexico and the lessons they offer to the virtual
communities of today. This project received development funding
through the Web Development Fund. |
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| Virtual
Nation [Discontinued] |
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Virtual
Nation combines characteristics of Internet communities with multi-player
games to create user-administered virtual nations where citizens
can experience the conflicts and relationships that arise during
the mediation of personal and public space. This project is seeking
further hosting and financial support. |
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