New "Build Your Profile" Feature
posted 8 days ago | 1 comment
The "Build Your Profile" feature was released earlier today. You'll see it at the top of your Profile page (unless the feature has detected that your profile is already fully built).
The goal of this feature is to aid and encourage the process o...
The goal of this feature is to aid and encourage the process o...
Where Eons is Headed (As I See It)
posted 11 days ago | 9 comments
I wrote the following in reply to a group message about screen names. I thought it might be generally interesting to Eons members.
Eons is a site where people go to have discussions with relative strangers. Because of that, a certain level of an...
Eons is a site where people go to have discussions with relative strangers. Because of that, a certain level of an...
LifePath is Resurrected
posted 3 months ago | 5 comments
We have restored the LifePath feature, albeit with limited functionality. For this release, the simple goal is to allow people to view LifePaths they have already created.
Old LifePaths can be viewed in "Timeline" or "List" form ("Slideshow" mod...
Old LifePaths can be viewed in "Timeline" or "List" form ("Slideshow" mod...
Complaints about the new My Eons page
posted 3 months ago | 17 comments
It's frustrating from our (Eons') perspective. A lot of people have complained about the new My Eons page but few people have been able to articulate why its "worse" or "awful" etc.
* Look at the original My Eons page and then look at the new My...
* Look at the original My Eons page and then look at the new My...
Life’s Odd Synchronicities, 4/24/09
posted 6 months ago | 3 comments
SteveReich/MoneyTalk/SunBeams
I was driving from Boston to NYC, enjoying the beauty of a warm, early spring evening, trying not to think too much about the reason for the drive – to visit my mother-in-law in a rehab center-slash-nur...
I was driving from Boston to NYC, enjoying the beauty of a warm, early spring evening, trying not to think too much about the reason for the drive – to visit my mother-in-law in a rehab center-slash-nur...
Rosa and Martin ...and Morgan and Dennis?
posted 12 months ago | 3 comments
People routinely credit Rosa and Martin and Lyndon (etc.) for their roles in the Civil Rights struggles - and rightly so. They were among the many exceptional and courageous people in the Civil Rights movement - people who risked their lives to cr...
My Eons - Work in Progress as of 9-19-08
posted about 1 year ago, updated about 2 hours later | 7 comments
We've put up a Beta version of the new My Eons page.
This is an "early Beta." The design of the page - as a whole - is not fully baked. There is plenty of time for people to weigh in. For examp...
This is an "early Beta." The design of the page - as a whole - is not fully baked. There is plenty of time for people to weigh in. For examp...
Privacy vs. Community
posted about 1 year ago, updated 14 minutes later | 7 comments
Privacy and community. They go together like ... well ... they kind of don't go together, do they? Some folks say "good fences make good neighbors." I don't subscribe to that opinion - I live in a community that shares most of its open spac...
"Recent Activity" on Profile: Disturbing, Yet Good
posted about 1 year ago, updated less than a minute later | 11 comments
Eons recently introduced a "Recent Activity" section on the profile page. Reactions have been varied but, so far, mostly negative. I think I'm beginning to understand why it feels initially disturbing.
Previously, if your "Who can see my recent ...
Previously, if your "Who can see my recent ...
